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Holy Shit. I just watched a documentary by a Marine FiST Leader in 1st Battalion, 4th Marines from OIF I / The March Up in 2003, entitled Severe Clear. I now know what Vietnam Vets must have felt like when they first saw Stone's Platoon or Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket. This movie is just that powerful. In my own humble opinion, it is the essence of the experience of we who fought in Iraq, specifically we who became Marines in the mid-1990s. It is apolitical, inasmuch as it seeks to derive no conclusions about whether or not we should have invaded Iraq, but seeks to explain it from the Marine side of the equation. I absolutely cannot imagine a better way of telling that story than what Mike Scotti accomplished in this picture.
For Coyotes: These are the guys who we are training: FiSTs who are headed into first contact with a conventional force. I don't know when 1/4 went through CAX before they deployed, but there are places where I can definitely sense Coyote teaching. What we're teaching now is going to absolutely make so much money for these guys that are on the dime to do the NEXT BIG THING. Keep this in mind as you go out there for ITX 2-16.
I implore you to clear 90 minutes out of your day and give this a watch. It is without a doubt the most captivating thing that I've watched in years.
The link to the movie: SEVERE CLEAR
Be Well,
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