ksinger
23 years ago
I got this pic from Outside magazine. Here's the tagline:
The predator: Lt. Col. Bryan McCoy, third battalion, fourth Marines, rolls into Baghdad. (Gilles Bassignac/Gamma)
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ksinger
23 years ago
And an excerpt from the article...
As dusk fell, McCoy came out of his command tent to meet us. A 40-year-old Oklahoman, he is linebacker-tall, with an authoritative bearing that suggests leadership without a word or gesture. McCoy is a combat veteran, having served as a company commander in the Gulf War. Kit was surfing the Web and let the colonel read the latest stories about the soldiers captured in Nasiriyah. McCoy clicked his way through the stories, saying nothing. Then he told us how he was going to make sure the same thing didn't happen to his boys.
"There are two kinds of people on this battlefield," he said. "Predators and prey. Don't be prey. Don't be an easy target. We'll do the ambushing; we'll do the killing; we'll take the fight to the enemy and not be passive about it. The best medicine is aggression and violent supremacy. After contact, they will fear us more than they hate us." McCoy was blunt as a howitzer.
McCoy mentioned that his men had spearheaded the attack on Basra's airport a few days earlier, and showed us an Iraqi flag he had taken as a souvenir. When Laurent offered him a cigar, his eyes sparkled. McCoy lit the Cohiba and invited us to join his march on Baghdad.
- k
Steve@CAO
23 years ago
AWSOME SHOT!
DrMaddVibe
23 years ago
Up the hill,over the hill,through the hill!

Leadership is inspiring, and when you have it others know.
smithbw
23 years ago
Hot Damn! Thats what I'm talking about. Warriors taking care of buisness. That's the way it should be.

They are doing what they do best - Total Supremacy!

Mega Hoooah!

Mr.Mean
23 years ago
That is a great shot.
weich
23 years ago
That is one tough looking SOB
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