Harpie operation

Think of the fucking mosquitoes.

I can't imagine needing that many soldiers against a couple of miners. What are armed with TNT and Henry rifles? Get this shit outa here.

>>34225969
They probably are just standing guards and a couple of patrols, not an actual fighting force

>>34225804
Tell me more about this

>Nam aesthetic

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>>34225969
They are 5 to 8000 and have weapons. (many handcrafted)

On 27 June 2012, two soldiers are killed in an ambush

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>>34226018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piP-zl4BGuQ

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Done this mission in 2013, if you have any question
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>>34226118
Army? FFL?
How miserable was it?

>>34226118
Were you in the FFL?

What were the most common issues you had to deal with? Were there lots of environmental related injuries like bug bites and the like? How long were you there? What was your living situation like when you weren't doing patrols or whatever else? Did you get free time to do anything cool?

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>>34226139
Army.

Pros : discovering the jungle and southamerica. Raiding the brasilians and burning/breaking all of their stuff

Cons : the insects, the heat, the guard most of the time

>>34225804
>is
fuck you I was excited to follow a current conflict

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>>34226218
Not FFL, 4 months there.

Common issues: bored, heat, insects.
I'd say around 10-20 guys got stung by scorpions or left with scars because of some weird flies.
Mostly sports or reading for my part.
We got free time while in the city, but not a great place, it's almost Brazil kind of insecurity.
Free time in the jungle, however, was really cool.

Pic related is view from a chopper

>>34226226
>>34226294
did you cull the local population while there?

Living in a temperate climate I already hate summers because of all these insects everywhere. I can't even image how much it sucks somewhere in the south american jungle.

>>34226309
Do you mean shooting them? If yes: there wasn't any fighting, only aiming or running at them, to arrest them

>>34226322
Imagine not being able to sit on the ground because you'd get eaten by hundreds of ants or other stuff, and semi-closing your eyes all the time because flies want to drink in them...
After a week or two you are oblivious to mosquitos on you, though...

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>>34225804
>this fucking resultion
1950's called, they want their pictures back.

>>34226354
>semi-closing your eyes all the time because flies want to drink in them...
is that how chinks evolved?

>>34226354
Jesus, that sounds pretty awful.

>>34226294
I was a combat medic in the US army that's why I'm curious. Did you have medics that went with you on each patrol or mission?

How do medics in the French army even work? Do you have medics attached to each platoon like in the US army that goes out with you or do you do more self and buddy aid until you can evac them to an aid station?