JAVELINMISSLEONT72_1

Comment

Comment by steve on March 14, 2009 at 7:18pm

i know what you mean . I was reg. army and saw a fair amount of what the air force had when they were in support of the "grunts". The thing that got my attention was the devastation from just that one rocket.I had the opportunity while in Bragg to teach the use of the Dragon and Toe weapons systems and even though they were pretty darn awesome then,they come no where close to the javelin,both in distance and devastation.I used to love just sitting and watching the F-4's make their bomb and strafing runs!

Comment by Navydads co-admin (Terry) on March 14, 2009 at 7:06pm

This may sound a little odd but it was not until “You Tube” and “Military Videos” on the internet that I really appreciated the weapons that I loaded in the Air Force on the F-4 during the Vietnam War. Its one thing to talk about the awesome fire power that we have at our disposal and it’s another to see it in actual practice. Not only did it get the attention of the troops on the video it got mine.
Terry

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on March 14, 2009 at 6:25pm

If you want to read about the real use of the Javelin, pick up Roughneck Nine-One by Frank Antenori and you can read about a group of 26 Green Berets and the battle at Debecka, Irag where they held off a vastly greater force.