Finishing Off The Last Hunk Of Swiss Cheese
There was an infamous building across the street from the Al Anbar Government Center in Ramadi known officially as the Swiss Cheese building. It was the base of countless Al Qaeda ambushes on the Marines guarding the Government Center from its roof. It was those very Marines that made the building deserving of the name they ultimately gave it - they fired more shit into that building than you can imagine. Now, Iraqi buildings are notorious for taking a licking and keeping on ticking - they make brick shithouses look rickety. So it kept standing, but kept getting, well, swiss-cheesed. Finally, while I was there with 3/7, a platoon seargent by the name of Reed got sniped at from the building on his birthday. He called in the first airstrike on the ol’ holy edifice. It was fucked up greatly, but still standing and still used by the insurgents. Now keep in mind, the building had been getting hammered for about 2 years already. After 3/7 left, 3/8 took over, and as this clip will show, they also beat it down bit by bit ( in this clip the right half of the building is missing. Most of it was still there when 3/7 left ), and finally, on one afternoon, getting ambushed from it yet again ( I guess you could call it both a right of passage and tradition for each passing battalion ) called in an L-Mav strike that finally finished off the last hunk of swiss cheese in Ramadi.
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July 14th, 2007 at 11:19 amShoot out at the O K corral.. I gotta be a sick fuck but Damn, do live those videos and sounds.. Fucking awesome..
July 14th, 2007 at 11:57 amopps.. Grandson got me distracted. I do love those videos and the sounds..
July 14th, 2007 at 12:00 pmThat round was a tad short. Good place for a 500lb’r or two if you ask me. Fuck playing whack a mole. Nice place for the Noloes Cannon to do a test firing. On the other hand I’m real fond of fuel air explosives.
July 14th, 2007 at 12:22 pmi cried, i laughed, i knockedone out.
July 14th, 2007 at 1:59 pm0311inohio -
Nice topper would be for a Blackhawk to fly over and drop a few 100 pounds of Isley’s Chip Chop Ham on that swiss cheese, eh?
July 14th, 2007 at 2:31 pmGrilled the hell out of that swiss cheese!
July 14th, 2007 at 2:44 pmAwesome! Great work guys!!!
July 14th, 2007 at 5:10 pmIf you like that one, try this:
http://shock.military.com/Shock/videos.do?displayContent=138734&page=11
That’s Allah Folks!!
I never get tired of watching this one.
July 14th, 2007 at 6:15 pmhipat ths is ben
thanmk you
Ben was with Pat in Ramadi, he was hit by a car the day he came home.
July 14th, 2007 at 7:23 pmi was with ben when he got hit,, my son was in his plt. we were in the motel talking to him and then he ran outside.. the motel mgr was an x corpman,, i directed traffic till the cops,fire and paramedics came,,i was just devistated,, his unit is back in ramadi now,,,same place,,
July 14th, 2007 at 9:15 pmBen -
Thank you for your service to our great nation.
Godspeed in your recovery.
Steve
Anyone available to expand on this brave man’s story?
July 14th, 2007 at 11:20 pmJarhead68:
Oh that was nice. I like my Jihadi well-done. Needs salt though?
July 15th, 2007 at 3:17 amdad 3/7, boy, you can tell them until you’re blue in the face, tell Ben the next time he walks out in front of a car you’re going to give him a good punch.
July 15th, 2007 at 8:32 amWoo-hoo and all that but how in the hell is anyone going to reconstruct this hellhole. Imagine living there. Uphill climb for sure.
July 15th, 2007 at 10:53 amKipp……
You’re such a naysayer…… can’t believe Pat still allows you to look like an idiot….
July 16th, 2007 at 8:29 pm