Michael Pitre
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's the rule-always watch your fives and twenty-fives. When a convoy halts to investigate a possible roadside bomb, stay in the vehicle and scan five meters in every direction. A bomb inside five meters cuts through the armor, killing everyone in the truck. Once clear, get out and sweep twenty-five meters. A bomb inside twenty-five meters kills the dismounted scouts investigating the road ahead.
Fives and twenty-fives mark the measure of a marine's...
Fives and twenty-fives mark the measure of a marine's...