Craziest war story you've heard...

[danny76]

My friend a truckdriver at the lumberyard, used to be in the service and one mission he had was to be dropped into Iraq and disrupt the communication lines there.  He said they were dropped into the area and were supposed to dig in for the night, but the ground was too hard so instead they found a ditch and hid there.  He said while there, along comes a goat and a boy tending to it not far behind, also a convoy of Iraqi vehicles coming down a nearby road.  They said they were thinking about killing the goat and the boy so they wouldn't be found out, but instead they all took off running westward toward Syria missing their rondevous point.  I think he said it took them 3 days and 40 or 50 miles on foot to get to the safety of Syria at the time. 

He also had one of where he was in Libya where they were doing house to house fighting, and he said his friend came out of one house where he killed about a half dozen enemy, the last one with a pen to the throat cuz he was out of ammo...  I give this guy tremendous respect for where he's been and what he's done.  And he's got some of the most interesting war stories I've ever heard...

The Iraq story is taken word for word from Bravo Two Zero by Andy Mcnab. It relates to a British SAS patrol that was compromised after insertion to destroy comms cabling, couldn't dig in. Thought about topping the goat boy, of the eight men out 5 returned alive after a colossal balls up.

In fact the author was talking about the same brand of crap as your buddy, because he made almost everything up too, as proven by Micheal Asher when he returned to Iraq to investigate. What Mcnab (and later Chris Ryan) by fabricating the vast majority of their tale in order to make themselves look ally, takes a huge dump on the memories of Bob Consiglio, Legs Lane and Vincent Phillips who all died on the patrol.

[craz07]

Why would this guy lie to me he was a good solid guy with no reason to lie

[Nefarious]

Why would this guy lie to me he was a good solid guy with no reason to lie

Liars gonna lie.  It's what they do.

[Scherf]

Libya?

[danny76]

Why would this guy lie to me he was a good solid guy with no reason to lie

I have no idea. But he should have chosen a less well documented story, the points of which are very specific, Either way, the original tale was a fantasy, he has told you what he has read in a book, pretty much word for word, looking back at the responses the story was recognised by a number of people as being the B20 story. Unless your biddy is a Brit ex special forces guy, he simply plagiarised the book to make himself into something he is not. In fact if he is an ex British Special Forces soldier, he is still a liar because the story was a complete figment of Mcnabs imagination, I would bet if you asked your mate he would tell you that his mates were called Stan and Dinger, Chris, Legs, Bob, Vince and Mark. Either ignore him, or better still show interest and awe, get him to elaborate and then smack him in the chops with a copy of the book.

[Rolex]

Was his name Brian Williams? Was he on the same plane when Hilliary was "shot at?"

Yeah, that's the ticket...

[ink]

Liars gonna lie.  It's what they do.

QFT

[Karnak]

I've known decorated combat veterans and I've found this to be true for them all.

Your truck drivers Irag story sounds very much like the story of Bravo two zero

Bravo two zero is exactly what jumped to mind reading the OP.

[JunkyII]

I'd rather tell you about pulling security on a school we helped rebuild, Taliban threatened to kill any girls going to school...15 of them were brave enough to want a better future...truly amazing people given their living conditions.

As a Combat Infantryman Badge holder...unless your someone like Ranger...I'm not going to tell you much unless you ask a legit question.

[Meatwad]

I dont know what is worse, telling fake war stories or badmouthing people when they post the story is total BS

[Ripsnort]

He's givng you a story.
https://mcpl.monroe.lib.in.us/Mobile/BakerAndTaylor/Excerpt?ISBN=9781623651374&UPC=&position=1

[danny76]

He's givng you a story.
https://mcpl.monroe.lib.in.us/Mobile/BakerAndTaylor/Excerpt?ISBN=9781623651374&UPC=&position=1

Dunno what that Boys Own crap is. Most British soldiers have to be told when to take a piss? The officers have the map and the lowly rifleman has no clue what he is doing or why he is there? Utter tosh and nonsense. I served in an armoured Regiment for 7 years. I was a lowly grunt making it to full screw by the time I left. I always had a map, a good understanding of my role and an appreciation of why I was there, as did everyone I served with.
The  SAS, SBS, SRR etc recruit from the whole of the British forces, they are made up of grunt soldiers from predominantly the Parachute Regiment. Royal Marines and a few odds and sods from the RAF Regiment and suchlike. They aren't some breed of hyper intelligent supermen, they are just phenomenally motivated and single minded operators.

[USRanger]

I'd rather tell you about pulling security on a school we helped rebuild, Taliban threatened to kill any girls going to school...15 of them were brave enough to want a better future...truly amazing people given their living conditions.

As a Combat Infantryman Badge holder...unless your someone like Ranger...I'm not going to tell you much unless you ask a legit question.

 

[Swoop]

Andy McNab's real name is Steve and he's a complete chav who'd probably be a truck driver now if he hadn't hired a ghost writer and made up a ton of crap about Iraq.

However, he was captured, he was tortured....and he held out for weeks.  He's a f*cking hard SOB.  But he's still a chav.  He once made up a story about stabbing a man with a pair of pliers, used like a knife, right through the chestplate. *cough* bollocks *cough*.

[craz07]

Just because they had trouble digging in also he was lying? I don't know man I worked side by side with this guy I knew him better than I know sausagewad over there.  He said his friend in Libya received a medal for his actions, the silver star I think it was.  He is older too, this stuff must have been about 20 to 25 years ago.