three U.S. Army Green Berets killed by Jordan guard (video)

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Jordan releases shocking security footage showing one of their soldiers killing three U.S. Army Green Berets - despite the Americans waving their hands in peace.
The U.S. Army Green Berets were killed when their convoy came under fire at the gate of an air base in southern Jordan in November.

what could have they done different to survive? what mistakes were made if any?

 
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Notice that the guard who opened the gate took cover behind the last jersy barrier and never fired on the shooter. guard in the guard house opens and closes door doesn't defend soldiers .
 
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Maybe its because I watched it on a phone, but I couldn't make out what happened.
 
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It looks like one of the green berets actually disarms the shooter at the very end and then is walking away with his hands up. Did he not kill the motherfucker that was shooting?

I suppose their mistake was not being armed in the first place, but they were not expecting to be fired upon at a jordanian outpost. I agree with Holdover the other guards did nothing. Is there a single arab soldier that doesn't duck and run at the first sign of trouble?
 
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Im no green beret, but I saw a few things that bothered me.

1) was not having a carbine (maybe it was protocol I don't know)even police keep a shotgun handy.

2) the time it took to return fire. At least one man was already dead, and the firing was continuous.
As a green beret NCO once told me, ""there is no such thing as friendly fire, I can assure you ,it is all hostile. ""

3) when they moved further back , they did it together exposing both of them to fire. ( it worked out , maybe he was changing mags, I don't know) I would have expected covering fire while the other was moving.

4) they both seemed to pop their heads up in the exact same place repeatedly.

5) they both took the same cover in the rear instead of spreading apart , one left , one right,which would have required the shooter to move his head and view back and forth ,creating two different angles for the shooter to deal with. instead they were both in the same field of fire .

I don't mean to be critical of the men here, we don't often see ambushes on video but we might learn something and maybe never make the mistakes they made.

As far as the shooter is concerned , he couldn't aim worth a shit, He closed the distance instead of circleing around, he didn't use his weapon to his advantage and keep his distance. His use of cover was poor . He got shot by his targets because of it.

I Honestly think most police officers would have done better.
 
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