• Gurkha who repelled Taliban attack gets bravery medal
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[quote=BBC] A Gurkha who single-handedly fought off an attack by at least a dozen Taliban insurgents has been awarded Britain's second highest medal for bravery. Acting Sergeant Dipprasad Pun used up all of his ammunition and resorted to using his machine gun tripod to repel the attack in Afghanistan in September. The Gurkha, 31, of Ashford, Kent, said he was a "lucky guy" and very proud to get the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross. A total of 136 UK servicemen and women are being honoured, four posthumously. On the roof Acting Sgt Pun was on sentry duty at a checkpoint near Babaji, in Afghanistan's Helmand province, on 17 September last year when he spotted insurgents trying to plant a bomb beside the front gate. Moments later, militants opened fire on the compound from all sides. For more than a quarter of an hour, alone on the roof, Acting Sgt Pun fought off an onslaught from rocket-propelled grenades and AK-47s. In total, he fired more than 400 rounds, launched 17 grenades and detonated a mine. At one point, when an insurgent tried to climb up to his position, his rifle failed and he resorted to throwing his machine gun tripod to knock him down. Acting Sgt Pun, who is originally from the Nepalese village of Bima, believed at the time that there were more than 30 attackers. Local villagers later told him the figure was more likely to have been 12 to 15. Recalling the incident, he said: "As soon as it was confirmed [they were] Taliban, I was really scared. "But as soon as I opened fire that was gone - [I thought] 'Before they kill me I have to kill some.' "I thought they were going to kill me after a couple of minutes, definitely." The citation on his medal - which is only one level below the Victoria Cross - states that he saved the lives of three comrades who were inside the checkpoint at the time. "I think I am a very lucky guy, a survivor," he added. "Now I am getting this award, it is very great and I am very happy." 'No panic' Another of those being honoured is Army medic Cpl Isobel Henderson, who receives an MBE. The 24-year-old's citation said she had to cope with "an exceptionally heavy burden of casualties" at an isolated checkpoint in Lashkar Gah, which was "under near constant attack for six months". Twice during her tour last year, she responded to large bomb attacks on civilians in which the victims were as young as two years old. Cpl Henderson, from Dalbeattie, near Dumfries, said: "It's not until afterwards, when you sit down and think, 'Oh my God, what just happened? What did I just do?' "To be honest, I was quite proud of myself - I actually thought I dealt with it relatively well and I didn't panic." L/Cpl Matthew Morris, of the Royal Engineers, has been awarded the Queen's Commendation for Bravery after uncovering one of the largest improvised explosive devices ever found in Helmand. The 23-year-old, from Longbridge, Birmingham, led the team that discovered the 500lb (226kg) device after aerial reconnaissance spotted 16 men digging something into the ground. His citation reads: "Very few searchers volunteer to return to Afghanistan, yet Morris did exactly that on this, his second tour. "Morris has never once relinquished his lead role, displaying a high level of courage and commitment." The honours will be presented at a later date. [/quote] Source: [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12854492[/url]
[quote]In total, he fired more than 400 rounds, launched 17 grenades and detonated a mine. At one point, when an insurgent tried to climb up to his position, [b]his rifle failed and he resorted to throwing his machine gun tripod to knock him down.[/b][/quote] What a badass
[quote] Acting Sergeant Dipprasad Pun used up all of his ammunition and resorted to using his machine gun tripod to repel the attack in Afghanistan in September. [/quote] Good lord Ghurkas are badass.
The "Taliban". "Not" U.S funded.
my dad knew a Gurkha, very nice guy
Gurkhas are the fucking shit. My granddad got stabbed by one before because he had a team of Gurkha body guard, and they have the whole draw your weapon draw blood code of honour thing, but it was a false alarm, so they stabbed him.
[QUOTE=shian;28800322]Conspicuous Gallantry Cross[/QUOTE] Sounds 10x better than Victoria Cross or Medal of Honor if you ask me.
What a badass. Looking forward to the article by Ben Thompson. :v:
[QUOTE=Otsegolation;28800383]The "Taliban". "Not" U.S funded.[/QUOTE] and you're "Not" a "Loony conspiracy theorist"
gurkhas are just some the few army regiments willing to run at a platoon of enemy troops with a machete. they are all pretty much bad asses
[QUOTE=Madman_Andre;28800608]What a badass. Looking forward to the article by Ben Thompson. :v:[/QUOTE] Glad to see you suck the devil's dick [highlight](User was banned for this post ("trolling" - GunFox))[/highlight]
My mum used to flirt with Gurkhas when she was in the army. Her and her friends would keep asking to see their knives so they had to draw it and cut themselves. What a bitch.
[QUOTE=Nerts;28800585]Sounds 10x better than Victoria Cross or Medal of Honor if you ask me.[/QUOTE] Iunno, Medal of Honor still sounds pretty fucking amazing.
The true definition of badass is right here. it's not in a movie, it's not in a video game. This is real life.
[QUOTE=Otsegolation;28800637]Glad to see you suck the devil's dick[/QUOTE] 970 troll posts and still no perma-ban? It's like a bad movie.
Well done to this guy. But Otsegolation, why do you have to try and troll every Military thread. Yes, the US funded the Mujahadeen, but why come and start a shit storm.
This should get a short live action adaptation.
What exactly IS a Gurkha? Are they a racial/religious minority or something? Ive never heard that word before.
[QUOTE=Otsegolation;28800637]Glad to see you suck the devil's dick[/QUOTE] Sad to see you're a dipshit
[QUOTE=Mort and Charon;28801014]Well done to this guy. But Otsegolation, why do you have to try and troll every Military thread. Yes, the US funded the Mujahadeen, but why come and start a shit storm.[/QUOTE] We are all living in a shit storm, yet most people pretend nothing is happening, because most of you are just hiding from it in your houses, at work, at school, on your computers, with your friends and family who do the same shit. No one's doing much about it, or even talking about it for that matter. You guys gotta stop congratulating each other on thinking the same shit, and stop reinforcing your beliefs by simple thinking about the same shit all the time when you don't even come across new information. And I'm a "troll" for not being patriotic? Fuck that man, I'm not trading humanity for patriotism.
What a fucking boss. Gurkha's are just so goddamn badass, he was going to die, and he just settled to kill as many as he could before that happened. I would be shitting myself to be honest. Also Ostegolation you're one of the worst shitposters in ITN and I am not even going to give you the pleasure of quoting your posts. Get out.
[QUOTE=Schmaaa;28801068]What exactly IS a Gurkha? Are they a racial/religious minority or something? Ive never heard that word before.[/QUOTE] They are Nepalese soldiers fighting in the British Army. And Otsegolation, It's more the fact you are coming in completely off topic, when we are congratulating great bravery. Trolling again.
[QUOTE=Otsegolation;28801101]We are all living in a shit storm, yet most people pretend nothing is happening, because most of you are just hiding from it in your houses, at work, at school, on your computers, with your friends and family who do the same shit. No one's doing much about it, or even talking about it for that matter. You guys gotta stop congratulating each other on thinking the same shit, and stop reinforcing your beliefs by simple thinking about the same shit all the time when you don't even come across new information. And I'm a "troll" for not being patriotic? Fuck that man, I'm not trading humanity for patriotism.[/QUOTE] theres a difference between new information, and new valid information. Not everything is a George bush Illuminati new world order aliens pyramids conspiracy theory.
[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;28801170]theres a difference between new information, and new valid information. Not everything is a George bush Illuminati new world order aliens pyramids conspiracy theory.[/QUOTE] Yes but most systems work in a pyramid structure. They have innocent enough fronts, so not everyone is like "WHAT THE FUCK, WHO PUT THE DEVIL IN CHARGE?!" You're talking like someone who says "Religion is okay despite any bad stuff it has caused because IT HAS SOME GOOD MORALS IN IT"
[QUOTE=Otsegolation;28801101]We are all living in a shit storm, yet most people pretend nothing is happening, because most of you are just hiding from it in your houses, at work, at school, on your computers, with your friends and family who do the same shit. No one's doing much about it, or even talking about it for that matter. You guys gotta stop congratulating each other on thinking the same shit, and stop reinforcing your beliefs by simple thinking about the same shit all the time when you don't even come across new information. And I'm a "troll" for not being patriotic? Fuck that man, I'm not trading humanity for patriotism.[/QUOTE] I was going to rate you funny until I realized you were being serious. Atleast, I think you're being serious.
Oh god not this shit again. :frog: Ostegolation.
[QUOTE=Mort and Charon;28801270]Oh god not this shit again. :frog: Ostegolation.[/QUOTE] Yep, it's me again here to pop your bubble. Here to destroy your fake image of the world we live in. Not that again. That's too [i]real[/i] for me.
Pop my bubble? Haha, how can you make assumptions about what I feel about the world?
tripod mount? What happened to that Kukri? Gurkha's always been pretty awesome. How comes it's always British troops that are in the news like this though?
I've always wondered that, I doubt that none of these things happen to American troops, maybe they don't get proper commendation where they are due though?
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