"Vets Who Want To Fight ISIS Can Learn Something..." Topic

… From Old Fights In The African Bush.

"The ongoing conflict between the terrorist group the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and various other groups within the region have begun to attract veterans from both the United States and its allies. There are now ongoing online recruitment efforts, such as those by the Lions of Rojava, which is actively seeking foreign fighters. Lions of Rojava itself is partly run by a former Army soldier named Jordan Matson, who lives among Kurdish fighters. Many of these foreign volunteers see combating ISIS as simply an extension of the missions they were tasked with in Iraq and Afghanistan. But this isn't the first time American veterans left their country to fight outside the purview of the military. Decades ago, after the end of the Vietnam War, a few American servicemen found themselves on the battlefields of a tiny former African nation: Rhodesia.

As Vietnamization took hold and American involvement dwindled, many Vietnam veterans found themselves uncertain about what their future held. The American military was at a cultural low point, and the inflation-based economic woes of the late 1970s presented many vets with an unfavorable employment market. But for some men, like John Alan Coey and Ken Gaudet, it went deeper than that. Coey, who was an ardent anti-communist, was set to become a commissioned officer in the Marine Corps when the U.S. began drawing down in Vietnam. Coey viewed the American withdrawal from Vietnam as a betrayal of the United States' commitment to fight communism. Gaudet, who had served two tours in Vietnam with the 173rd Airborne Brigade, found he missed the military life, and wanted to get back to professional soldiering. Dubbed the "The Crippled Eagles" by author Robin Moore, Coey and Gaudet were among roughly 300 Americans who decided to travel to Rhodesia and fight…"
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Amicalement
Armand

I had friends that tried to be mercs in Rhodesia back in the day.

But now we can do it with the Eureka minis instead.
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We had at least one guy in our Rifle Company in the 101. Who fought for, IIRC, ( ) South Africa after he came back from SE Asia. Then rejoined the US ARMY in like '80 ?

Refighting this in the comfort of your own gaming room, in A/C splendor, and with an ice cold drink does sound far preferable to slogging through rough terrain, in the heat, pursuing bad guys.

I didn't know ISIS used horses…

Mako – better footwear too.

I didn't know ISIS used horses…

Me neither ! But now when talking about Daesh we can say that old Cowboy phrase, " you and the horse you rode in on ! "