Today we honor US Navy SEAL Charles Keating IV, known as “Chuck Heavy,” who was killed in action on May 3, 2016, in Telskuf, Iraq.
He selflessly laid down his life protecting his fellow SEALs and the people of Telskuf. One of his teammates wrote home on that fateful day: “Chuck saved a lot of lives today. The partner force pulled back, but the Navy SEALs held the line. Chuck was leading the fight as always. He slipped into unconsciousness still wearing that big, signature smile on his handsome face. Chuck was full of Aloha, but he was also a ferocious warrior who took out dozens of Daesh fighters to save his brothers. Long live the Brotherhood.”
His teammates gave him the nickname “Chuck Heavy” because he lived by the motto “moderation is for cowards,” and did everything in life with full intensity.
Not forgotten 🔱
🇺🇸In 2004, hundreds of insurgents surrounded an American compound in Najaf, Iraq. On the rooftop, only eight Blackwater contractors, several allied soldiers, and a single U.S. Marine held the line under relentless enemy fire.
The Marine was shot near the spine, suffered a devastating eye injury, and kept fighting. Ammunition was nearly gone. The wounded kept piling up. The military rescue they were counting on never came.
I'm going to guess this is late 90s or early early 2000s from the size of those weaponlights.
Look how clean those reloads are.
Did you notice the carry handle was sawed?