Video: 2/9 echo. Gun Run

[bu187]

http://www.apacheclips.com/boards/vbtube/upload/thumb/236_56181.jpg (http://www.apacheclips.com/boards/media/4556-29-echo-Gun-Run) Lcpl Mark Dell, United States Marine Corps. 2nd Battalion 9th Marines Echo company 1st platoon....FEAR THE GREEN HATShttp://www.apacheclips.com/boards/vbtube/images/play_thread.png (http://www.apacheclips.com/boards/media/4556-29-echo-Gun-Run)

[Bigfoot13]

Yeah Faggot's

[Hellfreeza]

the green hats...whats that?

[Rhntz]

@ hellfreeza, I was curious myself so I googled It. They earned that nickname in sangin in 2010, why I have no idea....But it's thursday night football time!!!! Maybe they dressed up as Leprachauns and went around killing the Taliban.......

[bu187]

HISTORY OF THE GREEN HATS
ECHO COMPANY 2/9

　
In July, 2010 Echo Company 2/9 deployed to northern Marjah, Helmand Province Afghanistan.
Their Area of Operations quickly became one of the most kinetic environments in all of the
Southern Afghanistan. Shortly after arriving the company decided to forego the traditional desert
tan helmet cover and instead reversed their helmet cover to the green side to help conceal their
heads as they moved through the thick vegetation and crop rows. For the next five months the Marines
and Sailors of Echo 2/9 fought and bled in northern Marjah. Their efforts effectively brought ISAF
control to the area. In December the company was Tasked to re-deploy to Sangin, Afghanistan
to support 3rd Bn 5th Marines. By this time the Sangin River Valley was the enemy’s bid for success
in Helmand Province and 3/5 had received the highest number of casualties for any Marine unit in all
of Afghanistan. The Marines and Sailors of Echo 2/9 kept their green helmet cover, instantly distinguishing
them from their 3/5 counterparts. Echo 2/9 entered the battle space with a voracious appetite and
Immediately began a deadly campaign of clearing the area of enemy fighters. Within days of beginning
operations in the area, and dozen of enemy killed, a letter written between two Taliban commanders was
discovered near a Patrol Base. It read, “ These new Marines, Green Hats, are from Marjah where they
killed many Taliban. They were brought here to kill all the Taliban and are everywhere. They patrol
more that any other unit and make it difficult for us to move around and conduct attacks”. For the remainder
of Echo 2/9’s deployment in Sangin, the “ Green Hats “ continued to eradicate the Taliban influence and disrupt
enemy operations in the Southern Green Zone of the Lower Sangin River Valley. They pursued the enemy into
the heart of their sanctuary, built additional patrol bases and effectively cut off the Taliban’s last true strong hold
in the Sangin and Helmand Province. The fear instilled in the enemy and the identification of the unit by the
name “ Green Hats “ continues to serve as an enduring source of identity and pride for the unit.