that guys a G... period...
One of my other favorites from Badass of the Week is the article on Leonard Funk, Congressional Medal of Honor Winner...
http://www.badassoftheweek.com/funk.html
The one on Fridtjof Nansen is awesome too......
Leonard was a 1rst sergeant 82nd airborne...germans he was fighting against were terrific soldiers too & very tough .
My first mentor was a Capt 82nd , 3 tours VN in country ...was up in northern washington st back in 1971, we had some 3000 plants in 3 plots out in near Mt Baker out on Weyhouser lumber land ....unlike this WWII hero who was small but deadly, this Capt was 6ft4in /250lbs , big handlebar mustash & also extremely deadly ...but brilliant & extremely intelligent & super quick minded .
He would smile /grinning & say he was --->" 500lbs of wompin , stompin whale blubber !!
Was just a very young guy back then but loved this man who told me when he & his men went into Saigon even the green berets gave them a wide birth. Sorry op , but this little gurkha would be dispatched in very short order if he ever came up against one of our best . Of course Capt had been trained airborne, ranger , special forces & various other schools & sercret warfare combat studies along his decorated career .
And his favorite quote once he returned from Nam ? Back home was
" different strokes , for different folks"
i think rather than his just being a Gurkha, the moral of the story is dont ever fuck with anybody who just spent 30 years in the fucking military and retired as a CORPORAL!!!! this guy obviously didn't take any shit from anybody, including his own officers! haha i think he would give GI Joe a run for his money any day. a knife is a great equalizer.
First of all, this is not a pissing contest to see who's guys have the bigger nutsacks.......that's just puerile.
Secondly, go do some reading about how totally and completely the Gurkhas are respected by EVERY elite military group in the world......then go read about how many VC's were won by Gurkhas......
Yes, the SEALS, Green Berets and Rangers are badass.......we all know that......but let's not forget the Gurkhas have a warrior tradition that goes back to the 17th century and before.
The Gurkhas in Nam were just as bad ass. All Gurkhas are bad ass.
want to be a gurkha?
This is more arduous than any other selection test in the British army.
not sure if things have changed but its fucked up the British wont allow gurkhas into there country after there done serving. these guys show extraordinary bravery and even die for this country but they get treated like shit. these guys take a lot of pride in what they do too, and are very loyal to british. still get dumped on though. its very wrong.
pakistani "freedom fighters" ( fuck these islamic fanatics , send in the Gurkhas ! )
came very close to an all out conflict up there in Kashmir too