Jack Murphy

Jack Murphy’s Iraq Weapons Squad Loadout

On my first deployment to Iraq in 2005 I was a Team Leader in Weapons Squad. For the most part I was the Tactical Commander (TC) on a Stryker armored vehicle. You can see in the picture the toughbook computer I used to navigate our way to our objectives. The damn think would heat up […]

Jack Murphy’s Afghanistan Sniper Loadout

SR-25 w/PEQ-2 and 3.5-10x Leopold scope? and Harris bipod legs 4x spare magazines MICH helmet Tigerstripe BDU’s or civilian clothes Soloman boots 2x Dutch mini-frags maps w/map case (hung around neck by 550 chord and buttoned under by shirt) compass m9 pistol Camelbak (depending on the mission) bleeder kit (ratchet tourniquet, curlex, Israeli bandage) red […]

The Mini Claymore Mine

From an American Vietnam veteran and buddy of mine, the Mini Claymore mine. These are some pictures he took from his service in Rhodesia. He tells me that rather than metal ball bearings, that the Mini Claymore has cube shaped shrapnel that does not project as far, but causes more damage to human tissue.