GoPro footage from the 2017 Battle for Mosul released by a member of an Iraqi Special Operations team shows the chaotic and somewhat coordinated chaos of a group of Iraqi counter-terrorist troops maneuvering on an Islamic State position.

Around :30 seconds into the video, one of the troops maneuvers laterally from a team using the humvee as mobile cover and fires an RPG directly past his team. Judging from the reaction of his buddies, no one was leaving "عزيزتي الجميلة" comments on his Facebook posts later that afternoon.

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Josh is an American writer and former USMC machine gunner with eight years of experience in ground combat arms throughout the GWOT. He is currently based in Texas and specializes in combat footage analysis and digital marketing.Follow Josh at OfficialJoshBrooks.com