U.S. Soldier Under Machine Gun Fire In Intense First Person Video [nsfw language]

I'm ashamed to admit it but after 10 years or so of war / action in the middle east I guess I have become desensitized to hearing about firefights or maybe I just stopped watching the news. I remember hearing just about every other day about how the body count was always rising in the whole "endless war" news coverage.

Regardless our troops are still in harms way and this video makes it painfully real. In this video a solider and his squad were "doing overwatch on the village to recon and gather intel." When a firefight broke out. Spoiler he made it down the mountain and home ok.

No rounds penetrated his body armor, and he made it home with no permanent injuries. This happened in Kunar Province, Afghanistan.
*READ* From the cameraman:
" I got a hit a total of 4 times. My helmet cam died and i made it down the mountain on my own. I was also hit in the side of my helmet and my eye pro was shot off of my face. We were doing overwatch on the village to recon and gather intel. I was point heading down the face of the hill with the LT. when we got hit. the rest of the squad was pinned down by machine gun fire. I didn't start the video until a few mins into the firefight for obvious reasons. I came out into the open to draw fire so my squad could get to safety."

"A round struck the tube by my hand of the 203 grenade launcher which knocked it out of my hands. When I picked the rifle back up it was still functional but the grenade launcher tube had a nice sized 7.62 cal bullet hole in it and was rendered useless. "

From Youtube description

Don't read the comments on the youtube channel unless you want to see 40,000 comments from kids who are "pro" at call of duty saying he's doing it wrong.