Flying over the MOG (To the tune of Take it Easy by the Eagles)

Posted on 10 December 2025 by The Tactical Hermit

This was taken from the Documentary Battle of the Black Sea,* Msgt. Paul Howe’s Untold Story of Black Hawk Down.

r/JSOCarchive - C Squadron during Operation Gothic Serpent. Mogadishu, Somalia, 1993

I was flying down the road trying to shoot another load

I’ve got seven sammies on my mind, four that wanna stone me, two that wanna hose me, one he’s very hard to find

Take it Easy, Take it Easy, Don’t let the sound of your own gunfire drive you crazy,

Fire them up while you still can maybe the press will understand, sometimes you gotta take a stand, Take it Easy

Well I as flying rel low over downtown MOG, such a wild site to see

It was four my Lord in amongst a horde, rising up to take a shot at me!

Come on Sammy, hiding behind Granny, I’ve got 4,000 rounds of mini that’s gonna spray you

You will Lose, no way to Win, so open up I’m driving in, Take it Easy

Well I’m flying real low trying to find Radio MOG, signals to my front and behind

Searching from a hover, I’m gonna blow my cover, it so hard to find

Take it Easy, Take it Easy don’t let the sound of your own gunfire drive you crazy

Fire them Up while you still can, Fuck the Press if they don’t understand

Sometimes you gotta take a stand, Take it Easy.

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