Aus/US troops join forces to kick drongo's @sses

[sledgemeister]

Seems like the diggers and marines joined forces to put some hurt on the local morons and got interrupted by the local police.
Seems like they had a good thing going before being interupted.

Two American soldiers have been charged over a wild brawl in Darwin's CBD during which one of them allegedly king hit a police officer.

Australian soldiers were also involved in the free-for-all outside a nightclub on Mitchell Street early on Saturday morning, police said.

Twenty-one police officers - some armed with capsicum spray - and at least 12 security workers were needed to break up the fighting involving about 30 men.

At one stage some of the brawlers turned on the police while a crowd of at least 300 people looked on.

A police officer was injured and a security worker at a nearby taxi rank, who tried to help quell the fighting, was struck in the face.

With Australian and American defence personnel in Darwin for a joint training exercise, a group of them went out for dinner on Friday night before hitting the town.

The NT News on Monday reported they were followed by a gang of men to a Darwin taxi rank, where the fight erupted shortly after 4am (CST).

Hundreds of people gathered on the entertainment strip, in the centre of town, to watch the pitched battle.

"In the actual brawl there was probably about 30 people," Sergeant Megan Blackwell told AAP on Monday.

"But when the nightclub closed they all came out onto the street and it was hard to tell who was about to fight and who was just trying to get home."

More than 20 police officers were dispatched to the scene and Sgt Blackwell said it was up to half an hour before everyone dispersed.

"There were people running everywhere and we had a lot of assistance from the nightclub security and taxi rank security," Sgt Blackwell said.

"There was at least half a dozen of them as well."

Police were forced to use capsicum spray. One officer suffered a head injury after a US soldier allegedly king hit him from behind.

Sgt Blackwell said earlier media reports that he had been taken to hospital were incorrect but another man, a local security worker, had also been injured.

"I know one of the taxi rank security was injured. He had a blood nose," she said.

"A few (fighters) turned on police. Rather than just walking away and leaving, a few challenged us."

Sgt Blackwell said an American soldier had been charged with assaulting a police officer while another US soldier was charged with disorderly conduct.

Four infringement notices were handed out for disorderly behaviour in a public place. It is not known if the recipients were also defence personnel.

"Those that were engaged in the fighting weren't obeying directions to stop and a number were sprayed with OC spray," Duty Superintendent Rob Farmer told ABC radio in Darwin.

About 1,500 soldiers from the US and Australia are currently in Darwin as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre.

It's aimed at improving combat readiness, and operational and tactical interoperability.

Combat readiness? check
Ability to work together? check

Successful exercise all round really  

[Pathfinder]

You have separate "security" forces for your taxi stands? What's up with that? Are they private or also gummint? If gummint, why not just use cops?

Got a link to the original story, BTW? I'm curious who the "gang of men" were who followed the soldiers to the taxi rank. Local "pacifists"?

[fightingquaker13]

LMAO! It just proves that Marines can adopt to local customs. But what is a drongo, like a  larger dingo?
FQ13

[sledgemeister]

You have separate "security" forces for your taxi stands? What's up with that? Are they private or also gummint? If gummint, why not just use cops?

Got a link to the original story, BTW? I'm curious who the "gang of men" were who followed the soldiers to the taxi rank. Local "pacifists"?

I will try and find a couple links.
re the security, they employ them because the place gets pretty rowdy incase you had not figured. This would just be a local blew if the services werent involved. Darwin gets a little wild, imagine a mining town were some would rather have a fight than a feed, and besides the locals dont handle the grog so well.

[sledgemeister]

FQ13 a drongo is a stupid, inept, awkward or embarrassing person, a dimwit or slow-witted person 
suggested reading:
http://www.aussieslang.com/slang/australian-slang-a.asp


Pathfinder the links
http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2009/09/07/82311_ntnews.html (more detailed account)

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,26038615-29277,00.html

[Sponsor]

[Pathfinder]

LMAO! It just proves that Marines can adopt to local customs. But what is a drongo, like a  larger dingo?
FQ13

You!!!!! 

From the Urban Dictionary:

1. Drongo
Dumbass, idiot
(Aussie slang)
"It doesn't go in the shed, ya drongo!"

2. drongo
a stupid, inept, dimwit or slow-witted person
"ya big drongo!"

3. Drongo
A person seemed to be, in some form or another, stupid. Drongo is a typically australian word and is part of common australian dialect.
Pass me that wratchet you Drongo

4. drongo
An Australian word, which is derived from a type of bird of that name (or so I'm informed) that lives down here. It was observed by the "Old Australians" as acting rather crazily, and thus an Aussie will call someone a drongo to say that they're an idiot. There are a number of alternative Australian pay-outs of this nature and calibre, such as clown, galah, wakka, minda, and many others.
"Scotty! What ARE ya doing, ya drongo?"

5. drongo
Australian slang: A "no-hoper" or fool. Derives from a racehorse of that name in the 1920's that never one a race out of 37 starts.

Recruits to the RAAF in WWII earned the nickname "drongos".

(Nothing to do with the class of bird -- drongo)
"You've really mucked that up, ya drongo!"

6. Drongo
fool to act in a stupid way to make your self a laughing stock
you bloody Drongo you have spilled my beer

7. Drongo
An Australianism or Aussieism for an unintelligent person, a loser, a halfwit or someone that is running on half a deck.
LOL! Did you see that drongo just do a linelock outside the police station? He is busted for sure.

[Kid Shelleen]

You!!!!! 

From the Urban Dictionary:

1. Drongo
Dumbass, idiot
(Aussie slang)
"It doesn't go in the shed, ya drongo!"

2. drongo
a stupid, inept, dimwit or slow-witted person
"ya big drongo!"

3. Drongo
A person seemed to be, in some form or another, stupid. Drongo is a typically australian word and is part of common australian dialect.
Pass me that wratchet you Drongo

4. drongo
An Australian word, which is derived from a type of bird of that name (or so I'm informed) that lives down here. It was observed by the "Old Australians" as acting rather crazily, and thus an Aussie will call someone a drongo to say that they're an idiot. There are a number of alternative Australian pay-outs of this nature and calibre, such as clown, galah, wakka, minda, and many others.
"Scotty! What ARE ya doing, ya drongo?"

5. drongo
Australian slang: A "no-hoper" or fool. Derives from a racehorse of that name in the 1920's that never one a race out of 37 starts.

Recruits to the RAAF in WWII earned the nickname "drongos".

(Nothing to do with the class of bird -- drongo)
"You've really mucked that up, ya drongo!"

6. Drongo
fool to act in a stupid way to make your self a laughing stock
you bloody Drongo you have spilled my beer

7. Drongo
An Australianism or Aussieism for an unintelligent person, a loser, a halfwit or someone that is running on half a deck.
LOL! Did you see that drongo just do a linelock outside the police station? He is busted for sure.

[Jackel]

i will support our troops and join in the fight 

[tombogan03884]

When I was on Med cruise we would hit on the homely Russian tractor looking chicks to start crap with the KGB guys that guided them every where. As I get older I feel sorry about it (Kind of   ) Those guys were in their 30's and 40's just trying to enjoy the tour and keep the comrades from defecting. They must have HATED us.  

[Johnny Bravo]

When I was on Med cruise we would hit on the homely Russian tractor looking chicks to start crap with the KGB guys that guided them every where. As I get older I feel sorry about it (Kind of   ) Those guys were in their 30's and 40's just trying to enjoy the tour and keep the comrades from defecting. They must have HATED us.  

So that's why they don't like us. Thanks alot TB.......