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ok ill come up with one.
I'll first do the first 3 things that rinjo did, try to treat wound as much as i can, look at my surroundings, and hide any indication of being american. Of course I'd hide the parachute the best i could, and check my gear, and rest a bit. I'd look for a road, follow it for a bit (travel by the edge of it, so i can hide better from convoys or something.) If I encounter a village, I'd try to communicate with them as much as i can, and, if they do, give me hospitality.
If I don't find a village, I'd look for a source of water and set up camp not too far from it. I would go look for some place that would have a radio that i could use as a way to possibly communicate with the base that i took off from. (It'd probably be a radio tower.) If i get a signal, I would go to the rendezous point they tell me to go to. And, then, well... I dont really know where to go from there except hoping to be rescued lol.

Alright, for my scenario everyone seems to be going to a village at least, so I'll make that the next part. When you arrive in the village everything is quiet, nice, pleasant. You sneak around the dark village to try and figure out if this is a loyalist or rebel village when the next thing you know you feel something hit your forehead and everything goes black.
Eventually your eyes start to open and you find yourself laying on a pile of straw in a barn. Sitting up, you find yourself mostly unguarded except for two guys standing by the door looking out at a thunderstorm and talking in the local language you do not understand. One of the two men has an AK-47 slung over his shoulder and the other is leaning against the wall with a shotgun in his right hand. Without making a noise you notice your Beretta laying on the table next to your pilot survival knife. What do you do?

Considering the knife, and the pistol are about a meter away, I would not make any sudden moves. I would probably let them chatter for a little bit, then I would look as if im shocked, and point in in the frontal direction and say GUNMEN COMING IN
or something like that, and that would probably at least get them to turn a little bit, and reminder. This is when they are chatting a bit, they won't be as attentive.

Then, as quick as possible, I scramle for the gun, and the knife, and then I rush up to the man with the AK, and I then Grab him, and as im doing so, I slit his arm a bit so he drops the gun, then I put the knife to his throat, and hold him in a chokehold. Then as I did that, I have a pistol at the ready. and note. I do not give a crap about Civilian morality laws. But in this case I'll follow them, but don't be suprised if I do kill some, it will only be when neccessary. And antoher note, the United States army does kill civilians in a war. In Afghanistan for example, when they are clearing a house, they shoot EVERYONE inside. Thats how war is fought. No exceptions.

Now then. Tkaing him in my arms, and keeping him in that hold, pistol pointing outward, obviously noticing the other does not speak English, I would probably just shoot ihm, using hsi friend as my cover. Then, I would slit the throat of my captive. I would take the AK 47, and the ammo is easier to find then a buck shot. I would also stuff some straw into my coat, for later use. I would also search the bodies of the victims, and see if I can find a lighter or matches. I would take that, and just get the hell out of the town. They are obviously not friendly, and I would jsut try to escape, but first, Geussing the majority of the village is unarmed, and there would probably be 21 more gunmen (Im geussing this is a village of at least mabye 250 people)

I would probably Shoot around with the AK, scaring people, and even thoughi m sore, I would probably make them bring water bottleso ut for me, and if the gunmen come in, I would take hostages, particulary women and children, hide them in a building, and then wait, holding them at gunpoint. I would ask them to lay down their arms, or I kill one hostage per 5 minutes. And if any of the hostages move even a inch, I shoot them. I do not share sympathy. I kill them without hesitation, as this is survival now.


As I do so, I make them give up their arms, then I shoot all the gunmen. I take their ammo, and then I get the hell out of the town.

Here's my village scenario.
When I'm laying in the hay, I'd try to get their attention, probably by moaning or something. They'd babble questions in their language, walk over, and most likely taunt me. Then, if one of them points their wepon at me, I'd grab it by the end of the barrel, ripping it out of his hands, and the other one yelling at me, pointing his AK at me. I'd grab my pistol (using the other as a human shield), and take him out. I'd then try to ask the dude im holding some questions, and if he doesnt know english, just kill him most likely. Obviously, some villagers would start screaming, running around. I'd take my pistol with me and the AK. And, most likely, there would be more troops in the village, say 10 to 20. I'd hide the best I can, listening to them ask each other questions and inspecting the dead bodies. After they'd leave, they'd probably leave a couple behind. If I can, I'd do some knife action to the couple of gaurds (wouldnt do that if there were over 3 in the barn). I'd look around, for more troops, and try to look for a radio of some sort. If I do or dont, I'd look out of the barn, for more troops, and sneak out as quietly as possibly, Start jogging away, and continue surviving in the woods.

I know, not the best one out there lol...

Alright, most people seem to go on the offensive, but did you examine the clues? First of all your pistol and knife are simply laying on the table in plain view, second of all there are only two guards in the entire barn and neither of them are watching you, and three, you are completely unrestrained. Remember the head of a soldier from your nation is quite valuable to the local rebels, and the head of a fighter pilot would probably be worth over a year's local wages by the rebel's math, and they left you unrestrained in a barn with no real guard and your weapons laying out in the open, no one's going to be that careless when you're worth money to them, especially poor Eastern European villagers who don't need you alive.
So here's the next part, you get up and take your pistol and pilot survival knife. Slowly, you advance towards the two armed men trying to remain as silent as humanly possible. As you get within about ten feet of them the man with the AK-47 turns around and faces you. Your tense finger squeezes the trigger, though nothing happens, the weapon is empty. As you prepare to attack with your knife, the man tells you to stop in bad broken English with a lot of hand movements.
He tells you this barn is just over a hill from a resistance village and you where found in the village. You where hit sneaking around in the village as you had no insignia and someone thought you where sneaking around looking for intelligence for the rebels. The man also tells you the best news you've heard all day, the village has a radio that can contact your commanders. Certain your about to go home, you follow as the man leads you down towards the village through the thunder storm. He tells you him and his friend took you to the barn incase rebels arrived and searched the village. If they found an enemy pilot five men and five women would be beheaded by the rebels.
As you come to the top of the hill however, your heart sinks. Looking down into the village you see most of the homes engulfed in flames with rebels dragging people out. A middle aged man with a silver M1911 is looking over the young men for new recruits while two drunken rebels taunt a group of villagers in front of a newly dug trench with their AK-47s. Before you can do anything, an explosion kills the man with the shotgun and knocks you to the ground. The man from before with the AK-47 comes over to help you to your feet though he is shot in the back. He falls heavily wounded and a group of rebels soldiers armed mostly with AK-47s though some have light machine guns are starting to advance up the hill. You're mostly unhurt from the explosion, though shaken and your ears are ringing so much you can't hear anything. You still have your pistol (the two men gave you the magazines back) and your knife. With the rebels coming up the hill, what do you do? Remember, they are part of a large, well armed group (AK-47, RPG-7, light machine guns, etc.), though the only radio you know that can contact your command is in that village and you don't know if there are anymore loyalist vllages in the area, though you are heavily outnumbered/outgunned and already wounded.

ok here i go again.
I'd take the dude's AK (if he's still nearby) and run like crazy. Just run...
When I've been even more through the forest or whatever kind of terrain there is, I'd take a breather. Then, if I'm absolutely sure to myself that they're gone, I'd go back, the nearer i get, the quieter and more cautious. They'd probably be by the barn, so I'd go around and look at what's going on at the village. If it's clear, at some point it must be, I'd carefully get down the hill. I'd sneak the best I could around the buildings (ones not on fire), and try to get into the building where the radio is. My best guess is that it would be gaurded, so take them out with a distraction and go inside and gun down anyone i see, acquire the radio, message control, and await a response. If I do, they'd tell me to get to a rendezous. It would take a while, obviously, and then i dont really know what to do from there...

BUT, assuming that i accidently shot the radio while gunning down gaurds by it, what would I do?...

Now then. I wouldn't grab the AK, as he said it was empty beforehand. I would grab the shotgun. and strap it on my back. Seeing as I have no supplies to last me if I tried to get away, I would run into the forest, as fast as I could. Resting, I would then pop and shoot back at them,with the pistol, taking steady, and concetrated shots, which would take time. I would not go into the barn for a bit, because they could probably whip up some Molotov cocktails at moments notice, and burn me alive if I garrisoned in there.

I would then proceed, using any big rocks as my cover, or fences, then Pop and shoot them as I go along.
Then I would take the AK.

I would jsut clear one area, and then, geussing there has been alot of other's, I would scavenge the rebels bodies, and take all their ammo, and take any Petrol filled Bottles, which they would probabyl have on them considering they managed to burn the village. I would take those, with their matches/ lighters, then See if I can circumnavigate the village, but then strike from behind, favorably behind a building. Then, near the trench, I would throw a lit Molotov Cocktail, and burn the maggots inside the trench. Then I would disappear behind the builds wall, and bolt to the next building, and then, geussing thats where the mans being tuanted, if they haven't killed them yet, I would pop out and blaze them down, shooting in bursts. Then, as I do so, I would then crawl on the ground, making sure I go back to the other building, and then crawl up the rear of it. Geussing there is a staircase on it, I would crawl under it, and geussing it's pretty dark for me to hide in, I would then get a veiwpoint. Now assuming the the majority of villagers are now dead, but a few survivors, I would see if I could spot any. Then, shooting any rebels from the hiding spot, and then running out and blazing the sides with the shotgun, and then scavenge the bodies, and geussing the villagers, the survivors anyways, have come out.

Geussing now that I helped them, They would probably assist me. I would then, as I took my sufficent ammo, fight my way to the Radio. makign sure I take cover along the walls, I would then Brust fire them, and then, geussing there is 2 rebels left in that room, with the radio, I would probably then Shoot one in both arms, and then shoot him in the legs, and then shoot the last one dead.

Now, the other paralized, I would put my finger onto his wounds, and Interrogate the crap. I would ask him if him where any of his troop movements are, or anything that may help me finding it. If he deosn't respond, I'll get the villagers in here, and I'll get them to give me a red hot Iron fire poker, probably found in one of the houses.

Then, using the red hto iron poker, I would prod him with it, favourably his wounds, and torture him until He answered my qeustions. Then, I would message on the radio, and inform my superiors that I need to be extracted, with the villagers away of course, And tell them the information I got from the rebel. Then as I am done on the radio, I would drag the rebel out, and leave him for the villagers.

Then, I would proceed to the Extraction as quickly, and safely as possible, mabye hitching a ride from the villagers to drop me off real quick, about a Kilometre from the extraction, with the ones that spoke English. Then, I would rush out, and get to the chopper.

I'm still not a major fan of attacking the rebels directly for a few reasons, first of all, you're already wounded and have recieved head trauma. Second, being a flight officer, your direct combat training is limited, you've probably fired an M16 a few times in training but then never touched one again. And finally, there are a lot of rebels in that village (probably around twenty) on alert for a loyalist counter attack. These men have probably seen a fair amount of combat lately and know exactly what their doing with their weaponary, though I did like how you first of all ran into the woods instead of a suicide charge, so I think pk did better with this. The best idea is to try and wait the rebels out, they won't want to stay in one place for too long and if you're lucky they won't want that radio. If they do you keep moving and if not wait until they leave, go in, radio home, and wait.
But, let's continue this with pk2015's solution as I don't see him getting gunned down as quickly, or molotoved as comrade put it.
You slowly sneak back into the village when it appears most of the rebels have moved out, a fair sized patrol has stared towards the barn and is marching the wanted villagers (conscripts and forced prostitutes) away with them after shooting the rest of the villagers except one man who they shot through the knee and wrapped the wound to tell anyone who comes across the village what happened. You make your way into the centuries old house with the radio and as soon as you step through the wide open door you see it. It's an old radio, but to you it is the most beautiful thing in the world, a symbol of freedom, your ticket home. Even from across the room you can hear the static it produces and you are beckoned towards it.
As you start to step towards your ticket home however you see a man out of the corner of your eye. Instantly you know he's a rebel and you turn the Kalasknikov you stole to engage. Squeesing the trigger you fire at him but all that happens is you fire ten shots harmlessly into the wall and the aged weapon jams. Dropping the weapon you start to run towards a back room for cover while drawing your pistol. As you near the room you plan to use as a defensive point another man steps out with a WWII era Mosin Nagant with the bayonet erected. You stop in time not to be impalled but know you've lost. Putting your hands into the air you surrender.
The next few hours comprise of interigation in bad English and your getting hit when you respond with name, rank and serial number. Eventually the man you shot at gives up and goes for a smoke outside while watching the sun rise. The other man sits where he can see you, his aged rifle laying across his lap.
As the Sun starts to rise the man who went for the smoke picks up his rifle and steps outside the building. A few seconds later he returns to the building followed by another man. This man is different, he wears clean clothes and sports a holstered pistol. As soon as he enters the building he screams at the two men for nearly ten minutes in the local language and they argue back. With this, their attention is taken away from you.
For the past few hours you have been fiddling with your restraints and noticed their loose, not loose enough for you to escape but loose enough for you to be able to free your right arm and just reach the radio. With your captures distracted you manage to use the radio to contact your commanders. They give you a rendevous point and tell you to be there in two and a half hours. With increasing rebel activity in the area they won't be able to risk another helicopter in the area for a while so you had better make this one. With that, your radio message is over.
You spend the next half hour struggling against time and your restraints. While doing this one of your captures occassionally comes back to yell and/or hit you but then goes back outside. Eventually, your restraints come free and you manage to escape the chair. Exhausted, hungry, and unarmed you manage to squeeze through a back window and make a run for the woods.
As soon as you cross the tree line you hear an angry scream from the village and your two main captures run outside. They quickly shoot into the trees, but miss. Not wanting to wait around for their aim to improve you start pushing what little energy you have left to keep going through the trees.
A few minutes pass and you trip over a root. Rolling down a hill into a creek you lay there for a second. Everything hurts and your vision seems a little blurry. As you start to get back up, you hear them. Quicky taking cover in a brush you see them, four well armed rebels scowering the forest for you. This group passes, but you don't know if the next one will. Standing back up, something catches your eye, the body of a young woman, half her head missing. This reminds you of another part of your security briefing of the area, rebels and loyalist snipers patrol the hills and shoot anything they don't recognize.
Now, you're exhausted both physically and mentally, you're starving, unarmed and rebel patrols are busy searching for you. Rebel snipers are a threat and due to your lack of insignia so can be loyalist snipers. You have one and a half hours to cross mountain woodland to a rendevous point four miles from the village, three and a half from your current location. You know they don't want you alive, you've proven too much trouble alive and they only need your head for propoganda. You have also witnessed the massacre of a village, something the rebels don't want a credible source informing people of outside of their controlled area. Snipers are also a major threat and have no problem shooting civilians as well as enemy soldiers and to both sides you most likely look like a strangely dressed civilian. What do you do?

oh god...uh, ok this is tough here I go
I'd stick to the side of a mountainous area, where large rocks and boulders would be, and VERY carefully, move from rock to rock and in between carefully survey the treeline for snipers. I most likely wouldnt get very far moving slower, of course because of all the wounds and hunger. When I'd get about 2 miles away, check my map, and keep on going. Just keep on going. As I get nearer, a sniper would most likely spot me and try to take me out. I'd do my best to evade him, taking cover at various spots. The helicopter would probably already be there, waiting for me and covering my a**. Jump in and get out of there. Goodbye eastern europe!

Stay at the river for a few minutes moisten my face a bit drink some of the water (even though it has probably mud, shit and other stuff in it) look around for berries then do what pk said as stealthily as possible.

Ok, PK, that idea fails because a sniper rifle can hit you from five miles. Wait until then to check your map or at least wait until night fall where a gun with out thermal would be useless.

No time for pk to wait, this would be early morning after a storm and he only has two hours. A sniper rifle with a range of five miles, now that I'd like to see. The current record for the longest distance sniper shot belongs to Canadian Rob Furlong who achieved a shot with a .50 caliber rifle at 2,657 yards (1.51 miles), a fair bit shorter then five miles. Not to mention he was a well trained military sniper and not a eastern European man with a rifle, not to say many of them aren't highly capable, their equipment might not be.
Panzer, while I normally wouldn't recomend drinking from a river or eating wild berries survival requires things at certain times we wouldn't normally do, and the river would most likely be fairly clean. You might spend a fair amount of time on the toilet later, but getting some strenght back is worth it.
So far, everyone seems to be sticking to cover and moving to the extraction zone. Most likely with a bit of luck both pk and Panzer would make it to the extraction point and be picked up, situation complete. For a shot down combat pilot, avoiding combat is a priority and I think I have pointed that out here through this scenario. Ejecting from an aircraft will not leave you in fighting shape and most military officers are not well trained with rifles, especially Air Force officers barring security forces and those with their own rifles at home. The name of the game for the shot down pilot is escape and evade while attempting at all times to contact friendly forces, and eventually you did that.
Reaching the extraction zone your legs that have carried you so far finally give out from under you. You've been beat by rebels troops, assaulted by local villagers for prowling around their homes and you haven't eaten anything in over a day. As you lean against a boulder in the middle of the clearing you start to drift off but the sound of a bullet ricoheting of the boulder wakes you up. Finding some energy left you look out over the boulder and see a small group of rebels advancing up the hill, rifles at the ready. As they near you and prepare to fire and further wet the storm soaked soil with your life blood you hear the most miraculous sound in the sky above. Looking up you see an Air Force Search and Rescue Pavelow helicopter coming in over the trees. The rebels panic and shoot at the helicopter and in return are showered in 7.62 and .50 caliber bullets. Most of the rebels are slaughtered and the rest flee. Your energy finally giving out, you collapse into sleep.
You don't know how long you've been out when light finally reaches your eyes once again. Taking in your surroundings you find yourself in a hospital bed in an airbase in Germany, hundreds of miles from the small regional conflict that you so recently escaped. On the table next to your bed is a tray of food and a remote for the television set on the other side of the room. Taking the remote in hand you turn the television on and start eating. As you do you see a news report from that now so distant regional conflict. Evidence of genocide on the part of the rebels has been brought to light and the rebel leader has been captured attempting to storm the nation's acting capital. You see the man sitting depressed looking in a tiny jail cell awaiting trial. Before his image disapears from the screen, you swear you recognize him as the well dressed man that yelled at the two men, but you quickly dismiss this and return to your well earned hospital food. Situation Complete.

This scenerio/situation remind me of the movie: Behind Enemy Lines or: Enemy At the Gates because in Enemy At the Gates it's a movie based on war and has snipers in it.

exactly i love the movie behind enemy lines with owen wilson in it. just awesome movie.

Behind Enemy Lines was fairly good, movies based on true stories normall are. Same as video games based on true stories, though they can be annoying when you start to think something you have to do is impossible though someone already did it in real life. There should be another situation soon enough, either that or I'll make one, though I'd expect another soon enough.