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To: Cannoneer No. 4
I'm in.

What's got me miffed: Why stick to roads when the enemy can easily rig them, and why stick to roads when the enemy doesn't?
(Self answering: because the vehicle in use can't go offroading.)
21 posted on 05/06/2004 10:03:19 AM PDT by Darksheare (A lesson in all of this- Something about hiring better help that doesn't stand around &watch you die)
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To: Darksheare
The only casualties in my platoon were wounded because they drove off a road and hit a buried IED/mine. We eventually operated by the Balkans rule - stay on the paved surfaces, because the visible threat is easier to deal with than the invisible threat. There were no further casualties.
40 posted on 05/08/2004 6:03:33 AM PDT by Voice in your head ("The secret of Happiness is Freedom, and the secret of Freedom, Courage." - Thucydides)
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