1 posted on
12/14/2005 5:48:22 PM PST by
SandRat
To: 2LT Radix jr; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; 80 Square Miles; A Ruckus of Dogs; acad1228; AirForceMom; ..
Victory Comes ever closer.
2 posted on
12/14/2005 5:49:10 PM PST by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: SandRat
I can "garuntee" you that this artillery battalion will not be able to perform its primary mission for about two years after leaving the AO.
Semper Fi,
To: SandRat
Though the soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery, were not trained for counterinsurgency operations, a year in Iraq has made them experts.I'll say it again and again...
4 posted on
12/14/2005 9:15:34 PM PST by
StarCMC
(Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)
To: ducks1944; Ragtime Cowgirl; Alamo-Girl; TrueBeliever9; maestro; TEXOKIE; My back yard; djreece; ...
Duty in densely populated Baghdad doesn't call for the need for firing a lot of 155 mm shells. In fact, Army Maj. Gen. William Webster, commander of the 3rd Infantry Division and Task Force Baghdad, said the division has not fired an artillery round or dropped ordnance in Baghdad during its deployment. Though the soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery, were not trained for counterinsurgency operations, a year in Iraq has made them experts.
5 posted on
12/14/2005 9:53:32 PM PST by
Calpernia
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