Posted on 09/05/2005 7:10:50 AM PDT by Sailor6468
Unlike the easy ambush of Private Jessica Lynch and her ordnance maintenance unit that made a wrong turn in a bad neighborhood back in 2003, insurgents today are learning that striking any American unit – combat arms or not – can be costly.
"When the guys we're training today get hit, they'll fight their asses off," Reece says. Recruits are certainly learning from those who've been in the fight.
(Excerpt) Read more at reportingwar.com ...
This training for all attitude will serve them well now and in the future. Seems the mindset of military training is adapting to the changing times when the enemy hides behind women and children and melts into the crowd like another civilian or slithers like a snake into a gopher hole. Good post.
It really does sound like a military training of the highest caliber. I like the sounds of this a lot, and it will pay dividends quickly.
Training non-infantry recruits to function as grunts is a big change for the Army. It seems the Army wants to be more like the Marine Corps.
Nothing like a war and the possibility of death to concentrate one's mind. This war is going to toughen all of America's Armed Forces and that is a good thing, given what we are facing.
" It seems the Army wants to be more like the Marine Corps."
Doesn't everyone?
No. The last thing I'd want to take a ride in is the Osprey.
IT DOESNT MATTER HOW WELL WE TRAIN THE TROOPS IF THE POLITICIANS WONT LET US FIGHT! AND GETTING BROUGHT UP ON CHARGES FOR HURTING A DETAINEES FEELINGS. I AM SICK OF THIS SHIIIIITEEEEEE
LOL!!No kidding. or if certain politians worry about the air conditioner setting at Gitmo
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What our American Soldiers...
Are doing on behalf of the...
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Iraq & Afghanistan...
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......S-A-C-R-E-D...!!!
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Agreed, but for the US Army this change must cause heartburn and humiliation.
Why do you say that?
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