Range 215 role players interact with Lt. Gen. James F. Amos, II Marine Expeditionary Force commanding general, and Marine Corps Installations-West Sergeant Major Wayne Bell, during a visit to the Combat Center in May.Photo by: Cpl. Heidi E. Loredo
Posted on 06/12/2006 4:34:20 PM PDT by SandRat
Range 215 role players interact with Lt. Gen. James F. Amos, II Marine Expeditionary Force commanding general, and Marine Corps Installations-West Sergeant Major Wayne Bell, during a visit to the Combat Center in May.Now this is an interesting development.
GOOD NEWS
Wow!
Ping.
There was a news story on Fox about this camp in the Mojave desert where the Marines and soldiers are training before going to Iraq or Afghanistan. I think it is probably the same as this. It is very interesting. Gen Patreaus is in command there, I think.
I saw that too; it was strictly Army though....Fort Irwin, which is just outside of beautiful downtown Barstow.
The Marine Corps has it's own (and plenty of it!) desert scenario with Twentynine Palms.
Years ago, before urban sprawl began to hit even the low desert out here, we could hear the boom-boom from "The Stumps" late at night, when Twentynine Palms was pretty much just an artillery base....and it's gotta be 30 miles away as the crow flies (probably 100 driving).
You will never hear a Democate report things like this.
They are doom and gloom!!
Thanks for the ping.
[Mrs T]
Bump! Thanks for the ping - A great read.
I'm glad you saw it too. I heard it from the kitchen and when I went in and watched the rest of it, I thought I had heard Marines and soldiers and I didn't think they trained together. But things have changed so much in the 18 years since my husband retired from the AF, I thought maybe they did. It was interesting, wasn't it? I wish they would do more reporting that shows everybody what great people we have in the military.
I seem to recall that many Iraqis fighters surrendered to our troops, their hands held high, during the first Iraqi fracas. We really turned our backs on them by pulling out before the job was completed back then.
Great stuff!
Great post!
That is the sad part of our first time in Iraq.
I don't think we will do that again.God Bless our
Troops let them finish the mission.
[Mrs T]
Excellent find.
Where the hell IS 29 Palms? : )
MapQuest may help. :o)
50 miles from nowhere and a foot and a half above hell.
Actually you have to bring your own nowhere. I recommend bringing your own air too.
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