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| Sgt. Tim Martin, an infantryman with Headquarters and Headquarters
Company of the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry
Division, shows evidence of the long journey after returning from
Operation Buffalo Thunder II at Forward Operating Base Spin Boldak,
Afghanistan, July 2, 2012. During the eight-day mission, Afghan and
American forces cleared more than 120 kilometers of rugged terrain and
escorted approximately 60 truckloads of humanitarian aid for
distribution to the people of Shorabak. 117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment (Hawaii) Photo by Staff Sgt. Brendan |
It makes me fucking sick.
The Commandant and SgtMajor can pound sand with the bullshit they've been peddling lately. So can Congress members. The hollow force is here and I can tell ya one thing. There
The powers that be should roast in hell. They're playing with people's lives just to push an agenda.
Plenty of ways like a C-27J the Army, er the Air Far, er, we don't have operating.
ReplyDeleteno C-27 but you could do one C-130 air drop and get the same results. hell if you want to get fancy then helo insome USAF CCT's or some Pathfinders from the US Army Rangers...or if you want multi-service then send in Force Recon to secure the area, CCT's to handle the drop, you then use CH-47's to helo in the food.
ReplyDeletebut the last thing you should want to do is to send a grunt unit on a couple of hundred mile road trip to do this kind of bullshit.
Yeah, but that would make too much sense. The next thing you'll suggest is that the Army will develop entire units of troops who use these "air drop" tactics.
ReplyDeleteIt's a shame we refuse learn from the French and Rhodesians who were doing airdrops at 500ft to make contact or flush out insurgents
wow, didn't know that. i'm gonna have to read up on them. it makes perfect sense though because less time to be seen by the enemy and less scattering of troops on the ground.
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