MaxedOutMama
Saturday, March 26, 2005
Unit Cohesion
I am awed by this. Courtesy Instapundit, BlackFive has the AAR (After Action Report?) on Raven 42's response to an ambush of a convoy in Iraq. There are no words to describe how impressive this is, so I'll quote Col. Kriessel:
One thing for sure. If all of this settles down, as long as I am a voter I will never be in favor of cutting NCO's to cut our military expenses. If we do reduce forces in 10 years, we don't want to get rid of the heart of this force. It's all too easy to lose what you don't know you have.
There is little to add to the AAR. It is a testimony to the professionalism of the soldiers our army continues to field. Bear in mind as you read this, these are support troops, Military Police and Medics, who normally occupy rear areas and provide logistics and route security to tactical forces.We must have the best trained armed forces the world has ever seen. Throughout the whole Iraqi conflict I have been astounded at what these people do in combat, what they don't do while under constant pressure of the worse kind and the amazing humanity of these soldiers as shown by their own projects to help the children and civilians in Iraq. If the press were still breathing it would be analyzing the achievements of these people and asking how all this happened, asking how a force such as this could be created, and most of all, asking how it can be maintained.
One thing for sure. If all of this settles down, as long as I am a voter I will never be in favor of cutting NCO's to cut our military expenses. If we do reduce forces in 10 years, we don't want to get rid of the heart of this force. It's all too easy to lose what you don't know you have.
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Thanks for this post, MOM. You're exactly right. I wish the media and average Americans understood as well as you do.
Tom, I only understand because I have the benefit of having encountered plenty of military personnel and their families, and because I have a brother who is very interested in military history.
As for the rest of the country, how can they understand if the media is too dumb to write about what is happening? Rantingprofs keeps writing about how objectively bad their coverage is.
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As for the rest of the country, how can they understand if the media is too dumb to write about what is happening? Rantingprofs keeps writing about how objectively bad their coverage is.
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