Police adviser I think...
Ain't he cute? :D
Or were you addressing the RPG Magnet. That's what we called em in Veet Nam -- proving that we don't learn lessons well...
P.S. Or he could be USAF...
Zis where I get to beat my "We are marginally trained" drum?
Beats me -- what I cannot figure out is why any halfway decent Buck Sergeant tolerates that kind of 'structure.' Much less ANY of his superiors...
Though perhaps they did a rotation through theNTC to learn how to 'do it right...' :mad:
Retroactive Judgement on Wanat
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Report: Silver Star recipient among officers reprimanded for mistakes at Wanat
Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Three Army officers who were members of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team have received letters of reprimand for decisions made before the deadly Battle of Wanat, including one officer who received a Silver Star for his actions that day, according to a report by CBS News.
CBS News identifies Silver Star recipient Capt. Matthew Myer, a company commander — and the senior officer on site for most of the battle — as one of the officers to be reprimanded. ABC News identified the other two officers as Col. Bill Ostlund, a former battalion commander, and Col. “Chip” Preysler, the former brigade commander.
Although this engagement need not have happened, I couldn't blame the recipients of these letters of reprimand if they feel cynical. It's a bit like saying after the fact that instead of putting up with a bad situation they should have complained about it more. The remainder of the story can be read by clicking here.
Is this what General Sherman was talking about?
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Originally Posted by
jcustis
... it appears that Gen McChrystal has taken care of that with a directive that the AAFES oxygen-stealing largesse of chain restaurant crap in Afghanistan is bring terminated within the next 90 days.
From The Times, London, March 30, 2010:
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No longer will the fighter pilots at Bagram or Kandahar airfields be able to ring Pizza Hut to deliver. Once General McChrystal has his way, the Whoppers will be off the menu: Burger Kings at both locations are to close. Even the newly opened TGI Friday’s on the boardwalk in Kandahar is to close its doors once its contract expires.
“This is a war zone, not an amusement park,” wrote Command Sergeant-Major Michael T. Hall in a military blog.
To read the entire article click here.