Troops in Iraq allowed to drink beer on Super Bowl Sunday!
GEN Odierno is awesome.
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For One Night, GIs in Iraq Get a Taste of Home: Football and Beer
By Ernesto Londońo
Washington Post Foreign Service
Friday, January 9, 2009; Page A12
BAGHDAD, Jan. 8 -- Of all the missives the top U.S. military commander in Iraq has signed, probably none generated more cheer than the one issued this week authorizing all U.S. troops to drink beer.
Two catches: only two per person and only on Super Bowl night.
The waiver, issued Wednesday by Gen. Ray Odierno, marks the first time all American service members in Iraq will be allowed to break the ban on liquor in combat zones without risking being court-martialed.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...=moreheadlines
No but I do recall wishing
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Originally Posted by
J Wolfsberger
You wouldn't have any special knowledge of how that "erroneous word got out," would you? ;)
I'd thought of it. :D
We heard it was a Navy Corpsman with 6 MEU...
There's a catch though...
The WaPo didn't get the full story. Stars & Stripes had an article on this back before Christmas. At the time, it only applied to MND-Baghdad. They followed up recently, with reactions from other units. From the sound of it, MND-B will be the only command allowing its members to drink beer. Even MND-Center soldiers living on the same bases as MND-B won't be allowed to drink. Luckily, I'm in Qatar for a pass, enjoying my 3 daily beers.
According to my source...
lift on the beer ban will only be in the Green Zone. :confused:
Where you lead, we blindly follow!
Don't worry. We're stoopid too. After happily conquering 2/3 of the globe (especially you...sorry about the White House again by the way) whilst blind drunk, we operate an all dry policy in both theatres, rather than the perfectly manageable 2-can rule which sufficed during the dark days of Northern Ireland and indeed the Balkans. God forbid we should treat the boys like adults. Countless Yes Men Lemmings will bleat that there are now no G1 discipline issues whatsoever on operations (2 legs baaad...4 legs good...). Of course they're wrong. I seem to recall 2 cleansing weak beers helped keep the demons at bay after a day of exhuming mass graves in Bosnia and Kosovo. Never mind! At least the Grown Ups get to swill the odd bottle of Red while 'entertaining VIPs'
What amazing log leadership we have.
If getting joe some beer is really this big of a hassle, perhaps the problem is with those responsible for getting joe beer, not the policy of getting joe beer.
This truly is the bike helmet generation. I sincerely hope that officers at the lowest levels who have been degraded by such policies as no beer will pull their collective heads out and do something about it when they have the authority.
Those against this idea remind me of the major I worked for who would meekly allow some SF gaurd (that's Air Force, not green beanie) to inspect all our pax for ID cards instead of taking his word that his convoy was secure.
When I brought up that the gaurd has basically just insulted the hell out of his command and compentence, he became incensed with the policy and fired off a few hate mails. Probably to no effect. At least he is saved.
The point is that no man would allow another man to treat him this way, certainly without a great deal of bitching and kvetching. Our society has all but done away with men though, so the ranks are fairly quiet and accepting.
Hope I can remember this rant when I come into my "majority."
And I thought I was alone in the world...
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Originally Posted by
sapperfitz82
This truly is the bike helmet generation.
It's always nice to know there are others out there... :cool:
We're not alone. As long ago as 1962 or thereabouts
the British Forces in the Borneo Confrontation had to go to London to get specific permission to fire SS-11 Missiles form RAF Helicopters...
Too much peace time is bad for Armies...
Beats the alternative, tho' ;)
Well, maybe. :wry:
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M18A1 Claymore or M5 MCCM
This is what could be confusing many from a distance.
M5 Modular Crowd Control Munition (MCCM)
The MCCM, a non-lethal variant of the Claymore munition, is the Army and Marine Corps' first non-lethal area coverage munition. It provides crowd control and force protection and temporarily incapacitates a large, hostile group without causing life-threatening consequences to the targeted individuals. This gives the field commander the option to apply non-lethal force as a first line of defense against aggressive noncombatants.
The MCCM is similar in appearance to the Claymore mine but is filled with 600 32-caliber rubber balls. It has an effective range of 5 to 15 meters with 60-degree coverage. MCCM is command control initiated and disorients and incapacitates targeted individuals for approximately 10 seconds.