Are we securing the people?

[DDilegge]

A little late in the game aren't we?

1st MARDIV trained up CAP units prior to re-deploying to OIF "II". Much training and educaton went into that effort.

Then "#### happened."

Reader's Digest version here:

- Division arrives in country (Al Anbar - Fallujah, Ramadi)
- Division just settling in and ready to impledment CAP
- Contractors killed and hung from bridge
- Mucho press coverage - outrage - attention from 'above'
- Division conducts MOUT to take Fallujah, Iraqi Bn does not perform well
- Division close to taking Fallujah after hard fought battle
- Division ordered to cease and withdraw by 'higher HQ'.
- Division ham-strung by uncertainty from above
- Maybe Iraqi's need more training before being put in 'harm's way'...

Give the Marines a break - I can attest that the CAP program was intended from day one.