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2008-04-01 Home Front: WoT

Married troops can live together in Iraq

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Posted by anonymous5089 2008-04-01 09:34|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 This is a major news item, and a clear indicator that things are going very well in Iraq. The Army *only* does this after it is confident that things are settled down.

Marrieds were not permitted in South Korea for years after the armistice, and even then were long restricted to Seoul only.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-04-01 10:00|| 2008-04-01 10:00|| Front Page Top

#2 My nephew and his wife served together in Afgan two years ago and are now (15 month)in Taji. He is a cpt. in the signal corp and she flies blackhawkes. They hardly ever see each other but do have a crude billet.

Posted by bman 2008-04-01 11:07|| 2008-04-01 11:07|| Front Page Top

#3 Very true #1 - great for married troops but OTOH also provides sn impetus for more selective kidnappings and related Terror ops, not to mention overdedic bachelor troopers whom will insist/demand on "equal access" to any and all
"companionship of a certain nature".

TWIDDLING MY THUMBS HERE - IMO, ARMY IS MAKING A MISTAKE. WORLD MIL HISTORY + ISRAEL POLICIES > Will try and try and try again over Time, Wars, Pol and Admin Changes, Peace, and Generations, etc. only to regain sanity and revert back.

LASTLY, ARMY = US VOLUNTER ARMY-DOD IS DOING THIS CHANGE AT A TIME WHEN OSAMA + RADICAL ISLAM HAS LIKELY CHOSEN TO EXPAND VIOLENT JIHAD AGZ [Nuke-armed]RUSSIA-CENTRAL ASIA.[China?] FUBAR = SNAFU = OOOOOOOOOPPPPPPSIES!?

Cold War Leftism-Socialism is on the verge/threshold of seeing their hallowed, sacrosanct MACKINDER'S WORLD ISLAND OF EURASIA DESTABILIZE AND BREAKUP, UNTO DECADENT AMER-SKI WESTERNIST BOURGEOSIE CAPITALISM OR ISLAMIST NONSECULARISM, ETC. WHICH EVEN HUMPTY DUMPTY KNOWS ONLY WAR WILL RESTORE TO LEFTY IDEALISM???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-04-01 22:04|| 2008-04-01 22:04|| Front Page Top

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