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| 120,000 more US troops receive orders for Iraq war front |
| 2003-03-29 |
| US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld ordered the deployment of 120,000 more troops to the Iraq war battlefront, the European edition of the American military daily Stars and Stripes reported Friday. Once the soldiers arrive, more than half of the US army and Marine Corps will be stationed in Iraq. The reinforcements will not be ready for combat for at least three weeks. The new troop contingent include the first soldiers from the heavily armored Army 4th Infantry Division, parts of the 1st Armored Division and the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment. US military leaders had to adjust their war strategy following the fierce resistance of Iraqi military forces. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #6 How long to deploy 2ACR? |
| Posted by: Matt 2003-03-29 21:28:42 |
| #5 cool webpage too, I'm impressed OldSpook |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-03-29 21:00:00 |
| #4 2ACR is an interesting unit. They have been built for the purpose of fighting irregulars along a long line of contact. All Humvee w/TOW, with helicopter support and integral artillery. Light to lift, easy to resupply, extremely mobile. Add to that the doctrinal emphasis on scouting, small unit engagement, mobility, infiltration, screening and counter-infiltration, and also the training in those skill sets, they are far different from "Regular Army" units. Plus there is an Elan that goes with having a continuous history that goes back farther than any other active duty unit in the US Army (continuously active since 1836). I served there in the last war - see the regimental page and read up on the history. http://www.jrtc-polk.army.mil/2acr/index.html This is the unit that will shock the snot out of the Feydaheen and irregulars by beating them at their own game. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2003-03-29 19:55:12 |
| #3 More like lift and stationing limitations. You can only jam so much stuff up along the Kuwait border before it is one big unmissable target. Punch forward now, so the follow on isn't a sitting duck in the assembly area. These commentators and writers will never get the concept. Will have to wait, but if and when the OPLAN is made public [less the Intel & NOFOR stuff], the historians are going to have a field day ripping big ones on all the talking heads, in and out of uniform. |
| Posted by: Don 2003-03-29 17:11:02 |
| #2 I smell two more birds with one more stone. Lets hope that those Useful Idiots in Syria & Iran decide to lash out....we could clean the cesspool out in short order. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-03-29 17:06:46 |
| #1 US military leaders had to adjust their war strategy following the fierce resistance of Iraqi military forces. Yup, gotta preposition forces for dealing with other "Axis of Evil" nations. New members being added daily. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-03-29 16:22:20 |