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2016-03-21 Iraq

US Marines set-up artillery base near Makhmour

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Posted by trailing wife 2016-03-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 While wearing Birkenstocks?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-03-21 03:17|| 2016-03-21 03:17|| Front Page Top

#2 While wearing Birkenstocks?....Flip-flops?....

Posted by AlanC 2016-03-21 07:53|| 2016-03-21 07:53|| Front Page Top

. Currently it serves as protection for the nearby base where Americans are training 5,000 Iraqi soldiers who are readying for the long anticipated operation.

And who is responsible for protecting the Marine fire base? Have we not been here before? Have we learned nothing since 1968 ?

Posted by Besoeker 2016-03-21 08:08|| 2016-03-21 08:08|| Front Page Top

#4 Perhaps this is why the Army didn't get the job:

Forward observer

The 13F MOS was the only field artillery job that hadn't been opened to women.

Officials wanted to make a decision about the 13F MOS alongside the infantry and armor specialties because forward observers often are embedded with infantry and armor units.

Link

Posted by Besoeker 2016-03-21 08:42|| 2016-03-21 08:42|| Front Page Top

#5 Those are 'camp shoes', dude.

'Broken Arrow', B.

Posted by Skidmark 2016-03-21 11:26|| 2016-03-21 11:26|| Front Page Top

#6 And who is responsible for protecting the Marine fire base?

Probably threw it to the locals.

Have we not been here before? Have we learned nothing since 1968 ?

Couple of small differences. The arty unit was likely detailed off the Kearsarge as a temporary measure. No doubt national leadership decided it was 'inconvenient' to provide a security force, especially since the Misguided Children tend to be a bit... proactive... when guarding their own.

Posted by Pappy 2016-03-21 14:20|| 2016-03-21 14:20|| Front Page Top

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