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Fifth French soldier killed in Mali fighting
Times of India ^
| Sunday, March 17, 2013
| Reuters
Posted on 03/17/2013 12:07:48 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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posted on
03/17/2013 12:07:48 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
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posted on
03/17/2013 12:08:17 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
03/17/2013 12:22:36 PM PDT
by
Perdogg
(Sen Ted Cruz is my adoptive Senator, Rand Paul for President in 2016)
To: SunkenCiv
Where are they trying to drive then to?
To: Perdogg
Nope. Article says he was a Marine.
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posted on
03/17/2013 12:26:58 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: Joe 6-pack
In France that means he was with the Troupes de Marine which are part of the Army.
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posted on
03/17/2013 12:31:52 PM PDT
by
stormer
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
03/17/2013 12:35:32 PM PDT
by
Grimmy
(equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
To: Joe 6-pack
I wonder when Marines began to sail on ships. I can recall Thucydides mentioning marines on board Athenian ships during the Peloponnesian War. I am sure they date at least to 500 B.C., and probably longer.
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posted on
03/17/2013 12:37:54 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Truth, Justice, and the American Way.)
To: yarddog
There have been Marines about as long as there have been warships. They were originally (and in some countries still are) referred to as Naval Infantry, and primarily served as boarding and landing party specialists, with their ground combat duties a natural extension of that.
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posted on
03/17/2013 12:46:51 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: SunkenCiv
Le Hell Non, Oui won’t Le geaux.
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posted on
03/17/2013 12:47:07 PM PDT
by
MuttTheHoople
(Pray for Joe Biden- Proverbs 29:9)
To: stormer
Correct, but not part of the FFL.
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posted on
03/17/2013 12:47:40 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: Joe 6-pack
Yes - I was attempting to point out that French Marines, unlike their counterparts in the US, are organized as part of the Armee de Terre (the Army), rather than part of the Marine Nationale (the Navy). To confuse matters more, the French Navy also has the Fusiliers Marin (Sailors Riflemen), that are actually infantry and commandos.
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posted on
03/17/2013 12:57:40 PM PDT
by
stormer
To: stormer
Correct again. I was merely addressing the question as to whether or not it was a legionnaire who had been killed, and seeing ‘Marine’ in the article was enough to pretty much verify the KIA was not FFL.
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posted on
03/17/2013 1:02:39 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: Joe 6-pack
Thanks, there always seems to be overlap in duties. I remember Steve McQueen in “The Sand Pebbles” using a 1903 Springfield yet he was a sailor. Of course that is just a movie.
Another area where there is overlap is Army aviation and Naval aviation. First it was just the Army Air Corps, then probably copying the German Luftwaffe, we have the Air Force but still also have Army aviation.
I also remember during WWII Hermann Goering had Luftwaffe special forces troops.
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posted on
03/17/2013 1:12:49 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Truth, Justice, and the American Way.)
To: SunkenCiv
I wonder what their “exit strategy” is.....
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posted on
03/17/2013 2:15:16 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: BenLurkin
Hope its not withdrawal and turning everything over to the enemy.
To: MuttTheHoople
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posted on
03/17/2013 2:51:29 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: Grimmy
And may al Qaeda rest in pieces.
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posted on
03/17/2013 2:52:00 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: SunkenCiv
Vive La France (in spite of the Socialist creep Hollande)
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posted on
03/17/2013 2:52:21 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: BenLurkin; bigheadfred; Western Phil
The goal of the French is to retake Mali, but...
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posted on
03/17/2013 3:14:39 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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