Gotta start somewhere!
I don’t believe I have seen such a non story all afternoon.
They were/are superbly trained.
I’ll bet they were more prepared for combat than Ambassador Chris Stevens or information officer Sean Smith was, but the media was never concerned about Obama abandoning them now were they..
So now we know that that wacko lady from Florida helped to craft the legislation that set up the mission in Niger, that Barack Obama created specific parameters for that mission that hamstrung it and made the soldiers that far more vulnerable to what eventually did happen and led to the deaths..who knows what more will be revealed and that is probably going to make Democrat operatives who got this ridiculous phone call story going look even more stupid.
Oil, Soros, Obama, Hillary, Moslems, France.
From a back-of-magazine challenge I DREW CHIPPY, thereby passing the Q Course, to my surprise.
Look into it, it’s a new deal they’re running.
My buddy got a Ranger Tab out of a box of Cracker Jacks.
If you have no combat experience, the only way to get it is in combat. Stupid article.
Sgt La David Johnson was a wheeled vehicle mechanic.
The problem with combat is that the other side gets to do whatever they can do.
In this case, they hit you when you think you’re safe.
I’m not a big fan of running patrols in Toyota pickups.
Someone wrote that Obama had restricted the equipment that could be used in Niger.
If that’s the case, than old Obamabozo owns this one.
Diana ought to stick to covering high school proms, or something.
She has not the foggiest idea how the world works.
Drones not Troops next time? What/Where was the Recon or Surveillance?
Condolences to the lost soldiers families. This was not a textbook nor routine mission.. none are these days.
Are resources stretched too thin?
Or are our troops asked to do too much in too many places?
Is the intel bad?
Are regional commanders in over their heads?
Another nothing-burger. All of the men who died (as others have observed) were superbly trained. It’s a two-year pipeline from initial selection, through the “Q” course and all the other training required to become a Green Beret. Much of that instruction is among the most rigorous and realistic. It may not be combat, but it’s as close as you can get.
Additionally, the media ignores the fact that other Green Berets on the mission were highly experienced. US commanders would not send an “all-rookie” A-team on a search for a high value target. Having said that, there are some unusual aspects about this mission. First, why no dedicated UAV support when one was airbone and in the area (arrived overhead five minutes after the shooting started).
UAVs are not only useful in searching for the target, they are also armed (in most cases) and enhance situational awareness for friendlies on the ground. Many don’t realize that the DCGS intel crew—in Europe or the CONUS—can talk directly to our troops and they, in turn, can see what the drone “sees” through systems like Rover.
Additionally, I’m not sure why they elected to drive to the target area (85 miles through bad-guy land) when French helos were available for insertion and extraction. Likewise, you’d think CAS aircraft would have been on higher alert—if the French were aware of the mission beforehand. More concerning is the fact our Green Berets—qualified JTACs—were unable to communicate with the French pilots, four years after we began join ops in the region.
In all of the postings here on this subject I ‘n pointing out the need to always include a contingent of rotary wing air support even it’s only one armed helicopter for backup which is flexible enough to cover the requirements for the assigned mission which can be serviced by a minimum of crew at the assigned location. That serve can as scout and standby support.
In all of the postings here on this subject I’ve been ‘pointing out the need to always include a contingent of rotary wing air support. Rven if it’s only one armed helicopter for backup which is flexible enough to cover the requirements for the assigned mission which can be serviced by a minimum of crew at the assigned location. That can serve as scout and standby support even supply,and transport . Stuff drones can’t do but also house the drone driver.
Let me get this right - it’s not right to deploy someone who has never had combat experience/contact with hostile forces to an are where there are hostile forces......maybe they need to train against antifa folks so they are seasoned before their first confrontations - gotta get that first experience somewhere...