ELITE INFANTRY TICKETED TO TARGET TYRANT'S TOWN

New York Post ^ | 4/09/03 | LEONARD GREENE and MARSHA KRANES

[kattracks]

April 9, 2003 -- The elite 4th Infantry Division, newly arrived in the Gulf, is preparing for a major offensive against Tikrit - birthplace of Saddam Hussein and the place he'd likely go to seek refuge if he's alive.

The assault, slated for this week, will be led by the high-tech advance forces of the firepower-packed division, which is in Kuwait gearing up for the attack, according to military sources.

[SENTINEL]

Outstanding ! We should spread the combat experience as wide as possible, it is good for the country.

[leadpenny]

Ivy Division, make us proud!

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[FreedomPoster]

The lead brigade is all they need. The brigade second off the ships is going to be *pissed*.

[Larry Lucido]

Those who know more about the 4th ID than me, is all this talk about "elite" and "high-tech" just another media setup to raise expectations, so that they can once again yell "quagmire" if any battle takes over an hour? What does the 4th ID have that the 3rd doesn't already have access to?

[Bluntpoint]

"ELITE INFANTRY TICKETED TO TARGET TYRANT'S TOWN"

Why are we going after Pelosi's hometown now?

[Iwentsouth]

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/4id.htm

Here is a page that explains quite well.

[Larry Lucido]

Thanks!!

[OpusatFR]

My nephew's division!

Loud, proud and kick butt!

[kattracks]

God Bless your nephew, and all our troops.

[leadpenny]

Excellent link. Thank you. My son and I have both served in the 4th ID. He was in Haiti with their Engineer Bn. and I was in Ft. Lewis and Pleiku with them.

[Rebelbase]

"ELITE INFANTRY"

Something is wrong with this article. I thought the press only used the word "Elite" when reffering to the Iraqi Republican Guard.

U.S./U.K. forces were just "soldiers", "Marines", troops, etc.

[leadpenny]

A proud tradition for your nephew. Godspeed.

[Poohbah]

The 4th ID is the first division to receive the full Army XXI package of Command and Control (C2) systems.

The net result is that processes that take a few days in the 3rd ID only take a few hours in the 4th.

That means that they can conduct operations at a faster tempo than the enemy can cope with.

[Mr.Clark]

I believe they are equipped with two things that the 3rd doesnt have. They have M1A2 tanks, and they have some kind of new computer system, that tracks everyones motions and the like. It's called battlefield integration or something. Everyone eventually will get it, but the 4th is the first to be equipped with the system.

[peeve23]

The 4th ID is the most modern of our mech/heavy divisions. They have realtime knowledge of each other's locations through digital uplinking. This gives them a massive advantage on the battlefield because they know where all the eaches of their units are. When they locate an enemy target via other information technologies, then can move their closest, most useful assets to immediately counteract it.

The other division commanders work with radio and/or landline knowledge of where their units are.

It would be like a quarterback having precise knowledge of where all eligible receivers were at all times. He would know instantly who should get the ball when someone breaks open.

[Clean_Sweep]

"What does the 4th ID have that the 3rd doesn't already have access to? "

They have computer imaging of the battle field displaying all the positions of friendly troops and I think the bad guys for coordinated attacks.

[Coop]

It would be like a quarterback having precise knowledge of where all eligible receivers were at all times. He would know instantly who should get the ball when someone breaks open.

Yeah, but it doesn't mean a whole lot when the football team is still stuck on the bus.

[RayChuang88]

If I were any Iraqi that does not support Saddam who lives in Tikrit now, I'd leave that small city in a literal New York minute.

With the 4th Infantry Division's high-tech firepower and total air superiority, the Coalition forces will literally crush that city in a matter of only a few days.