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To: dinok
Its time for a new division to head to Iraq and releive the 3rd Infantry. Those boys did their job, and we are jerking them around. Rumsfeld is starting to tick me off. Its not like we don't have troops to send.

Which one do you want to send?

7 posted on 07/20/2003 11:38:40 AM PDT by Gunslingr3
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To: Gunslingr3
Which one do you want to send?

A very good question. With so many units deployed throughout the world, we are becomingly very thin. The recent news that the SecDef is positioning to make Guard and Reserve units active duty should tell you how thin we are. I've even heard rumors of calling back retired personnel and moving IRR soldiers into units. (Considering the SecDef's decision to nominate Gen. Schoonmaker as Army CoS, this is not out of the realm of possibilities).

Personally, I'd probably rotate 10th Mountain to the region, but their OPTEMPO is insane right now.

9 posted on 07/20/2003 11:43:45 AM PDT by Archangelsk ("I love big mouthed frogs. Especially when they're sauteed." The Alligator)
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To: Gunslingr3
How about the III Marine Expeditionary Force? They're sure not appreciated in Okinawa...
17 posted on 07/20/2003 12:12:56 PM PDT by AntiGuv (™)
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To: Gunslingr3; Archangelsk; AntiGuv
Third ID should be replaced by First Cav division who are probably chomping at the bit.
58 posted on 07/20/2003 1:47:54 PM PDT by jwalsh07
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