Posted on 08/17/2005 6:31:40 AM PDT by SuzyQ2
By W. Thomas Smith Jr.
SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
August 17, 2005
FORT JACKSON, S.C. -- "Don't stop! Keep moving!" Staff Sgt. Dennis Wisner shouts at four recruits racing for cover. They have been caught in the open by an enemy sniper. Firing and moving, they dash behind a small building. Sgt. Wisner's voice booms over the "pop, pop, pop" of M-16 blank fire and Muslim calls to prayers echoing from a nearby mosque. "Use your weapon," he shouts at one young soldier who hesitates before returning fire. A year ago, this might have been a full-blown infantry or special operations training exercise at Fort Benning, Ga., or Fort Bragg, N.C. Today, an overhaul of training has made it standard fare for all U.S. Army recruits...
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Looks like we're gradually awakening to the fact that we are at war.
'Support troops' aka Women in Combat?
Sounds like they're trying to be more like the Marines, where "every Marine is a rifleman".
They weren't training for combat before? I know maintenance guys who regularly go out to the shooting range..
Looks like the number of African-American troops in combat is about to increase.
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