Very interesting report...keep 'em coming.
Thanx for posting. It's great to get first hand info form our guys.
You should be very proud of your son. And he is absolutely right on the weaponry. In fact, shortly before I retired, the Air Force was in the process of developing a revamped M-14 and M-16 in order to adjust to those problems faced in the desert. I don't know where that stands though. And as far as M-9's go, I only saw a person use it once, and that was a medic in Kirkuk. I thank you and your son for your sacrifices.
With all the resources available to the US military,
you would think that the border with Syria could
be closed. Why hasn't it been closed and sealed?
Great post. Great article.
From what I understand the Navy is going to stop issuing the 9mm Beretta and go back to the 45.
I served in Kuwait for 9 months and while nothing in Kuwait can hold a candle to the Sunni triangle, I was certainly amazed at how the locals treated us. The base where I lived had many soldiers and Marines who rotated in and out of Iraq and the stories they told and the stories the media told are two different animals. The media is the fifth column in this fight. They want us to lose.
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Tell your son, thank you for his service. And thank you for yours as well. I passed your message on to several in my family. My sister's son, is a marine and he is serving in Iraq. These type of things are what they like to learn more about.
God Bless You, Your Son and the family.
God Bless our TROOPS. The real heroes of our society.
what an incredible post.
My nephew is in the usmc and heding back to Iraq. I asked him if he needed a .45 sidearm, and he said it was too difficult in the marine supply system to keep a private weapon.Maybe I should ask him again.
great post and it is good to hear that our service men are aware of the media tactics...
as for closing the borders, syria and iran are investing a lot of resources in supplying insurgents to be chewed apart by our valiant forces... perhaps this will allow internal insurgence in those places to topple their respective tyrants...
teeman
"They use handheld GPS units for navigation and Google earth for overhead views of our positions. "
Those leftist bastards at Google aren't stopping at not recognizing Veteran's Day.
Later, 'gator...
Post of the month award...
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