Posted on 05/11/2006 11:00:55 PM PDT by DTAD
SOUTHWEST ASIA: The French Navy Carrier Air Wing returned to the coalition fight last week, flying their first missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom since November.
"Our main mission while we are here is to support troops on the ground and contribute to reconnaissance efforts as well," said Lt. Col. Gerard Brunel, commander of the French detachment at the Combined Air Operations Center. It is Central Command Air Forces policy not to disclose the specific location of its forward headquarters or the CAOC.
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damn, i was getting worried ...
Gosh, that's really swell. Things in Afghanistan must be safer than I thought.
Are they out of cheese already?
predictable anti-French snarkiness on this thread, and I'm sure others will be along shortly. But they are contributing, and that's the point that shoule be taken from this article.
Whatever differences we may have with their government and/or their culture, I've heard good things about French troops, intelligence agencies, and police, from people who have worked with them.
please elaborate on some highlights to an interested person
If anyone think the French forces are pu$$ies try going up against them. Just because the majority are, don't underestimate them.
Sorry about my poor English.
I don't have a whole lot of specifics, just that people I know in the military who have had occasion to train with them speak favorably of them. I do know that the French internal security apparatus has been very tough on Muslim exremists inside France, even moreso than we have in this country. They're able to hold suspects for questioning for quite a long time without charging them, for example.
reads more like poor soberness from here :)
To this day they don't understand you need a bargaining chip to talk your way out of a fight.
Maybe all them "muzlim youts" rioting a couple months ago made them reconsider?
I am talking about the individual soldiers like the ones I knew in Kosovo. Very professional and not a bunch I would want to go up against. Ditto for the Germans...just because their government sucks doesn't mean they are not a killing force.
did not mean to discredit those you served with. they are however , tools of their government. which are in fact tools against this country
The French military was bummed out that they had to sit out the Iraq war.
As a whole France used to be a brave country a very long time ago. I am sure there are a few that are brave in the country today and those would join the military.
they accidentally put a submarine engine in it?
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