Pararescuemen walk line between fierce warrior, caring savior

Stars and Stripes ^ | Oct 29, 2012 | By LAURA RAUCH

[maine-iac7]

you say: “His ROEs have tied our guys’ hands behind their backs leaving them sitting ducks and casualties have skyrocketed.”

FINALLY - someone says it!

I’ve been screaming his for years . The media is ao silent on this you’d never know we had KIA’s anymore.

He has a lot of blood on his hands. His ROE that he put in first thing in 2009, gives the upper hand to rhe Tallies. Tallies get fist shot, troops can’t have weapons loaded on base, often refused air cover - “might” be a civilian on the mountain...

the result? FIRST year, we lost 2 x’s as many as the previous high year. And in 2010, TRIPLE. In 2011, even more -

Everywhere - crickets. And this is just the tip of the iceburg.

http://icasualties.org/oef/

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2009/09/08/75036/were-pinned-down-4-us-marines.html

[Eska]

Ha, Ya, I was in my second semester at Penn State. March they had the drawing and my birthday was #31; they had me all tested, cleared to get on the bus; 6 months before I turned 19. But it did me good, and helped form me into the conservative person I am today. I got sent to Korea for 13 months back when Park Chung Hee was the boss, then realized how much I loved America. I still have the draft notice that said I was hereby to present myself and submit; with a BIG X in the non-volunteer box. They need to bring the draft back; grow some of these goofy kids up quick.

[higgmeister]

Well, my number was very high in ‘72 (the last draft year for any younger lurkers). When the job market crashed and layoffs hit in late ‘74, I enlisted. I have to tell you I liked the all-volunteer force. I saw a few disgruntled draftees that obviously didn't want to be there and made it rough for the rest of us. I appreciate your experiance to though.