Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Army’s ‘Big Red One’ HQ going to Iraq: 1st Infantry Division soldiers deploy in October
Washington Times ^ | September 25, 2014 | Douglas Ernst

Posted on 09/26/2014 4:35:45 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

Edited on 09/26/2014 4:39:30 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Roughly 500 soldiers from the U.S. Army's 1st Infantry Division headquarters are headed to the Middle East, with 200 of them to end up in Iraq.


(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bigredone; boots; bootsontheground; iraq; obamaswar; protectoil; warforoil
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-31 next last

1 posted on 09/26/2014 4:35:45 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: TigerLikesRooster

It’s probably a classified thing... but I really do wonder what percentage of all of the armed forces are deployed in other countries instead of the U.S. and its territories?


2 posted on 09/26/2014 4:42:41 AM PDT by The Working Man
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: TigerLikesRooster

But no Boots on the ground, Odunga said so.


3 posted on 09/26/2014 4:48:48 AM PDT by DAC21
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: TigerLikesRooster; zot; SandRat; 2ndDivisionVet

I wonder what type of foot gear these Big Red One soldiers will be wearing: flip-flops, bedroom slippers, tennis shoes, sneakers, or perhaps bare footed.

It is obvious from our president who never lies that they will not be wearing boots of any type.


4 posted on 09/26/2014 4:52:01 AM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: GreyFriar

5 posted on 09/26/2014 5:27:31 AM PDT by Lucky9teen (Justice will not be served until those who r unaffected r as outraged as those who r. B Franklin)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Lucky9teen

Brilliant!


6 posted on 09/26/2014 5:32:18 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: TigerLikesRooster

7 posted on 09/26/2014 5:45:54 AM PDT by conservativeimage (I Won't Go Underground http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wema3CNqzvg)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: DAC21
Pull out of Iraq they said.

There would be peace they said.

8 posted on 09/26/2014 5:46:56 AM PDT by conservativeimage (I Won't Go Underground http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wema3CNqzvg)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: demshateGod

My son is at Ft. Riley and probably will be one of these barefoot guys. I wonder if any of the female soldiers will be barefoot and pg. Pray for our unclad troops.


9 posted on 09/26/2014 5:49:53 AM PDT by cotton
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: cotton

My Bro-in-law was 1st ID at Ft. Riley recently and served in Afghanistan.


10 posted on 09/26/2014 5:52:17 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: Lucky9teen; zot; Interesting Times

Very Good — I had not thought of golf shoes.


11 posted on 09/26/2014 5:55:58 AM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: TigerLikesRooster

When does he return his Peace Prize.


12 posted on 09/26/2014 5:57:28 AM PDT by matt04
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: TigerLikesRooster

BarryO is known world wide as the Liar-in-Chief.

except for America’s media, they’ll twist it somehow or not report it at all.


13 posted on 09/26/2014 6:27:36 AM PDT by sunny48
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: The Working Man

With a functioning command and control on the ground, the US could air drop one division, and have a heavy division on the seas and rolling in country pretty quickly.

Finding an ISIS decisive moment now, though, is likely to be impossible. We attacked their grouped forces from the air, so now they’ve dispersed.

Any follow on combat forces should have immediately followed the softening up offered by the air campaign. They’re supposed to work in concert. Air/artillery support and then a peshmerga unit should rush into the area and take advantage of the chaos.

That’s not happening, so the next idea is to have US troops be the follow on forces. If that doesn’t happen, then they simply aren’t serious about this battle. They’re just putting on a show leading up to the election.


14 posted on 09/26/2014 6:48:51 AM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: GreyFriar
Very Good — I had not thought of golf shoes.

And golf clubs instead of guns.

15 posted on 09/26/2014 8:42:17 AM PDT by zot
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: cotton; All

I’ll buy a pair of boots myself, and send them to Iraq if I have to...


16 posted on 09/26/2014 10:02:32 AM PDT by stevie_d_64 (I will settle for a "perfectly good, gently used" kidney...Apply within...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: xzins

Our assault ships can get a battalion at a time to the beach in pretty jig time. There are at least nearby. We still have a staging area in Kuwait but it’s a thousand miles up the river to the fight. I wonder if Erdogan is willing to let us use his railroad yet? That would be an overnighter to get a trainload of our guys to where the Kurds could use the help? It would indeed be entertaining to see Odumbo explain to Erdogan that he needs to have a train ready at his dock first thing in the morning.


17 posted on 09/26/2014 10:45:36 AM PDT by cherokee1 (skip the names---just kick the buttz)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: DAC21

makes you wonder how many no boots on the ground are there now


18 posted on 09/26/2014 10:54:10 AM PDT by reefdiver (The fool says there is no God. And the bigger fools sees direct evidence and rages against it.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: cherokee1

If we went after ISIS in Syria first, though, it would be a landing on the Med coast near Aleppo, an air drop in the same vicinity to secure the landing, and a forced march on one of the strongholds of ISIS.


19 posted on 09/26/2014 11:26:38 AM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: TigerLikesRooster

Will they be wearing boots?


20 posted on 09/26/2014 11:27:36 AM PDT by Ted Grant
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-31 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson