Posted on 02/13/2015 1:02:08 PM PST by Timber Rattler
As Congress mulls America's war with the Islamic State terror group, more than 4,000 Fort Carson soldiers prepared Thursday to leave Colorado for Kuwait, where they will take over as America's largest ground force in the troubled region.
The 3rd Brigade Combat Team bid farewell to the post in a ceremony and will head off soon to serve as U.S. Central Command's Reserve force in the Middle East - the first soldiers into battle if a major combat force is used to battle Islamic State fighters.
The unit is Fort Carson's heaviest force, armed with tanks and Bradley Fighting Vehicles. Many of its soldiers are veterans of one or more of the brigade's four combat tours in Iraq.
"We're no strangers to deployment," the brigade's commander, Col. Greg Sierra told a crowd gathered for the ceremony.
Sierra's soldiers have trained for more than a year for the Kuwait mission. They practiced skills that atrophied over more than a decade of counterinsurgency fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, re-learning the armored combat skills last used in the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
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That would certainly help! The only thing that would slow us down is our politicians and asinine ROE.
If we do send troops after ISIS/ISIL there should be a “no prisoners” approach. Kill all those they encounter or capture. No more Guantanamo Bay with bleeding heart liberals championing the civil rights and fair trial for these monsters.
Rambutt, eh?
Pray for the safety of our Forces.
No kidding, the last of the Afghanistan deployments just got back to Carson several months ago. I guess the good thing is that it might stave off some of the cuts that are being contemplated for the Mountain Post. Hopefully Lamborn will be able to keep it fully funded and staffed.
Why? If Kuwait has not learned to defend itself after Sadam, it can rot under the control of ISIS!
WWII ROE were sufficient to allow a victory. That’s they last time they were. Does the Imam in Chief know anything about ROE?
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