Posted on 05/01/2022 5:06:27 AM PDT by GonzoII
American armed forces have begun training Ukrainian soldiers to use advanced weapons systems in Germany, the Pentagon revealed on Friday.In a Washington press briefing, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said that the United States had come to an agreement with Germany to begin training programmes for Ukrainian soldiers. The Florida National Guard has been tasked with the “bulk” of the training, which will show a group of Ukrainian troops how to use advanced weapons such as howitzers, radar systems, and armoured vehicles.
“Today, I can announce that the United States has commenced training with the Ukrainian Armed Forces on key systems at U.S. military installations in Germany. Now, these efforts build on the initial artillery training that Ukraine’s forces already have received elsewhere, and also includes training on the radar systems and armoured vehicles that have been recently announced as part of security assistance packages,” Kirby said.
“This new training effort in Germany and at other locations in Europe is in direct support of recent U.S. security assistance packages that are designed to help Ukraine win their battles today and build strength for tomorrow. These new systems and the associated training… will strengthen Ukraine’s ability to counter Russia’s renewed offensive in Eastern Ukraine,” the Pentagon spokesman continued....
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"On Friday, the top Pentagon spokesman said that U.S. troops are currently training Ukrainian forces in “roughly three locations” but would only confirm the German site as he claimed he was “not at liberty” to disclose the other training locations."
It takes approximately 10 weeks to adequately train someone to use these sophisticated weapons. It’ll be over by then.
Rat-a-tat-tat
The Party & their Neocon Quislings drumbeat for war.
And the silence you hear is the Republicans.
Only Putin’s restraint, thus far, has prevented American causalities, causalities Biden is salivating for.
You forgot to insert, “Blessed be his name” after mentioning your God.
US advanced weapons have a long maintenance and logistics tail. WHO in Ukraine is qualified to “fix” them let alone perform maintenance. This is no more than a transfer of junk that will only have short functional life.
Bulgaria.
What third country were the advisors training the South Vietnamese in?
"Exactly how the Vietnam War started in 1965 with U.S. Army 'Advisors', to last 20 years."
I find it odd that the FL Nat Guard is doing the training. They’re not even full time to begin with.
What is the meaning of the word “is?”
Crafting the most complete and comprehensive question is so important.
We are now in Joe’s War.
There’s only one absolute very best training base in the world for artillery and it’s not in Krautland.
Many Freepers, let’s just name them what they are, i.e. the Putin Fan Club or PFC, persistently express sentiments in support of Putin as you have this morning.
Many other Freepers, like myself for instance, often find ourselves wondering exactly what the PFC would do in response to Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine if they had the power to do so?
That war was entered into under the auspices of SEATO and our 60s government (near a generation away from WWII) at the height of the cold war with the USSR. A game played out with pawn governments and surrogates so as to keep nukes from flying and left to the battle of ideologies - ours is better than yours and we’re willing to enter into a protracted conflict of wills. Willingness to suffer losses and/or lose. We did. Because we (leftists) got too involved, a new generation tuned out and turned on and rebelled. And we lost over 50,000 of our citizens.
Today, we’ve got a new generation of leftist war mongers hell bent on doing something, anything to protect and shield a Democrat government that is floundering BADLY. And it seems the only kickback now is from that older generation of long ago. It seems we didn’t learn a damned thing from Viet Nam, Iraq, or the longest, Afghanistan. This isn’t going to end well because both sides aren’t even trying to keep the nuke option off the table.
Yep....Ft. Sill.
“Only Putin’s restraint, thus far, has prevented American causalities, causalities Biden is salivating for.”
Exactly - well said !
Man, your thought process is all f*ed-up. Maybe try to use your adult voice.
Of course, most of the time your mouth is fully engaged in Putin...so you couldn’t bless him.
Go back to Russia. Or better yet, join your Orc buddies in the Donbass. We will start a go-fund-me for your Orc funeral.
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