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To: Timber Rattler

The training required to become proficient in Combined Arms Warfare is immense. One cannot climb aboard an M1, Bradley, or Striker turn the key on, and go fight. Combined arms warfare requires the integration of Combat, Combat Support, and Combat Service Support operations. It would take years to make uninitiated soldiers capable of conducting those operations.


26 posted on 01/19/2023 9:34:41 AM PST by timza ( “Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual" T. Roosevelt)
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To: timza
A bit O/T, but you reminded me of one of my “extra duties” in Germany, that of “Augmentation Reserve Force Commander”, when a nearby Nike Hercules battery underwent a Nuclear Surety Inspection.

I had 4 hours to assemble, equip, and train my soldiers (all Air Defense Artillery) as an Infantry platoon, to include issuing live ammunition before leaving our motor pool.

I took a minimum of two hours in refresher training for my soldiers, whose last infantry experience was back in Basic. Even that was insufficient in my opinion, though we never had an accident, injury, or weapon fired accidentally during the six episodes I was involved with.

I can’t imagine turning over these combat vehicles to Ukraine without significant and thorough training.

29 posted on 01/19/2023 9:51:28 AM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: timza
The training required to become proficient in Combined Arms Warfare is immense.

Which is why the US has started training Ukrainian troops in combined arms warfare.

U.S. Plans Combined Arms Training for Ukrainian Soldiers-Dec 15, 2022

The U.S. has provided both equipment and training to help Ukraine defend its sovereignty against an illegal invasion by Russia that began in February. Now the U.S. will provide Ukrainian soldiers with combined arms and joint maneuver training as well.

https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3248075/us-plans-combined-arms-training-for-ukrainian-soldiers/

32 posted on 01/19/2023 10:12:30 AM PST by tlozo (Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees )
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To: timza

You might look into the massive amounts of Western training that Ukraine has received for years and is currently receiving.


45 posted on 01/19/2023 11:15:58 AM PST by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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