1 posted on
04/09/2003 4:59:35 AM PDT by
kattracks
To: kattracks
Outstanding ! We should spread the combat experience as wide as possible, it is good for the country.
2 posted on
04/09/2003 5:05:40 AM PDT by
SENTINEL
(USMC GWI)
To: kattracks
Ivy Division, make us proud!
3 posted on
04/09/2003 5:06:26 AM PDT by
leadpenny
(OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM)
To: All
Look into my eyes! You Vill not Succeed !
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4 posted on
04/09/2003 5:06:29 AM PDT by
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To: kattracks
The lead brigade is all they need. The brigade second off the ships is going to be *pissed*.
To: kattracks
Those who know more about the 4th ID than me, is all this talk about "elite" and "high-tech" just another media setup to raise expectations, so that they can once again yell "quagmire" if any battle takes over an hour? What does the 4th ID have that the 3rd doesn't already have access to?
To: kattracks
My nephew's division!
Loud, proud and kick butt!
10 posted on
04/09/2003 5:19:52 AM PDT by
OpusatFR
(Freud was right! Martha Burke has golf ball envy.)
To: kattracks
"ELITE INFANTRY"
Something is wrong with this article. I thought the press only used the word "Elite" when reffering to the Iraqi Republican Guard.
U.S./U.K. forces were just "soldiers", "Marines", troops, etc.
To: kattracks
I think it's great that relatively unrecognized Divisions like the 3rd & 4th I.D. are getting the recognition they deserve. The 82nd and 101st, both great Divisions, have always been at the forefront of America's perception of the Army. However, it is the Third Infantry Division which has earned the lion's share of acclamation so far in this war. I've also been impressed with the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force. Despite being a little lighter in Armor than the 3rd I.D., their progression to Baghdad has been just as impressive.
As for elite, I'll just ignore that word. No One would have considered the Third Infantry Division elite a month ago, but who on earth is better?
22 posted on
04/09/2003 5:38:22 AM PDT by
arm958
To: kattracks
ELITE INFANTRY TICKETED TO TARGET TYRANT'S TOWN
Say that 5 times fast! LOL
24 posted on
04/09/2003 5:40:17 AM PDT by
msru
To: kattracks
I was wondering where they would be deployed. This seems like the perfect place. They're "fresh" troops itching to get into the battle. They can bring down any opposition in the north quickly. Maybe their delay was a blessing in disguise.
25 posted on
04/09/2003 5:41:34 AM PDT by
Magnolia
To: kattracks
"We're starting the war from right here."
Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.
Assistant Division Commander 4th Infantry Division
June 6, 1944
27 posted on
04/09/2003 6:05:14 AM PDT by
CholeraJoe
(Standing tough under Stars and Stripes)
To: kattracks
This may be the one engagement most likely to result in the dispersal of chem or bio weapons, perhaps especially directed at the Kurdish forces accompanying our troops. Tikrit is the base for Saddam's tribal loyalists and they will have good reason to avoid capture at all costs. In Syria the Baath Party is similarly organized around the Alawi tribe, so the fate of Tikrit will not go unnoticed in Damascus.
The capture of Tikrit has probably been ear marked for the 4th ID since the start and has only been delayed by the need to move them and their equipment from the Mediterranean to the Gulf. I'm more certain than ever that our guys are prepared, but am still hoping they take over that reported WMD storage site asap.
Either way, there are going to be an awful lot of very dead Tikritis within the next week or two. This one will probably be bloody.
28 posted on
04/09/2003 6:05:54 AM PDT by
katana
To: kattracks
ELITE INFANTRY TICKETED TO TARGET TYRANT'S TOWNWas this Variety's headline this morning?
To: kattracks
Task Force Ironhorse....get some!
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