[SENTINEL]

Outstanding ! We should spread the combat experience as wide as possible, it is good for the country.

[leadpenny]

Ivy Division, make us proud!

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[FreedomPoster]

The lead brigade is all they need. The brigade second off the ships is going to be *pissed*.

[Larry Lucido]

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?

[OpusatFR]

My nephew's division!

Loud, proud and kick butt!

[Rebelbase]

"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.

[arm958]

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?

[msru]

ELITE INFANTRY TICKETED TO TARGET TYRANT'S TOWN

Say that 5 times fast! LOL

[Magnolia]

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.

[CholeraJoe]

"We're starting the war from right here."

Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.
Assistant Division Commander 4th Infantry Division
June 6, 1944

[katana]

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.

[Future Snake Eater]

ELITE INFANTRY TICKETED TO TARGET TYRANT'S TOWN

Was this Variety's headline this morning?

[The Lone Ranger]

Task Force Ironhorse....get some!