Posted on 08/20/2007 1:22:12 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
As Sen. Barack Obama competes to be commander-in-chief, he might want to get a quick tutorial on military nomenclature.
At the Iowa State Fair last week, he asked two soldiers in battle dress uniforms, or BDUs, who waited to greet him what their "squad" was. "What squad are you guys with?" was his exact question.
The soldiers were respectful and answered the question Obama was trying to ask. You hear one of the soldier's say "We're with the 103rd out of Ft. Des Moines."
What Obama should've asked the soldiers for was their "unit," not squad. A squad is among the smallest groupings in the U.S. Army, usually made up around 10 soldiers. Obama's question was essentially like asking someone for the street number of his house but not the street or city it was in. It's a nonsensical question.
Some might say this is a case of media nitpicking. Perhaps. But it's the kind of detail that matters to a lot of people. Like those Veterans of Foreign Wars he's due to speak to on Tuesday in Kansas City.
If he wants to persuade voters that he's ready to step into the Oval Office and command the U.S. military, especially those in the military or who have an interest in it, Obama would be well advised not to ask about squads when he really asking about the larger unit to which a soldier is assigned.
He might want to take a look at a document like the Army's pamphlet 10-1, Organization of the U.S. Army. Page 53 has a very useful chart.
Another tip gratuitously provided: Never refer to M-16 rifles or M4 carbines as "guns" in the presence of soldiers.
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No one would be able ask any question if they were talking to Hillary!!!!!!!...............
If he wants to persuade voters that he’s ready to step into the Oval Office and command the U.S. military, especially those in the military or who have an interest in it, Obama would be well advised not to ask about squads when he really asking about the larger unit to which a soldier is assigned.
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His knowledge of military terms is the least of his frightening shortcomings as a candidate for POTUS.
Murtha would have asked: “What death squad are you guys with?”
Oh brother, imagine this dufus as C-in-C!
Can somebody GIF those ears into motion? That would be killer!
I would really rather not, ;)
He’s destined to be the Clintonistas step’n fetch it whippin boy.......they have great plans to blame everything on him.
AND the VFW has invited this POS to talk as well ?!?!?!?
Who spiked the punch at that Convention ?!?!?!?
Dang !
This undistinguished clown with the big ears and small mind is so unready to lead a nation at war - that the ONLY explanations for his popularity is racism, white guilt or defeatism....
Obama as the Presidential candidate will validate the fact the Democrats have no viable candidates...
This is the party of losers and quitters — much like the French branch of American politics.
The Democrats are poised to once again snatch defeat from the jaws of victory — much as they did in Vietnam.....
Agree with all ya said as usual RR. Yet...... if conservatives allow them to beat us in the next election it makes us bigger losers. We have to have a real candidate. RINOS like Rudy Romney ain’t it........ either of those two asshats get the GOP nod DNC wins by a landslide IMHO.
This nation can’t survive with the same pandering polidiots disguised as two different parties. Time for the professional rich polidiot to be shown the door before we are all poor.
America First !........Stay safe !
Yep.....I haven’t yet seen a GOP candidate take a position close enough to my position that I could vote with confidence.
Rudy is positively out — Romney hasn’t yet won my vote -— and it’s doubtful a Massoftwoshits politician could ever do so.
Fred isn’t looking all that good yet...
I still resent the fact that my “candidate” Newt Gingrich, literally screwed away his chances while still a Congressman.
I hate to say this, but the one thing that may bring the real world into focus for the sheeple - is another 9/11 attack or worse on the U.S. before the election....
This is going to be a pivotal election — both for our conduct of the war against the Islamonazis and the further longterm corrections to the U.S. Supreme Court through appointments by a RIGHTEOUS President....
It is important for our children and grandchildren that the RIGHT person wins....or we all lose.
Each time I look at the Democrat field of candidates, my heart cries at the realization this nation has sunk to considering ANY of those assholes as a viable President.
Here’s the unit they referenced: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/19tsc-ca.htm
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