The FReeper Foxhole Remembers Operation Urgent Fury - Grenada - Jan. 26th, 2003

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/ops/urgent_fury.htm ^

[Jen]

PING to the FReeper Foxhole!

Apologies if you've asked to be removed from this list already. I had to format my hard drive and lost the latest ping list, so I'm working from one that may not have all the updates to it.

If you would like to be removed from this list, send a BLANK freepmail to me and put "REMOVE" in the subject line. Thanks! Jen

[Jen]

Off to watch the Super Bowl. Go Bucs! (I hate Oakland!!!)

See y'all later.

[LBGA]

Thanks for the ping. I remember this going down, but wasn't aware of all the political issues. I just remember thinking it was the right thing to do.

Just today, I was browsing the site for my son's unit, the Nightstalkers, and remember seeing a link to one of their operations, "Operation Fury."

To add to the hostory, you might want to check out the 160th history of this operation.

Night Stalker History - Urgent Fury

[SAMWolf]

Thnaks LBGA, I've seen the Night Stalkers site, they have some good info there.

[Jacob Kell]

Thanks, I'm also interested in the exact weapons they and their Cuban "buddies" used, small arms, heavier weapons such as RPGs, that kind of stuff.

[SAMWolf]

U.S. seized 6,322 rifles, 5 million bullets, 111 machine guns, 68 rocket grenade launchers, 65 mortars, 13 anti-aircraft guns and 29 tons of TNT.

I haven't found any details but I would suspect AK-47's, SKS rifles, 81mm and 120mm mortars, with RPG-7's

[SAMWolf]

The Peoples Revolutionary Army (PRA) was approaching 600

soldiers supplemented by the People's Revolutionary Militia (PRM)

estimated at between 2,500 and 2,800 members. (5:163) Although its

forces already dwarfed those of its neighbors, Grenada was

planning to field an 18-battalion force consisting of between

7,000 and 10,000 men and women under arms. (7:20) For weapons the

PRA had a wide variety of small arms. The weapons of significance

were six ZU-23-2 (range 2500 meters) Soviet-made anti-aircraft

guns, which were distributed between the two airports at Point

Salines and Pearls, and the capital, St. George's. The PRA also

had twelve 12.7mm guns, six BTR 50 P Wheeled APCs, two BDRM Scout

Cars, six 85mm guns, and twenty-four 8lmm mortars. (7:22) In

proportion to population, this would have given Grenada one of the

largest military forces of any country in the world.

[exmoor]

remove, thank you

[Mama_Bear]

I know this is a off topic from the theme of the FoxHole for today, but I thought this was the most appropriate place to re-post this. A FReeper friend of mine, Chong, brought this spam e-mail that she received to my attention over on the Finest Thread. She is looking for some comments to pass on to this anti-American, misinformed jerk. I thought maybe some veterans might want to chime in. :-)

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Dear Mama_Bear,

I was enjoying the Super bowl probably as y'all are right now until my husband received this email garbage a few minutes ago. To give you a little background information, my husband is an administrator (maintains email database, provides message board and guest book, etc.) of a website that is dedicated to a certain Brigade that he served with in Vietnam.

Sender of the email is targeting a lot of the members listed in the email database. Needless to say, I cannot stand by and do nothing. Since I respect FReepers like you and a lot of others on this thread, I've decided that this is the best place to come for advice.

Other than sending him/her/it a 'fitting' email-- which I shall shortly do-- what else can I do? Any ideas or advice? I know and have verified the sender's email address, but not sure if I can post it on FR.

Thank you in advance, Mama_Bear.

(Below is its Spam email word for word that I copy/pasted with permission.)

"I don't know what Jane Fonda did in Vietnam during her visit to see the P.O.W.S. in the camps, but I suspect that some of these anti-Jane anecdotes are fabricated. I do know that Jane Fonda is a Hero for nobly opposing this U.S. War of Imperialist aggression against the Vietnamese people, and that her actions helped to shorten the War, therefore saving thousands of American and Vietnamese lives in the long run.

The real traitors were the rich pigs on Wall Street and in Washington who sent tens of thousands of poor American kids to die in rice paddies so they could rip off the people of the Third World. The Vietnamese bravely fought for years against the Japanese, the French and then the Americans in a noble fight for National Independence and Ho Chi Minh was the George Washington of that Country.

The United States has invaded more countries than any other Country in history. Our government has invaded virtually every Latin American country at least once. In fact, our government is, even now, planning to invade and commit genocide on the people of Iraq, even though that country never did anything against us. We need more Jane Fonda's and less Republican rednecks. Jane, where are you? America needs you."

((end of garbage))

Well? (I want this person to taste what it's like to receive full strength FReeper wrath in return!)

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Any veterans have any choice words for Chong to pass on to this creep?

[Chong]

Thank you, Mama_Bear.

This jerk/ette/it needs to hear from US. Wasn't sure if I could post the email address but if anyone wants to know, please use freep mail and I will gladly send it to you. Want to FReep the heck out of this, this, this,...... thing.

[SAMWolf]

Thanks Mama_Bear.

Unfortuantely Jane Finda and her ilk are way too busy enjoying the lifestyle of millionares to woory about what the "rich pig" Republicans are doing.

People like this guy are so ignorant that they wouldn't know the truth if it kicked them in the ass.

Notice how even with all their complainingand whining they don't go to live in the "Communist Paradises" they so admire.

[Jacob Kell]

Thanks. By the way, it's BTR 60 PB APCs. I also heard that the Cubans were better armed than the Grenadans, was that true?

[PhilDragoo]

CONTINGENCY COVERS FUTURE GRENADAS

WASHINGTON (Free Republic Network)--Defense Department spokesman Earnest Fury announced today a balanced approach to future Grenada-like operations.

"In lessons learned, Grenada taught us to conserve the lives of our people while expending those of the enemy 'like water'. Hence the new approach will be to airdrop diplomats. We have on one-hour standby a squadron of F-117 Stealth fighters equipped with the P-113 Peanut Pod, a capsule containing a former president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, a document of surrender and a Bic pen."

Spokesman Fury was somewhat cryptic as to details.

"I can neither confirm nor deny that the capsule contains a thermobaric device in lieu of any parachute."

An AC-130 gunship accompanies the squadron, dropping other public figures (e.g., Ramsey Clark, Jane Fonda), with flares in their mouths to direct suppressing fires.

"Human shields will be used but they'll be shrink-wrapped on pallets so we can be shoving them down cargo ramps from 20,000 feet--we're not losing any more people in these pest exterminations," added Fury.

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Godspeed swift victory and safe return to the finest fighting force on earth.

SADDAM-FREE IN 'O3

[Victoria Delsoul]

Bwahahahahaha, can you say red and white, Sam? LOL!!!!!! I love it.

So much for the Raiders.

Go Bucs, go!

[yooper]

Next to Viet Nam and Korea, this was the most underrated battle of the Cold War.

[SAMWolf]

From what I've read the Cubans had mostly small-arms, the weapons captured were mostly found in caches.

[SAMWolf]

ROTFLMAO!! We can dream I guess.

[SAMWolf]

Yeah the Raiders looked pretty bad. Oh well, maybe next year.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Yes, there is always hope.

[Mama_Bear]

Notice how even with all their complainingand whining they don't go to live in the "Communist Paradises" they so admire.

That is what is so infuriating and dispicable about these people. They enjoy the freedoms of America while trashing and attacking her as the most evil country on earth. I don't care if it is politically incorrect or not......if a person doesn't respect what this country stands for they should get the hell out! They are free to leave whenever they want. No one is forcing them to live in this evil, hateful place.

There, I feel somewhat better. :-)