[Trippin]

"But within an hour, Alpha 2-1 and its crew had refueled, reloaded and returned to Fallujah."

That last sentence says it all. God bless the American troops.

[KeyWest]

I can remember the CBS 60 minutes report on the Bradley saying it should be canceled. They did the same on the apache helo.

Consistently wrong.

[chainsaw]

It's time t retreat and have several Daisy cutters delivered pronto.

[TADSLOS]

"Destroy everything you can destroy. Make sure you keep together," Lt. Col. Jim Rainey told his officers, reminding them of the rules of engagement established to protect civilians. "Given those constraints, kill everything that you can kill."

Simple to understand command guidance.

[politicalmerc]

I'm for pulverizing that place from the air. We will help them rebuild it anyway, lets not risk the boys. Flatten it.

[IStillBelieve]

Sgt. Jack Ames, 29, the Bradley's gunner,

Isn't he a little over-qualified to be the gunner?

[PokeyJoe]

Damn, and I thought working the slurpee machine as 7-11 was brutal.

[independentmind]

I'm curious as to how soldiers and/or Marines get sleep and food in an urban combat setting. Do they plan to take breaks?

[tlb]

"Since arriving in March, the men had run over eight bombs. Since fighting began in Najaf in August, the Bradley had been hit by 16 RPGs"


This seems the point of the story that should be emphasized. I had no idea the Bradley could absord that much punishment and remain in the fight. I recall that movie about the Bradley program as one big boondoggle yielding a useless machine.

[Calusa]

I so admire these our fighting men. I humbly pray they will kept free from harm. Way to go Guys!!

[jeremiah]

Not one soldier should die protecting civilians from harm. This city should have been flattened after the beginning of the troubles. Cordoned off, let people out after they are identified as non-combatants, and leveled. This war is becoming more and more like Vietnam all the time. The ROE should be the same as were in place in WW II. The war is being micromanaged from DC, with targets selected in a war room, and our soldiers being put in harms way, to make the war seem prettier and safer.

[silent_jonny]

Takes a lickin', keeps on tickin'.

[mad_as_he$$]

The "Memphis Belle" of Fallujah?

[csvset]

kill everything that you can kill

Aye aye sir.

[chuknospam]

"Given those constraints, kill everything that you can kill."

Those are the kind of orders I like to hear, cut the PC crap.

[Oatka]

"Searching for an open shot, the Bradley almost backed into a tank behind it. And then the tank fired its main gun, wrecking the opulent house across the way.
As dust and quiet settled, Ames griped, 'How come they get to shoot the mansion?' "

Some people get all the breaks.

[Vision]

I don't know why we don't flatten this area.

How come we can't build armor that withstands RPG's. Isn't this a old weapon? Is it just too powerful?

[Yasotay]

bump and thanks for posting

[ASOC]

The reporter got something right - the sound a chain gun makes as it fires DOOM-DOOM-DOOM - right in more ways than one...

[airborne]

You have been posting a lot of stories like this. Thank you, and please keep it up.

My nephew is in the 1/5 Stryker Brigade, so I keep a nervous eye open for your posts.