To: Mr. Brightside
_Tillman's platoon had nearly run out of vital supplies, according to one of the shooters. They were down to the water in their Camelbak drinking pouches, and were forced to buy a goat from a local vendor. Delayed supply flights contributed to the hunger, fatigue and possibly misjudgments by platoon members. Not for nothing - but that is SOP for SF units - even to use AKs and locally found ammo...
14 posted on
11/09/2006 6:17:59 AM PST by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: 2banana
"but that is SOP for SF units"
I'll go further than that. Being tired, short on ammo, water and chow is the norm in most military operations that last longer than a day. This article shows a remarkable lack of knowledge or experience on military operations.
27 posted on
11/09/2006 6:40:46 AM PST by
Airborne1986
(Well, you can do what you want to us. But we're not going to sit here while you badmouth the U.S.A.)
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