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To: nhoward14

Alternate translation: We were hamstrung by a lack of infantry.

In Iraq they were using artillery battalions to do foot patrols.


18 posted on 07/05/2012 12:06:13 PM PDT by Tallguy (It's all 'Fun and Games' until somebody loses an eye!)
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To: Tallguy
Alternate translation: We were hamstrung by a lack of infantry.

In Iraq they were using artillery battalions to do foot patrols.

And of course that gets right back at the "Peace Dividend" nonsense of the 1990s, when infantrymen were separated from the service in the thousands and Fort Ord was closed.

Remember at the time all the DoD rhetoric about how "boots on the ground" wouldn't be needed since technology was the end all-be all of future warfighting.

39 posted on 07/05/2012 12:24:36 PM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: Tallguy

I was at civil war reenactment thing in Charleston recently and one of the participants went through that very thing.

He was a marine artie along with a lot of his unit got to foot patrols and the like.


98 posted on 07/05/2012 1:47:17 PM PDT by wally_bert (It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
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To: Tallguy

I was at civil war reenactment thing in Charleston recently and one of the participants went through that very thing.

He was a marine artie along with a lot of his unit got to foot patrols and the like.


99 posted on 07/05/2012 1:47:36 PM PDT by wally_bert (It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
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To: Tallguy

I was at civil war reenactment thing in Charleston recently and one of the participants went through that very thing.

He was a marine artie along with a lot of his unit got to foot patrols and the like.


100 posted on 07/05/2012 1:48:03 PM PDT by wally_bert (It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
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To: Tallguy

I was at civil war reenactment thing in Charleston recently and one of the participants went through that very thing.

He was a marine artie along with a lot of his unit got to do foot patrols and the like.


101 posted on 07/05/2012 1:48:27 PM PDT by wally_bert (It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
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