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To: wku man
Convoy escort is generally the responsibility of MP units, not combat arms. Feel safer?
21 posted on 09/30/2003 5:57:15 AM PDT by Snake Eater
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To: Snake Eater
You forgot-Shinseki is gone-this is the doing of others now. I can tell you that most convoys provide their own escorts/gun vehicles in Iraq these days-not enough MP's.

Stryker would be a great convoy escort gun truck.

22 posted on 09/30/2003 6:12:27 AM PDT by Tin-Legions
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To: Snake Eater
"Convoy escort is generally the responsibility of MP units, not combat arms. Feel safer?"

Hehehehehe...not in the slightest! The MPs I used to know all wished they could emulate their civilian counterparts on "Cops". I wouldn't trust one of them to do anything other than play road guide.

Scoputs Out! Cavalry Ho!

24 posted on 09/30/2003 6:20:11 AM PDT by wku man ("I'm not a hero...I just like hitting people in the head!" Nelson Munz)
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To: Snake Eater
They ought to take a page from WWII Atlantic convoys and put some strength in their escorts. I would think this is a task that Stryker could fulfill.
25 posted on 09/30/2003 6:21:23 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (France delenda est)
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