Comments on: In Rush To Iraq, Army Units Skip Training

Two Combat Brigades Being Deployed To Baghdad Without Usual Desert Training

[j-whitman]

No more mountain training or amphipious trainging either -- Bush wants them only to have OJT as he had as "Decider".

[terrapin78]

The Party of personal responsibility.

Give me a F----in break.

[terrapin78]

No, it must be Clinton's fault.

It is Clinton's fault that the Bush Administration is sending untrained troops into battle because righties think everything is Clinton's fault.

They should look elsewhere and acknowledge that Bush and Company have ****** up royally!

[j-whitman]

Is this what you Bush supporters call "Supporting Our Troops" ??? --- Sending them into a war zone illprepared ????? --- Let me guess what your answer is, Training our troops will raise our taxes, right ??

[j-whitman]

Is this what you Bush supporters call "Supporting Our Troops" ??? --- Sending them into a war zone illprepared ?????

[kstrisha]

Quote my husband's response to this article:

You are expendable.

You have a rifle.

Now kill the enemy before they kill you!

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This is true. We know a young man who just turned 17 in January and was shipped off 3 days after his birthday. He went through boot camp last summer when he was 16 and was still in high school. As soon as he dropped out and turned 17; he was shipped directly to Iraq.

[micmdkff]

That is not unusual to modify training schedules. Most Guard and Reserve Units never see Ft Irwin prior to deploying to Iraq. All training is done at mobilization stations.

[kstrisha]

Quote my husband's response to this article:

You are expendable.

You have a rifle.

Now kill the enemy before they kill you!

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This is true. We know a young man who just turned 17 in January and was shipped off 3 days after his birthday. He went through boot camp last summer when he was 16 and was still in high school. As soon as he dropped out and turned 17; he was shipped directly to Iraq.

[wizest]

Got to replace the Brits somehow real quick.

[bm6005]

No what I believe the problem is is concentrated at the upper levels of the beaurocracy. Never since Viet Nam have I seen or read about such incompetence in the military civilian leadership. Quit blaming the people at the bottom you jacka$$. It's total, incompetent leadership!!