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Title: Combat brigades in Iraq under different name
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URL Source: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/ ... y-under-different-name-081910/
Published: Aug 23, 2010
Author: Kate Brannen
Post Date: 2010-08-23 10:21:48 by Jethro Tull
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Comments: 7
Compared with the 49,000 soldiers in Iraq, there are close to 67,000 in Afghanistan and another 9,700 in Kuwait, according to the latest Army chart on global commitments dated Aug. 17. Under an agreement with the Iraqi government, all U.S. troops must be out of Iraq by Dec. 31, 2011. There are seven Advise and Assist Brigades in Iraq, as well as two additional National Guard infantry brigades 60;for security,61; said Army spokesman Lt. Col. Craig Ratcliff. Last year, the Army decided that rather than devote permanent force structure to the growing security force assistance mission, it would modify and augment existing brigades. The Army has three different standard brigade combat teams: infantry, Stryker and heavy. To build an Advise and Assist Brigade, the Army selects one of these three and puts it through special training before deploying. The Army selected brigade combat teams as the unit upon which to build advisory brigades partly because they would be able to retain their inherent capability to conduct offensive and defensive operations, according to the Army57;s security force assistance field manual, which came out in May 2009. This way, the brigade can shift the bulk of its operational focus from security force assistance to combat operations if necessary. To prepare for their mission in Iraq, heavy, infantry and Stryker brigades receive specialized training that can include city management courses, civil affairs training and border patrol classes. As far as equipment goes, the brigades either brought their gear with them or used equipment left behind that is typical to their type of brigade, said Ratcliff. The first Advise and Assist Brigade 52; the 4th Brigade Combat Team of the 1st Armored Division from Fort Bliss, Texas 52; deployed last spring to Iraq, serving as a 60;proof of principle61; for the advisory brigade concept. Of the seven Advise and Assist Brigades still in Iraq, four are from the 3rd Infantry Division, based at Fort Stewart, Ga. The 1st Heavy Brigade of the 1st Armored Division, based at Fort Bliss, and the 3rd Brigade Combat Team of the 4th Infantry Division, based at Fort Carson, Colo., are also serving as Advise and Assist Brigades. The 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team of the 25th Infantry Division is based at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. A combat medic from that unit was killed Aug. 15 when his Stryker combat vehicle was hit with grenades, according to press reports. Two combat aviation brigades also remain in Iraq, according to Dan O57;Boyle, Redstone Arsenal spokesman. Three more are deployed in Afghanistan, where there are currently no Advise and Assist Brigades.
Combat brigades in Iraq under different name
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#1. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
we have military people in it seems over 10 countries in the region that surrounds Iran. and if we get into a war with Iran, then Iran can send up missiles to hit our facilities in some of those countries. they could also hit some of our ships at sea it is likely. they could do so much damage so fast. and you know after that we would destroy them completely. my brother's in qutar, I sure hope he doesn't get hit.
Revelation 6:6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and [see] thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one.
my brother is a doctor in the air force. he is in qutar which is right next to Saudi arabia. and right across the gulf from Iran. If we get in a fight with Iran, they're likely to send missiles right at him. he lives a very comfortable life. His 6-month tour is almost over. He patches up people wounded everywhere and sends them back. the really badly wounded go elsewhere. all the dead come through his facility though. They receive people every day and constantly have 'fallen warrior' ceremonies because you have one ceremony when they arrive and one when they leave. Everyone is invited to go to the 'fallen warrior' ceremonies. My brother is certainly a pro-war type. career military people generally don't speak against the mission. he said that 80% of the people who live in quatar are guest workers. they are an oil rich country.
Revelation 6:6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and [see] thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
I do too. We have stone cold liars as politicians and as we know only too well, the MSM headlines offered to the sheeple isn't reality based. We'll be in Iraq, and the entire region, for god knows how long and for who knows why.
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one.
They are building Children's Hospitals to be named after Laura Bush.
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one.
#2. To: Red Jones (#1)
#3. To: Eric Stratton (#2)
#4. To: Red Jones (#1)
my brother's in qutar, I sure hope he doesn't get hit.
#5. To: Red Jones (#3)
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#6. To: Eric Stratton (#2)
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Anyone thinking that we have 50K troops there that are all running soup kitchens and Red Cross facilities
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