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Furthermore, maybe there is too much emphasis on Fraser being the guy to blame.  He may have planned Medusa, but it is the CO that has too meet the intent.  Bde Comd tells him to take the school.  CO comes up with a plan and the comany carries it out.  Going straight up the guts, espcially in...

Interesting article.  Maybe a bit bias, no bog deal.  I believe that by showing that bias he was able to really get across the feelings of the soldiers in the company.  It is hard to put emotion into a story when you don't pick a side.  Glad it got bought up as well.  I am intimatley familiar...

What is interesting in what follows about Charles Companys fight on Sept 3rd, is the way it mirrored almost exactly what happened a month to the day prior in the same place at the same school.

Just going back to a comment made a while back on the thread, in ref to the enemy being not very good shots.  I tend to disagree.  At times they employ all the basic warfighting skills that we use, and I can attest that they DO know how to aim and shoot, apply fire movement, and rates of fire. ...

I am not looking to rpve he is innocent or anything along those lines.  Cases like this are few and far between, and therefore, in my opinion, are things that need to be studied and talked about.  Talking about this type of incident does neither party harms, and may do others benefit.  I could...

Just to clarify, it is not a 'theater of war'.  Especially since it hasn't been declared.  However, I have heard from someone al ot higher in the chain of command than 99% of the people here that is, and I quote "the harder side of peacekeeping".  Hard to believe, but true.  So if its the harder...

"That is a rather ignorant comment from one who is supposed to be an NCO.  It could be considered an insult if one wanted to take it that way.  I don't.  I just see you as a conniving manipulative person who lacks in the qualities most others, no matter their age or time in Service, see as a...

Because I wasn't there, and neither were you.  But my apologies, you must be right.  Try to see beyond the black and white of it, and look for other reasons.  There may be none, but who are we to say if we don't ask.  He may be guilty, but we are just as guilty if we fail to understand the...

But WHY did he disobey it???  Something could be learned from this if we concentrated on what happened and why he acted like he did, not by all jumping on the bandwagon of automatic burning in hell!

I never said anything about condoming actions!  All I did was offer a different point of view on the situation.  But as it seems you have made up your mind.  As for the old soldier first attitude that everyone seems to agree on, again, not a valid argument.  I fully agree with the soldier first ...

People read into it too much.  Coming to conclusions from looking at a website and reading transcripts or articles is a waste of time.  "Burn in hell",   was one comment.  And I imagine that all that posted such crap must have been there at the time and place in order to have such strong...

Dare I say it, but well done Scott Taylor.  Finally someone has spoken the truth in the media.  As for the 'f__k you Vandoo', I remember tslking to and RCR guy who relieved us who was hoping that some back water Afghan village would acknowledge him with a 'Hello chi...f..ker'. Lets not be one...

Fair enough.  Good call to purge it.  :)

COIN operations.  OPSEC is not a concern in this thread is all  open source and can be found anywhere.  Pictures of top commanders are all over the TV and magazines and papers, and with the amount of coverage they get, people will recognize their faces.  Not to mention the amount of locals that...

I wouldn't say the small packpack is comfortable at all.  Great around garrison, but crap to wear on ops.  With the flak and tac on, the straps just slide off, if you can even get them on.

http://www.cair-net.org/

The CAIR website is a good website for all those who have bought up subjects about religion, mainly islam.  It gives a good insight into menatality of this religion, and allows you to read about every reported 'hate crime' done against them in the States.  Here is an example; PORT CHARLOTTE --...

As far as I am concerned, there is no such thing as non-combat trades.  Soldier first, trades second. 

Can omeone tell me how a guy who left the military 14-15 years ago be considered an expert on the miltary.  Seriously, I need to be a military specialist too, I bet I know far less than he does which makes me more qualified.  It really gets me going to see these ancient old cold war veterans who...

The media are a weird bunch.  I have heard over hyped reporting of the 'legendary Vanddos', the 'Famed Vandoos' and a lot of other stuff.  There is the problem though, building sdomething up, and then pouncing if it doesn't work.    Now, not taking anything away from the Vandoos, or any Quebec...