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An Australian article of interest on the stated subjects.: http://www.captainsjournal.com/2007/04/16/rules-of-engagement-and-counterinsurgency-malpractice/

LTC. Ronald Speirs, of the Band of Brother fame has passed on. http://members.chello.nl/~p.vandewal/pagina.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Speirs During his career he served as the following.: 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment WWII, Longest and last serving Commanding Officer of E...

Link to article.: http://www.special-operations-technology.com/article.cfm?DocID=1657

Yes! I think you are right on!  ;D  :salute:

I wonder about that myself. I see one of our major political parties, pushing to abandon the people of Iraq, many Americans seem to support them. Many Americans & others, seem to not understand, that we're in a GWOT, with an enemy that wants to kill or convert (?) all of 'us,' infidels, to...

I happend across this website and enjoyed this mans story and the pictures. I hope all here do too!  :salute: :cdn: http://paravet.ca/The-Beginning.html

The 75th Ranger Regiment, for some reason has always seemed to attract Canadians to its ranks! I know one, who is now a company 1st Sgt. of a company in the 2nd BN. His brother also served in the regiment and the FFL.

In response to the news blurb about the Marine who put two rounds in a wounded insurgent's head in Fallujah, here's a response from a Marine:     ----------------------------   It's a safety issue pure and simple.  After assaulting through a target, we put a security round in everybody's...

39 Special Forces Soldiers Honored Special Forces soldiers honored By Michael Futch Staff writer Chief Warrant Officer Angel DeJesus was awarded the Purple Heart and Silver Star Medal during a ceremony held at Fort Bragg’s Ritz-Epps Physical Fitness Center on Wednesday. Ambushed and...

You're spot on! The proud 75th Ranger Regiment, especially the 2nd BN,  and all the Rangers of WWII, Korea, Vietnam to the present, have to bear the black marks caused by these rogue Rangers. I only hope they spend many years in confinement!  :rage: :threat:

Yes, I agree 100%! I too have that book of cartoons!  :salute: ;D

More on this subject.: http://www.defenselink.mil/News/NewsArticle.aspx?id=3199 More Special Ops Troops Will Better Answer Global Needs, Official Says (Source: US Department of Defense; issued Feb. 27, 2007) Vice Adm. Olson: ARLINGTON, Va. --- Special Operations forces will grow by 17,000...

I doubt that the American military, will ever execute anybody for acts like this. We have become too PC for that to ever happen. If it was up to me, I would execute this person as well as the idiot from the 101st AM that threw the grenade in the tent with the officers awhile back.  :threat: :salute:

I think I brought up the rats, being in most of the 'outhouse' type latrines in Korea. When I though of that, it brought back other memories of the rats in Korea, during the war. Yes, they ate the dead; however, many live soldiers were nipped by them as well. The fever I mentioned killed many UN...

Perhaps, as I said, it was and is for me even 'till this day!  :o I'm missing what your point was? Could you explain what you were trying to tell me? "heavy subject," I don't really understand your point here or is there one?  :salute:

As a side note: Rats! They were a real problem in Korea! They were everywhere! Rat bites of soldiers, was a common occurance. They of course spread many diseases, one of which was hemorrhagic fever! A usual fatal disease that many troops died from...

My post on this same subject on ARRSE didn't go over that well did it? Typical ARRSE BS! They could drive me nuts some times!  ::) They just didn't get the message!

Good post, I agree with you! I just wish that the USAF would take their roles as providers of CAS a wee bit, more seriously! I'd like to see more thinking at the top levels of the USAF adopting the USMC's views on CAS. I see a real need at the top levels of the USAF to face the facts, we need...

As long as we're talking about such things.: When I first got to Korea (10/51) I soon came down with diarrhea. We were using a slit trench at the time. I spent so much time with bended knees straddling the trench, that my knees gave out and I fell into the trench. I think that the diarrhea was...

I took Engineer basic training at North Fort Lewis in February 1947. The two story wooden barracks, had open bays with bunk beds on both sides of the aisles. Latrines were on the rear end of the bottom floor. Comodes were lined up and in the open side-by-side. The shower was one large room with...