I'm not sure how it is now, but during the Vietnam war lots of guys went from boot camp to battlefield in less than 6 months. My husband was one of them. Reported to boot camp in March, shipped to Nam in August. He had little or no combat training before going, working as a company clerk for two months before shipping to Nam. So I don't think it's a good idea to send someone into battle with so little training, but it happens, or it did then.
But even if you call it a year of training, why does it take one year for US soldiers and 3 plus years for Iraqs? Or to look to the past, Vietnamese? Cause that's the same line the Johnson administration used. "we can't leave until we train the South Vietnamese to defend themselves"... And now Bush wants permanent bases, so I guess it's gonna take even longer. Perhaps, as Cheney said at the very beginning "the rest of our lives'. On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 7:30 PM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Only 6 months? I'd never let someone so wet behind the ears anywhere near > point in some of the patrols I led. Most of the soldiers in my company had at > least a year before they were patrolling the green line. > >>Speaking of time, can you explain to me how we can take a wet behind >>the ears teenager, send him to boot camp for 6 weeks, then off for a >>couple of months of AIT, and he's bone fide US soldier, but somehow >>it takes 3+ years to train an Iraq soldier? >> >> I'm not being sarcastic, I'm truly baffled by the seeming difference >>on in training times. >> >>On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 9:17 AM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> We don't have thousands of SF teams. You can't mass produce special >>> operations forces, it takes time. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:261425 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
