U.S. Troops to Forgo Training in Rush to Iraq

February 27th, 2007

Via: CNN:

Rushed by President Bush’s decision to reinforce Baghdad with thousands more U.S. troops, two Army combat brigades are skipping their usual session at the Army’s special training range in California.

They are now making preparations to leave their home bases.

Some in Congress and others outside the Army are beginning to question whether that decision means the Army is cutting corners in preparing soldiers for combat.

The desert training was designed specially to prepare soldiers for the challenges of Iraq.

Army officials say the two brigades will be as ready as any others that deploy to Iraq, even though they will not have the benefit of training in counterinsurgency tactics at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California, which has been outfitted to simulate conditions in Iraq for units that are heading there on yearlong tours.

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4 Responses to “U.S. Troops to Forgo Training in Rush to Iraq”

  1. fallout11 says:

    Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff General Pace is also now saying that the US military is crumbling under the strain, and cannot take on additional load even if it needed to:
    http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,254881,00.html

    Translation: He’s telling the administration that the US military cannot take on Iran at this time. Fuggedaboutit.

  2. West says:

    interesting —

    If they are “as ready as any other”, then what is the value-added of the Ft. Irwin course?

  3. fallout11 says:

    The US maintains a designated OPFOR unit, the 11th Armored Calvary (“Blackhorse”) regiment, at Ft. Irwin, which, combined with some very inhospitable terrain and the National Training Center, provide combat readiness training quite suitable for prepping units for the sandbox. Think of it as ‘on the job training’, without the risk.
    http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/ntc.htm

    They are simply lying about units being as “ready”. This is more evidence of combat readiness degradation and falling standards.

  4. George Kenney says:

    See Dick detonate Dirty Bomb, See Dick run to Iran & Dubai, run Dick, run!

    Check out the government’s shiny new ‘Radiation Event Management’ website. Fun for the WHOLE FAMILY!

    http://www.remm.nlm.gov/

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