japantiger 4,279 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 WASHINGTON – The 101st Airborne Division will serve an integral role in preparing Iraqi ground troops to expel the Islamic State group from Mosul, Defense Secretary Ash Carter told the division’s soldiers Wednesday during a visit to Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Some 1,800 soldiers from the 101st’s Headquarters and its 2nd Brigade Combat Team will deploy soon on regular rotations to Baghdad and Irbil to train and advise Iraqi army and Kurdish peshmerga forces who are expected in the coming months to move toward Mosul, the Islamic State group’s de facto headquarters in Iraq. http://www.stripes.com/carter-to-army-s-101st-you-will-prepare-iraqis-to-retake-mosul-1.388603 I missed this... Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/149865-carter-to-army%E2%80%99s-101st-you-will-prepare-iraqis-to-retake-mosul/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
AURaptor 1,137 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Glad there aren't gonna be boots on the ground though. 1800 advisors is all. Wearing crocs, I'd guess. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/149865-carter-to-army%E2%80%99s-101st-you-will-prepare-iraqis-to-retake-mosul/#findComment-2428133 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTiger 16,052 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Glad there aren't gonna be boots on the ground though. 1800 advisors is all. Wearing crocs, I'd guess. So are you for it or against it? Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/149865-carter-to-army%E2%80%99s-101st-you-will-prepare-iraqis-to-retake-mosul/#findComment-2428144 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TitanTiger 22,260 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Glad there aren't gonna be boots on the ground though. 1800 advisors is all. Wearing crocs, I'd guess. So are you for it or against it? He's for criticizing Obama for it...whichever way it's done. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/149865-carter-to-army%E2%80%99s-101st-you-will-prepare-iraqis-to-retake-mosul/#findComment-2428148 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AURaptor 1,137 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Glad there aren't gonna be boots on the ground though. 1800 advisors is all. Wearing crocs, I'd guess. So are you for it or against it? He's for criticizing Obama for it...whichever way it's done. I'm for clarity in message and getting the job of destroying done. I strongly suspect Obama doesn't want to be bothered with or even have to recognize the issue of ISIS. Realities on the ground, however, are forcing him to do otherwise. Ever so grudgingly, and bit by bit. I think that's a recipe for disaster. Make of that what you will. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/149865-carter-to-army%E2%80%99s-101st-you-will-prepare-iraqis-to-retake-mosul/#findComment-2428153 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTiger 16,052 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Glad there aren't gonna be boots on the ground though. 1800 advisors is all. Wearing crocs, I'd guess. So are you for it or against it? He's for criticizing Obama for it...whichever way it's done. I'm for clarity in message and getting the job of destroying done. I strongly suspect Obama doesn't want to be bothered with or even have to recognize the issue of ISIS. Realities on the ground, however, are forcing him to do otherwise. Ever so grudgingly, and bit by bit. I think that's a recipe for disaster. Make of that what you will. You supported invading Iraq -- now that was a recipe for disaster. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/149865-carter-to-army%E2%80%99s-101st-you-will-prepare-iraqis-to-retake-mosul/#findComment-2428155 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AURaptor 1,137 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 You supported invading Iraq -- now that was a recipe for disaster. Most did. But I didn't support nation building, and certainly not in the manner which Bush / Cheney and Rummy did it. But this isn't the same thing. Link to comment https://www.aufamily.com/topic/149865-carter-to-army%E2%80%99s-101st-you-will-prepare-iraqis-to-retake-mosul/#findComment-2428166 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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