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You're way too green to go anywhere in a hurry.

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With all due respect MOM ....go bake some cookies ....pack a care package and send it to your son .....we got the fight ...nothing pisses me off more than someone espouseing an uniformed opinion second hand from a source living at the SPC level .....with no fucking clue what the big picture is.... ...

Excellent job, DUG. Keep us posted. What language are you getting assigned?

Yes, Ranger Nomad. You're absolutely correct. Can I make you a sammich? And THAT sort of smart-assed bullshit just got you nowhere. You feel we're pretty fucking stupid don't you? Just wasting deployment after deployment and yet still UTTERLY blind to complexities of the situation. Still...we try. ...

Kilted Heathen wrote:Absolutely!

It ain't the bayonet...it's where we stick it.

Agree. You get it.

Or we could of course just nuke them, because that would fix all our woes...

Ranger Nomad. This thread is about Human Terrain Systems, and academics IS the point – do social scientists have a place in a military operation, in a war zone. Hearing the experiences of the warriors doing a variety of jobs in both Iraq and Afghanistan, no – they don’t. I agree with these warriors...

You're oversimplifying something quite complex. The goal is not to turn them into a US metropolitan style culture. Obviously not, Ranger Nomad. Civilization approaching anything we have won't happen any time soon, and probably none of us will ever be around to see it. That's ridiculous. One has not...

What a colossal waste of taxpayer money. How does one use "non-violence" to win hearts and minds, when the population at large is uncivilized and understands nothing but violence??? Locals will respond to whomever promises them what they want, allegiances shift with the faintest breeze, m...

Your recruiter is either a complete idiot or is purposely misleading you.

Neither Airborne, nor RS, nor AA require a secret clearance to attend. I would find someone else to talk to.

Remains to be seen how well the "brilliant" strategy worked in IZ? Success based upon the perspective of the Observer. Locally initiated anyway, USA just dumped $$$ upon effort. Time will tell... No disagreement there, but taking the most active combat AO out of the picture has allowed us...

This is going to set a bad precedence.

Yes, it worked brilliantly. But you're not dealing with the same mindset in Afghanistan as you are in Iraq.

Excellent news!

Keep it up. I think you'll find yourself wherever you want to be with that attitude!

I was curious if I would be a 11c or 11b in a Ranger Battallion. The mortars were actually pretty sweet, there is something extremly satisfying about doing a direct lay mission with 81's and dropping 4 rounds right on target. Again thank you Rangers for all of your help. Congratulations on turning ...