Truck-Delivered Dismounted Infantry Fiasco in Iraq

[jdubs2004]

the Gavin is like the A-10: amazing. unfortunately, they're old and ugly so the brass doesn't want anything to do with them. We get stupid wheeled vehicles and expensive jets that suck at CAS instead. muti-cam Gavins with Mk 19s instead of green or tan hummers and strykers.

[phamcd]

Thats an Australian M113 at the end i believe.

[dynmicpara]

You mean like M113 Gavins; yes, but we must use them instead of all the BS wheeled trucks our troops are dying in.

[Adam160]

As a soldier who operated on the ground, In RAMADI, as part of a MECH unit. As soon as they figured out how much explosives to use to take out a Bradley, we then prefered to move on foot. go places you can't in a track, move into cover, easier to hide. As for personal camouflage. Have you see ACUs in the desert, not the best camo out there, so what good would face paint do. Burlap.thats just more wieght, and when it's 150 degrees out, that heat retention isnt very welcome. 11B, OIF 3 Vet

[dynmicpara]

You are using your own self-centered laziness as your driving force. Camo must be driven by what the ENEMY sees of us, its too bad if it makes you hot, its better than making you dead. The Bradley is a MEDIUM tank; use LIGHT Gavins and go nearly anywhere. Foot slogging is response of the American narcissist to all problems.

[tpvalley]

@dynmicpara

the reason is that people are free and equipment costs money.

bearing this in mind, if they can be this cold to their own what can they do to others and whats the likelihood of anything they say being true?

our british troops r having to buy their own kit!

we r all disposible, remember that when deciding who to side with.

[AJL15N]

We're all issued ballistic eyewear before we deploy. And taking patches off the ACUs wont protect anymore than if they are on. I understand people wanna know where all this stuff like M113s are and such, but its a whole lot of coulda-would-shoulda. Yes a M113 can be flown in by a Chinooks, but being Army aviation I can tell you Chinooks can not fly during the day unless special authorization is given. In ACUs, face paint is not going to help, we should have gotten the Multicam a long time ago

[dynmicpara]

PROFESSIONALS FIGHT TO STACK-THE-DECK in their favor--not make excuses that its too hard to do. We have all kinds of Army helicopters flying during the DAY TIME so apparently "special authorization" is being given so we had better repaint our choppers gray ASAP.

[marlin187]

U cant imagine the amount of retards that have control over an m4 in the our armed forces.

[cplmaccas]

Arrogant incompetent staff officers, Vietnam again,

[lknkprkninflamesbest]

Are our troops even trained properly? I know they don't have the right equipment, but really?! Have our leaders sunken THIS low?

[PRESTON58CENT]

dude usa the best miltary

[dynmicpara]

For giving enemies easy targets to kill and destroy?

[dynmicpara]

jmass411 writes:

"i was in 10th mtn and drove a 113 in Baghdad in 2005"

[dynmicpara]

Proof that Light infantry narcissists can be quickly supplied and made cross-country, armored mobile by M113 Gavins. They need to learn there is no free lunch on planet earth and to not bitch about caring for equipment that keeps them alive and wins battles for them!

[warcameras]

New York Times? Uhhh...

[sapperzulu]

that unit was 'Ate the F*ck up'...

[chemdog1989]

how?

[dynmicpara]

sapperzulu writes:

"i like your enthusaism about the 113's.... of course RPG cages are a must...."

[kumatosky]

osana was just the ikon reason to do such mess . bush is the american person who put american people really down , economically right now with the big crisis just begginig and this new vietnam called iraq, it is just a matter of time to leave the country as we did in vietnam 30 years ago , what have we done to deserve a goverment like this ?

[dynmicpara]

We have allowed our nation to be run by THEY THE CORPORATIONS by first the 17th Amendment ruining the balance of power from WE THE PEOPLE thru state legislatures controlling TEMPORARY Senators to campaign finance bought Senators floated 6 years-at-a-time to DC with NO ACCOUNTABILITY

[pukaman2000]

And if we wouldn't have entered Iraq, we would be done with the war in Afghanistan.

[spins321]

not necessarily. capturing or killing Osama Bin Laden really is irrelavent, as most people fighting us merely consider him an icon, and do not take direction from him. Larger troop numbers would help in some ways, but we're still fighting people who have the benefit of knowing the land and being able to freely cross borders of neighboring countries. Nah, I think Afghanistan would still suck (may be a tad better)

[thebakery]

great video

good luck troops