Truck-Delivered Dismounted Infantry Fiasco in Iraq

New York Times reporter Kamber's photojournalism report of a tragic truck & foot patrol of the 10th Mountain Division in Iraq in 2007 is made into a video constructively criticizing our current inept light infantry tactics, techniques and procedures (TTP) and offering solutions. This feedback is not taking place internally in an Army obsessed with smug victimhood that cannot look at realities objectively.

Only TRACKED tanks like the M113 Gavin have adequate mobility in ALL terrains.

http://www.geocities.com/wheelsvstracks

Wheeled trucks like the Stryker cannot go where infantry walks and are thus, fatally unsound for the "urban combat" or ANY combat the smug, self-righteous, lemming victim TRUCKTARDS lie and pontificate about in glorious WHAT-WRONG-LOOKS-LIKE excuse-mongering while suffering horrendous casualties.

http://www.combatreform.com/strykerhorrors.htm
http://www.combatreform.com/armoredhmmwvsstrykersfail.htm

Wheeled Stryker/Humvee/MRAP trucks have high ground pressures and cannot even move in OPEN TERRAINS if the soil is soggy and soft. If trucktards try to dismount early and often to work around their wheeled egowagon's many weaknesses, they will have their soft, fleshy bodies turned into bullet and blast fragment sponges

http://www.geocities.com/transformationunderfire/highexplosives.htm

as this tragic incident with the Humvee-truck-handicapped 10th Mountain Division in 2007 shows:

http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0707/a-walk-in-the-sun.html

Had the Mountaineers been mounted in M113 Gavin light tank/APCs they would have fanned out and moved cross-country even in the soggy Iraqi farmland looking for their lost comrades under ARMOR PROTECTION. Had an anti-personnel land mine been encountered, at worst a track would have been blown off and repaired on-the-spot by short-tracking or towing back to the FOB by another Gavin. No one had to die or maimed as a walking bullet and bomb blast sponge. And in those areas where its absolutely necessary to dismount and maneuver on foot, the troops FOLLOW IN THE TRACKS of the TRACKS to be sure they don't walk on a land mine. ANY Soldier injured in the ensuing operation can be placed inside a Gavin with a doctor-with-guts or a PA or a 68W (formerly 91W) Medic trained to do forward surgical repairs like actually clamping off and sewing arteries and veins together, backed by on-board whole blood, Ringer's Lactate IVs, oxygen and heart re-starting defibrillator paddles BECAUSE WE PREPARED BEFORE HAND BY HAVING FULLY EQUIPPED TRAUMA CAPABILITIES ALONG WITH US ON OPERATIONS. None of this bleed-to-death-waiting-for-a-MEDEVAC-helicopter-to-arrive-if -the-brass-deems-the-risk-to-the-multi-million-dollar$$$-hel icopter-is-worth-it BULLSHIT. Soldier Save Thyself by being prepared ON-SCENE BEFORE, DURING and AFTER combat operations.

http://www.geocities.com/skedco2000/nlbmedicalthreats.htm

The lack of individual camouflage and wear of blast protective boots and clothing is disturbing and without excuse.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi3pc0aA-oc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WiMFEDCaaQ

Common Sense. We used to have it. We need to get it back ASAP.

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Category:

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Tags:

• army
• 10th
• mountain
• division
• iraq
• foot-slogging
• humvee
• mrap
• trucks
• M113
• Gavins

[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.

[coji0214]

I am Japanese.

The war by all means though I do not understand.

We want to express

our gratitude to the serviceman in the United States of America that

fights at the front.

[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)

[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.

[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.

[dynmicpara]

For giving enemies easy targets to kill and destroy?

[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.

[joseplopezlopez]

100% true..semper fi..1sgtU.S.M.C

[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