04-18-2003, 04:03 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-18-2003, 04:05 PM by Occhidiangela.)
Goldfish:
The flaw in it is that, according to some in the Army, the 1991 War in the Gulf was less difficult than the training they had to do to be prepared. No fooling, this from personal conversations with guys in Armored and Mech units.
The National Training Center at Fort Irwin, and JRTCC at Fort Polk, Louisiana, are incredibly rigorous training ranges that put US forces up against an opponent who is tough, well trained and well equipped. (UH, US troops.) The foe also has air power, which makes it bloody. They use a system called MILES to find out who got hit and got put out of action.
Comparing the high level of "Blue" forces casualties at any training rotation to what actually happened in Iraq, either time, aids in understanding how tough it would be, and how bloody, to go up against a force of equal, or at least comparable, training and professionalism.
The 'practice' needed is already available at the 'practice facilities.' No need to kill anyone to do it, although the egos that get abused and slain during the training exercises are myriad.
'Train the way you are going to fight' seems to pay off, and the only casualties are the usual human error accidents like folks getting run over by HMVV's or helicopters flying into wires.
The flaw in it is that, according to some in the Army, the 1991 War in the Gulf was less difficult than the training they had to do to be prepared. No fooling, this from personal conversations with guys in Armored and Mech units.
The National Training Center at Fort Irwin, and JRTCC at Fort Polk, Louisiana, are incredibly rigorous training ranges that put US forces up against an opponent who is tough, well trained and well equipped. (UH, US troops.) The foe also has air power, which makes it bloody. They use a system called MILES to find out who got hit and got put out of action.
Comparing the high level of "Blue" forces casualties at any training rotation to what actually happened in Iraq, either time, aids in understanding how tough it would be, and how bloody, to go up against a force of equal, or at least comparable, training and professionalism.
The 'practice' needed is already available at the 'practice facilities.' No need to kill anyone to do it, although the egos that get abused and slain during the training exercises are myriad.
'Train the way you are going to fight' seems to pay off, and the only casualties are the usual human error accidents like folks getting run over by HMVV's or helicopters flying into wires.
Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the Men 'O War!
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete