Falcons to Iraq
The Army has announced that the 82d Airborne Division’s 2d Brigade Combat Team (the Falcon Brigade) is making preparations to relieve the 101st Airborne Division’s 2d Brigade Combat Team in Iraq;
“The 2nd Brigade Combat Team is highly trained, disciplined, and fit,” said Col. James “Pat” Work, commander 2nd Brigade Combat Team. “Readiness is our top priority; our paratroopers are prepared for this deployment in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. Our team looks forward to this important mission and our opportunity to assist our Iraqi partners.”
The deployment will consist of about 1700 paratroopers, and my old unit 1/325th Airborne Infantry Regiment. They differ from the “Parachute Infantry Regiments” in that during World War II, the 325th were Glider-borne Infantry.
Category: Terror War
Can they still get a combat jump since our cinc/simp declared peace in Iraq a few years ago?
If they would just nuke Arabia and Qatar, the supporters and suppliers of ISIS, the whole thing would be over but the shouting!
I am just glad that President Obama had the leadership to remove troops from Iraq several years ago. Ever since then, there has been nothing but peace, love and understanding in that region of the world.
Fah’kheem.
Cocksucker! And if you planned it as well as he did when you went to Vietnam, you could have a Silver Star for chasing an unseen enemy and then putting a few rounds into a found dead body. A Purple Heart for bumping your head on a river patrol boat or cutting yourself on your video camera film. John Kerry is a lying piece of shit. Son of a bitch anyway!
Amen and this moron traitor is a big part of the reason those troops are there….don’t be surprised if someone frags the bas-ard!
CUNT
holey sock……
do you understand how many signs and crests will need to be repainted??
Are they taking all their pregnant and post-surgical soldiers this time too?
2/325 (White Falcons) veteran here.
“Let’s Go”!!
Oh yeah, John Kerry? Faqheem!!
Skyhumper??
Chalk it up to fat fingers while not wearing readers and lack of caffeine.
Although, it has a better ring to it than “Jumping Junkies” back in the 60’s-70’s.
Yes, but ‘Skyhumper’ has such a ring to it!
So, that whole business about ‘withdrawing’ was just another TV commercial? See, this is why I never buy infomercial products.
But wait! There’s more! How much would you pay to save President Obama’s legacy? 30 service members lives? 50 service members lives? How about the astonishing price of 2000 American service members lives? And if you act now, we guarantee that no transgender troops will deploy down range.
It’s a pity his baby daddy didn’t withdraw at the right time, isn’t it?
(Damn, I am such a bitch sometimes.)
If you don’t watch infomercials, how will you know about all the “butt weights”? …errr or is it but, WAIT?
How does a BCT compare to the old BDE structure? I’m guessing that the platoons from Combat Support units like the Signal and Engineer BN’s that used to be attached to the BDE are now organic to the BCT…i.e., they live with the BCT?
The way that it was explained to me is that the BCT is an element that has dedicated special troops (MI, Signal, MP, and Engineer) in a “Special Troops Bn” and an FA Bn assigned 100% of the time along with a dedicated support Bn that falls under the full time command of the Brigade commander.
It was designed to be able to support itself while not assigned to a specific division HQ, allowing big Army to mix and match units from around the army with each other.
Thanks Jon. That’s what I thought. I would have been concerned that, for instance since I was Signal, that the troops would not get the MOS training. But, since it has been around for awhile, I would be wrong.
God speed to the 82d Airborne Division’s 2d Brigade Combat Team as they head into harms way. I pray you all come home soon.
Paratrooper’s Prayer
by Lieutenant James G. Morton [506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (1944)]
“Almighty God, we kneel to Thee and ask to be the instrument of Thy fury in smiting the evil forces that have visited death, misery, and debasement on the people of the earth.
Be with us, God, when we leap from our planes in the dark abyss and descend in parachutes into the midst of enemy fire. Give us iron will and stark courage as we spring from the harnesses of our parachutes to seize arms for battle.
The legions of evil are many, Father; grace our arms to meet and defeat them in Thy name and in the name of the freedom and dignity of man.
Let our enemies who have lived by the sword turn from their violence lest they perish by the sword. Help us to serve Thee gallantly and to be humble in victory.
Amen
I don’t know if it’s good news or bad, but 2nd BCT have always been sent to Iraq. 2006-8, 2011 and now. Former Black Falcon, 2/319 AFAR.
The Cav Squadron was forced to be called the Blue Falcons.