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Off to Iraq!

 
 
Cycloptichorn
 
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Reply Wed 8 Dec, 2004 10:51 am
Good luck and Godspeed.

Cycloptichorn
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timberlandko
 
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Reply Wed 8 Dec, 2004 11:02 am
As Cyc said - Good luck and Godspeed.

And should you find it convenient, occasional commentary from the scene would be appreciated.
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princesspupule
 
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Reply Wed 8 Dec, 2004 11:56 am
Be careful! Watch out! Hopefully, all will be quiet and under control by the time you get there... Post if you are able.
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jpinMilwaukee
 
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Reply Wed 8 Dec, 2004 12:08 pm
Come back safe and quickly.
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Einherjar
 
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Reply Wed 8 Dec, 2004 01:03 pm
Good luck.
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blueveinedthrobber
 
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Reply Wed 8 Dec, 2004 05:26 pm
you got what you wanted...congratulations.....hopefully sane heads will prevail and there'll be no need for you to be there by early summer although I seriously doubt it, sane heads don't seem to be anywhere to be found....

I hope you survive and are not wounded.
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farmerman
 
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Reply Wed 8 Dec, 2004 06:00 pm
we want you to be safe and be back here soon.
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nimh
 
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Reply Wed 8 Dec, 2004 06:09 pm
Take care o'yourself, Baldimo. Be well.
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DimestoreDiva
 
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Reply Wed 8 Dec, 2004 07:04 pm
Yeah, you might even be careful too.
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revel
 
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Reply Wed 8 Dec, 2004 07:26 pm
Baldimo,

I hope that you make out of there safe and sound.
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DimestoreDiva
 
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Reply Wed 8 Dec, 2004 07:39 pm
princesspupule wrote:
Be careful! Watch out! Hopefully, all will be quiet and under control by the time you get there... Post if you are able.


Um...he is leaving next month not ten years from now.
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DontTreadOnMe
 
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Reply Thu 9 Dec, 2004 03:17 am
baldi, there was a guy on a political discussion board that i got into in january of 2003, he was a conservative guy. he was a former army officer and had a great knowledge and understanding of history. he had this great saying as a signature on his posts;

"you can defeat me physically, but you cannot defeat my mind".

vaya con dios, hermanito.

g.
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sozobe
 
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Reply Thu 9 Dec, 2004 09:16 am
Good luck!
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Einherjar
 
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Reply Thu 9 Dec, 2004 09:32 am
You have got all the body armor and equipment you are supposed to have right?
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blueveinedthrobber
 
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Reply Thu 9 Dec, 2004 09:43 am
Einherjar wrote:
You have got all the body armor and equipment you are supposed to have right?


As much as I enjoy the taste of irony...that's almost too strong......
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Baldimo
 
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Reply Thu 9 Dec, 2004 04:18 pm
Einherjar wrote:
You have got all the body armor and equipment you are supposed to have right?


Not conserened with body armor, after all you all do know this is the first war we have fought in that body armor is available?
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princesspupule
 
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Reply Thu 9 Dec, 2004 05:39 pm
DimestoreDiva wrote:
princesspupule wrote:
Be careful! Watch out! Hopefully, all will be quiet and under control by the time you get there... Post if you are able.


Um...he is leaving next month not ten years from now.


Won't the elections be over about then? If the elected officials of Iraq request that our armed forces get out, won't that make his a short stay...? I understand that is about the only thing all the parties running agree upon... Idea So the troops will all be moved to Kuwait or someplace, in short order, right?
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timberlandko
 
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Reply Thu 9 Dec, 2004 06:24 pm
Baldimo wrote:
... this is the first war we have fought in that body armor is available?


Dunno as thats entirely accurate; flak jackets were pretty much standard issue durin' the Southeast Asian Unpleasantness of a generation ago. Not only were they commonly worn (though frequently grumbled about), they were real comfortin' - in a confidence-boostin' sorta way - to sit on if you happened to be in an airborne chopper over Indian Country. Sandbags were popular for that, too.
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Einherjar
 
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Reply Fri 10 Dec, 2004 07:32 pm
Baldimo wrote:
Einherjar wrote:
You have got all the body armor and equipment you are supposed to have right?


Not concerned with body armor, after all you all do know this is the first war we have fought in that body armor is available?


Not concerned? Doesn't matter if body armours were invented yesterday, If I were headed for Iraq or any other warzone (entirely hypothetical) I'd be sure to buy one if I wasn't certain one would be issued.
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timberlandko
 
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Reply Fri 10 Dec, 2004 09:19 pm
No amount of gear is gonna save your ass in the absence of attitude, training, and common sense.
Sure advances have been made in personal and light vehicle armor - particularly over the past couple of years. The practical considerations of fielding those advances are staggering, yet are being met with unparallelled dispatch. Something not so widely bandied about ny The Media as the front line troops not havin' enough of stuff invented last week is the fact that in the American Military today, one's chances of post-wound survival are better than twice what they were in either Vietnam or Gulf War 1. Much of that is due not to medical advances, though they have played a huge role, but to improvements in light armor. Of course its better to not get hit, even better to not be anywhere near anywhere you might get hit, but failing that, if you are an American Serviceperson hit in Afghanistan or Iraq, your odds are far, far better than any who have worn this nation's uniform in conflict ever before you.
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