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S-2 · 02-29-2008, 12:10 PM

Even at three brigades (a division), these new brigades seem built on TWO battalions of infantry, one DS arty and a RSTA Cav battalion.

2nd Platoon, B Company 2-503 (Airborne) represents about 2-3% of our available boots on the ground.

It's a stone-cold fight out there on the edge. Not enough troops to control movement. The taliban appear to move at will through this region. Not enough to control local villages. Not enough to interdict.

We go where we want, to be sure. So do they. Nagl and anybody else knows that whether you wish to provide a covering force while interdicting their ingress routes or ACTUALLY EXTEND GOV'T CONTROL, it'll take MUCH more.

02-29-2008, 12:10 PM	#38 (permalink)
S-2 *Military Professional* Join Date: 09-11-06 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 2,045 Country:	Another Perspective Even at three brigades (a division), these new brigades seem built on TWO battalions of infantry, one DS arty and a RSTA Cav battalion. 2nd Platoon, B Company 2-503 (Airborne) represents about 2-3% of our available boots on the ground. It's a stone-cold fight out there on the edge. Not enough troops to control movement. The taliban appear to move at will through this region. Not enough to control local villages. Not enough to interdict. We go where we want, to be sure. So do they. Nagl and anybody else knows that whether you wish to provide a covering force while interdicting their ingress routes or ACTUALLY EXTEND GOV'T CONTROL, it'll take MUCH more. __________________ "This aggression will not stand, man!" Jeff Lebowski