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Originally Posted by Rifleman
Would it not also be fair to say that Panama went as well as it did because the Grenada experience was absorbed by large numbers of professional infantry officers and NCOs?
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One of the biggest things I remember from all of the AARs and testimony after JUST CAUSE was when GEN Thurman testified in front of Congress and had 2 stacks in front him of SOIs. The one for Grenada was about 8 inches high and was about 6 books. For Panama it was a single book for all services and was abotu 3/4 of an inch thick.
We learned well.
The former 1st COSCOM ACS, TRANS for JUST CAUSE, DESERT SHIELD and Somalia sits about 12 feet away from me. For URGENT FURY he was in the 82d Airborne DTO. We have talked many times of what a world of difference things were between 1983 and 1989.
I also know that the lessons from URGENT FURY and the CTCs were hammered into us all during the 1980s.
Say what you will but no one is a bigger critic of the US military than the US military...you should read what we say about ourselves in our AARs. If you read those you would think we couldn't defeat the Grand Duchy of Fenwick!