They were an airborne infantry company. Ranger companies were legs back then.
Bruce Sorge wrote: > Easy Company was stood up as a new Ranger battalion, a new type of unit, > so they had to train for a while to get into the proper shape and learn > the new tactics that they will need to use to fight. Today's Rangers are > in training for up to a year before they get to wear the tab. I doubt a > lot of draftees are going to want to be a Ranger, although some will and > that is fine. And you are comparing apples to oranges. > What I was referring to was soldiers that need to be trained for > armored, infantry or cavalry operations. This training is far less > demanding than Ranger training and a lot shorter. > > And forcing people to serve is not a reflection of whether or not this > country is worth defending, it is a matter of ensuring that we have > enough people in place to defend her. And you can compare volunteers to > draftees. Many men and women who were drafted performed brilliantly in > combat, all the way back to WWII. There are plenty of people around who > will perform whatever task if offered them to the best of their ability, > even being forced into the military. > > > Bruce > > > Gruss Gott wrote: >> Mostly I agree, although I wouldn't limit it to the military. I would >> include a CCC-type option amongst others as well as a federally funded >> internship program after that, but that's a different thread. >> >> My point is more around how draftees vs. professional warriors >> perform. I don't think there's a comparison so it brings into >> question the whole notion of draftees. >> >> WWII's famous Easy Company trained for 2 years I think, for this very reason. >> >> Put another way, if we have to force people to join the military to >> defend our country then the country might not be worth defending. Our >> challenge to both solve the problem of a vibrant and professional >> military and a population that's invested and engaged in our society. >> >> That doesn't seem to exist now. >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:258205 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
