Larry was in the Canadian military, they must do it pretty different. You can go from the street to war in about 4 months min, considering in processing time, schooling, pcs move to your new unit, and deployment.
Now you have a limit of how many people you can push through in that 4 months. Space that over three years and you get battalions and brigades being built. Like I said it took us around ten years to transition from a conscript army to a professional volunteer army. Aside: I was reading something the other day about our civil war. id you know the Union Army occupied the confederate states for 10 years after their victory. Maureen wrote: > I'm not sure how it is now, but during the Vietnam war lots of guys > went from boot camp to battlefield in less than 6 months. My husband > was one of them. Reported to boot camp in March, shipped to Nam in > August. He had little or no combat training before going, working as > a company clerk for two months before shipping to Nam. So I don't > think it's a good idea to send someone into battle with so little > training, but it happens, or it did then. > > But even if you call it a year of training, why does it take one year > for US soldiers and 3 plus years for Iraqs? Or to look to the past, > Vietnamese? Cause that's the same line the Johnson administration > used. "we can't leave until we train the South Vietnamese to defend > themselves"... > > And now Bush wants permanent bases, so I guess it's gonna take even > longer. Perhaps, as Cheney said at the very beginning "the rest of > our lives'. > > On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 7:30 PM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Only 6 months? I'd never let someone so wet behind the ears anywhere near >> point in some of the patrols I led. Most of the soldiers in my company had >> at least a year before they were patrolling the green line. >> >>> Speaking of time, can you explain to me how we can take a wet behind >>> the ears teenager, send him to boot camp for 6 weeks, then off for a >>> couple of months of AIT, and he's bone fide US soldier, but somehow >>> it takes 3+ years to train an Iraq soldier? >>> >>> I'm not being sarcastic, I'm truly baffled by the seeming difference >>> on in training times. >>> >>> On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 9:17 AM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> We don't have thousands of SF teams. You can't mass produce special >>>> operations forces, it takes time. >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:261542 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
