Trouble in Mosul

[pawelj]

PENTAGON DEPLOYS 3RD ADVISER DIVISION TO IRAQ

FORT STEWART, Ga. — A force of approximately 25,000 advisers from the U.S. Army's 3rd Adviser Division is heading to Iraq to not participate in direct ground combat of any kind, the Pentagon announced Thursday.

"Make no mistake, we are in full-on advisement against ISIL in the same way we continue to advise countries against al Qaeda and its affiliates," Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby said at a press conference, using an acronym for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

While noting the division was comprised mostly of combat troops from its former unit name of 3rd Infantry Division, Kirby cautioned that using this re-structured unit would not lead to advisement-creep.

"It's made up of three Brigade Advisor Teams (BAT). Among these are a mixture of various adviser types including Infantry Advisers, Armor Advisers, Artillery Advisers and Attack Aviation Advisers," Kirby said.

Sources confirmed the new unit was formed after Pentagon leaders realized direct ground combat and trying to impose U.S. will on the enemy had negative effects, and it was better to advise them into submission.

"Geneva conventions do not specifically limit any type of advice, allowing the new 3rd Adviser Division to utilize the Vietnam-era M2 Advice-throwers," Kirby said, also noting the deployment of the M1A1 Armored Humanitarian Relief Vehicle and the F-16 Fighting Advisory Falcon.

Although the Pentagon officially declined to give much detail as to what types of advice would be used, sources told Duffel Blog the troops will be authorized to engage with 5.56mm and 7.62mm advice whenever necessary. In some instances and with higher authority, the division could use 105mm and 155mm advice, along with 500lb Joint Direct Advice Munitions.

I wish they formed a 1st Mounted Advisers Division (from 1st Cavalry Division) to be sent to the Ukraine.

[JasonPratt]

"M1A1 Armored Humanitarian Relief Vehicle"  Classic! 

Putin: "We invent this strategy!"

[GDS_Starfury]

ahhhh...... its like taking a gulp of your favorite ice cold beer!

it Hawg time bitches!

http://thehill.com/policy/defense/218510-pentagon-to-deploy-12-a-10s-to-middle-east

[GDS_Starfury]

[GDS_Starfury]

those fuckers took my Tomcat, they can't take my A-10 away!

[LongBlade]

those fuckers took my Tomcat, they can't take my A-10 away!

Amen.

Let it rain on our enemies.

[pawelj]

those fuckers took my Tomcat, they can't take my A-10 away!

Amen.

Let it rain on our enemies.

It would be nice to see it used on those it was designed to be used on.

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

What is the deal with the refugees going to Turkey? Why not protect them with troops inside the border of Syria rather than let them vanish into a NATO country? Seems foolish, you dont know how many are secret extremists.

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

31 December 406 is the often-repeated date of the crossing of the Rhine by a mixed group of barbarians that included Vandals, Alans and Suebi. The Rhine-crossing transgressed one of the Late Empire's most secure limites or boundaries, a climactic moment in the decline of the Roman Empire that initiated a wave of destruction of Roman cities and the collapse of Roman civic order in northern Gaul, and that occasioned the rise of three usurpers in succession in the province of Britannia; hence the crossing of the Rhine is a marker date in the Migrations Period. -wiki

Emphasis mine.

[Gusington]

When put that way I get the heebie jeebies.

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

I'll defer to your or SoM's opinion on the history, it is not my field. It did strike me as similar.

[GDS_Starfury]

When put that way I get the heebie jeebies  Hebrew Jeebrews.

fixed it for ya.

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

The victorious confederates pursued their march, and on the last day of the year, in a season when the waters of the Rhine were most probably frozen, they entered, without opposition, the defenceless provinces of Gaul. This memorable passage of the Suevi, the Vandals, the Alani, and the Burgundians, who never afterwards retreated, may be considered as the fall of the Roman empire in the countries beyond the Alps; and the barriers, which had so long separated the savage and the civilized nations of the earth, were from that fatal moment levelled with the ground.

Gibbon, Edward (2009-02-15). HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE COMPLETE VOLUMES 1 - 6 [Deluxe Annotated & Illustrated Edition] (Kindle Locations 29454-29458). Northpointe Classics. Kindle Edition.

Ha, first time quoting from the kindle app. It has the location in the book!

[Gusington]

I really have to get a copy of Gibbon.

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

Less than two dolla! There is no excuse for not having it.

http://www.amazon.com/HISTORY-DECLINE-EMPIRE-COMPLETE-VOLUMES-ebook/dp/B00BFFY6T0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1411526568&sr=8-1&keywords=gibbon