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2009-01-16 Iraq

Pentagon report: 90 percent of Iraq Army not self-sufficient

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-01-16 02:06|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Old news. Logistics and Support functions aren't showy but nothing works without them. This will take time (and probably breaking some corrupt fingers).

Posted by tipover 2009-01-16 03:09|| 2009-01-16 03:09|| Front Page Top

#2 And the other 10% take their orders directly from IRG?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-01-16 04:30|| 2009-01-16 04:30|| Front Page Top

#3 Sounds like every other army in the arab world.
They should fit in nicely.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2009-01-16 08:19|| 2009-01-16 08:19|| Front Page Top

#4 And compared to the old Army?

Posted by Besoeker 2009-01-16 09:23|| 2009-01-16 09:23|| Front Page Top

#5 You don't grow a competent NCO corps in a couple of years. When you don't have a culture that allows authority to be defused to lower levels, it's a much longer evolution if one happens at all [see ~~USSR~~ Russia].

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-01-16 09:40|| 2009-01-16 09:40|| Front Page Top

#6 From what I have heard from the units coming back is the company to battalion sized units are very, very effective. Planning, supplying and operating anything bigger is still beyond them at this time. They are getting better and have pulled off some brigade size operations with only a little help, but they still have a long way to go in the coordination of large units.

Posted by DarthVader 2009-01-16 10:07|| 2009-01-16 10:07|| Front Page Top

#7 But they are still the most effective Arab army the world has seen in decades, if not forever.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2009-01-16 23:59|| 2009-01-16 23:59|| Front Page Top

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