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| Iraq |
| Champ considers Special Forces to help Iraq. |
| 2014-06-17 |
| And so it begins anew. He's gone and done it according to this report. About 275 personnel. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #8 Each US Embassy has a standing or [on the shelf] evacuation plan with a recommended Force Package required for execution. The actual make up or flavor of the Force Package is left to the discretion of the Ambassador and regional Combatant Commander. Evacuation planning becomes even more complex when foreign nationals or host nation personnel are included in the mix. My experience is very dated, so things may have changed a bit... or a bunch. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-06-17 16:59 |
| #7 Asking those that know, isn't this sort of deal usually a Marine Operation? Or perhaps these are Deep Green types? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-06-17 16:48 |
| #6 Give the embassy staff weapons and send 'jawn' to lead them. Keep the troops home they are valuable. |
| Posted by: irishrageboy 2014-06-17 16:28 |
| #5 My money's on - those 275 are to evacuate the embassy if needed. |
| Posted by: mossomo 2014-06-17 15:27 |
| #4 Why would you advertise this deployment? Oh wait, I forgot who the policymakers were... |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2014-06-17 08:17 |
| #3 This is all part of Champ's policy of appearing to do something while doing nothing. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-06-17 06:22 |
| #2 The largest embassy in the world, manned by over three thousand personnel and a dithering administration who can't find their arse with both hands. Epic political and diplomatic fail! Fire the lot. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-06-17 01:00 |
| #1 That's the security force for the embassy. But if I was one of the SOF guys and "Barack Obama had my back", I might seriously refuse to go. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2014-06-17 00:46 |