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2007-10-18 Home Front: WoT

Pentagon to Alert 8 Guard Units for Duty

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Posted by Steve White 2007-10-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Are these folks going to be trained up properly? I hope that sufficient training was taken into account when Gates agreed to the 12 months max including the training.

Posted by gorb 2007-10-18 02:52|| 2007-10-18 02:52|| Front Page Top

#2 This is not too dissimilar from what the Marine Corps Reserve does. The unit is called up and goes through about 3 - 4 months training, 7 months in-country, and then a month or so to demobilize. Works well for them.

Posted by RWV 2007-10-18 11:29|| 2007-10-18 11:29|| Front Page Top

#3 Gorb---According to the RUMINT here at my guard unit, total activation time is 18 months, like last time. Only, instead of 6 months mobe training followed by 12 months in theatre, it will be 2-3 months train up with 15 months in theatre. This could be fun to watch and participate in.

The extra training is supposed to be done now, at home station during regular drills.

Posted by N guard 2007-10-18 14:09|| 2007-10-18 14:09|| Front Page Top

#4 JPOST > ISRAEL > THE MILITARY OPTION IS NOW ON THE TABLE.

vv IRAN > as indic before, various Pundits-Analysts of note have argued that Dubya's maxima window to fight and win a US-Iran conflict is now NLT May-June 2008, and to do so wid out any chance of Iraq-style local insurgency. ANY OTHER > the US GOP-DEM NPE, or most of them, won't go for it.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-10-18 22:34|| 2007-10-18 22:34|| Front Page Top

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