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2014-05-09 Europe

US Special Forces To Train In Eastern Europe In Attempt To Reassure Allies

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Posted by trailing wife 2014-05-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Better to use Swiss trainers. Follow the Swiss model and arm every adult with their issued weapon stored at home with 200 rounds of ammo. Might toss in an RPG, or equivalent, for every couple houses on the block. Of course, that assumes that most of the people supports the existing government.

Posted by P2kontheroad 2014-05-09 08:37|| 2014-05-09 08:37|| Front Page Top

#2 Good stuff. Classic FID [Foreign Internal Defense] Mobile Training Team [MTT] Special Forces mission.

Trivia point: US Army Special Forces COL(Ret) Aleksander Einseln.

COL Einsen (born 25 October 1931 in Tallinn) is a former commander of the Estonian Defence Forces. He held that position from 4 May 1993 to 4 December 1995.

Born in Estonia, Einseln fled that country with his mother in 1944 as Soviet troops retook the Baltic states from Nazi Germany. He immigrated to the United States in 1949 and became a U.S. citizen. He enlisted in the Army and served in the Korean and Vietnam Wars and was a one-time staff officer with the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff and NATO in Brussels, retiring with the rank of colonel.

In 1993, at the request of Estonian President Lennart Meri, Einseln returned to Estonia to take command of its military forces, over the objections of the U.S. State Department.[3] The U.S. threatened to terminate Einseln's military pension and even to revoke his U.S. citizenship. However, after getting support from several U.S. senators, Einseln received official permission from the U.S. authorities to take on his new post.

On 4 December 1995, he was forced to resign due to a disagreement with the defense minister.

In February 1996, he was awarded the Order of the Cross of the Eagle.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-05-09 08:51|| 2014-05-09 08:51|| Front Page Top

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