tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245738735015910925.post4338190666859405690..comments2023-06-22T08:40:16.919-04:00Comments on The One Percenters: Just another SundayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245738735015910925.post-76796216773285649602008-07-18T23:15:00.000-04:002008-07-18T23:15:00.000-04:00Hi Dad, I'm catching up with you tonight. I'm bac...Hi Dad, I'm catching up with you tonight. I'm back to nights and glad to be able to come by my friends' places. As usual, you've made me laugh and made me cry.<BR/><BR/>that's quite the puppy and lovely flowers too.<BR/><BR/>Congrats on the promotion. and God Bless.MightyMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02563721884001643857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245738735015910925.post-80148405740436509142008-07-17T16:39:00.000-04:002008-07-17T16:39:00.000-04:00'Dad,Your right about the rumors and the Training ...'Dad,<BR/><BR/>Your right about the rumors and the Training cycles. Time will tell.ABNPOPPAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13790538722982753032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245738735015910925.post-78087079427536859022008-07-17T10:45:00.000-04:002008-07-17T10:45:00.000-04:00Pops,Lot of Joe rumors kicking around. The Fayette...Pops,<BR/><BR/>Lot of Joe rumors kicking around. The Fayetteville paper reported some months ago that 2nd Brigade would resume its traditional "first responder" role in April 2009. Of course, this is the Army and anything can change.<BR/><BR/>The training cycles, when they start, will tell us a lot about the future.Airborne dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09033929831652609916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245738735015910925.post-65942772605685540532008-07-17T09:28:00.000-04:002008-07-17T09:28:00.000-04:00"dad,Really don't want to know this info yet. Jac..."dad,<BR/>Really don't want to know this info yet. Jacob has heard rumors about their next rotation and Afghan is being mentioned a lot. I'm not recovered from the last 15 months yet! Thanks for the link, might as well start briefing myself. By the way beautiful piks and flowers you must have a green hand not just a thumb.<BR/><BR/>I heard the news before going to church and it made for a very sad Sunday.<BR/><BR/>Bless the families of those brave warriors.ABNPOPPAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13790538722982753032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245738735015910925.post-33924117369778321212008-07-17T08:02:00.000-04:002008-07-17T08:02:00.000-04:00Vicki,I hope your son will be out of Kunar soon. W...Vicki,<BR/><BR/>I hope your son will be out of Kunar soon. We will keep your family in our prayers.Airborne dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09033929831652609916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245738735015910925.post-23394008406579109032008-07-16T17:16:00.000-04:002008-07-16T17:16:00.000-04:00My son is also serving over in Kunar. I agree...i...My son is also serving over in Kunar. I agree...it's as much the rules of engagement that are killing our soldiers as it is the enemy. When an innocent civilian knowingly harbors a enemy fighter...they cease to be innocents.<BR/><BR/>Vicki...173rd mom...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245738735015910925.post-36790709193999262272008-07-16T14:27:00.000-04:002008-07-16T14:27:00.000-04:00Hope your son is home and doing well. We are all p...Hope your son is home and doing well. We are all proud and worried at the same...many prayers are being said.<BR/><BR/>With all the talk of adding brigades, I suspect the ROE will have to change as well. No use sending in extra troops if they can't do anything.Airborne dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09033929831652609916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5245738735015910925.post-63040952475146545412008-07-16T11:33:00.000-04:002008-07-16T11:33:00.000-04:00Dear airborne dad: I too pray for those young men...Dear airborne dad: I too pray for those young men over there. My son was at the KOP for 15 months with the 1/32 10th Mountain Div.. Under NATO command, small outposts of augmented squads of American soldiers were posted with the Afghan Nat. Army (ANAs)in villages to help protect them. 173rd Abn has continued that practice. The flaw and danger in the plan is two fold: 1.) if known civilians occupy a house from where firing is occurring our forces cannot return fire under NATO engagement rules; and 2.) those positions cannot be protected by air in those close valleys; not to mention those in the small compounds that rarely have more than wire and sandbags for protection. <BR/><BR/>Rules of engagement need to be changed. If we receive fire from a village home, that home should be leveled civilians or not. Otherwise, this tactic will continue on the part of the Taliban.<BR/><BR/>God Bless and Protect our troops over there.<BR/><BR/>a proud and worried fatherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com