We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/fort_campbell_g.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:42:36 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Army News Service | February 28, 2007 FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. - Just more than 200 Silver Stars have been awarded for Operation Iraqi Freedom since it began in 2003, and three of them now belong to Soldiers from one Fort Campbell platoon. The 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, returned in November from the streets of Ramadi, Iraq, with stories of heroism. When a barrage of small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades pierced the night silence on March 13, Staff Sgt. Jeremy Wilzcek, Spc. Jose Alvarez and Spc. Gregory Pushkin discovered how they would react in an intense, deadly... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/fort_campbell_g.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/fort_campbell_g.html Fri, 09 Mar 2007 06:23:46 -0600 "...but there are a lot of people in Iraq doing the same thing..." Sorry, another Robert Graves (paraphrased from my memory) quote: "The Royal Welch Fusiliers considered that decorations were not for the people whose names were on them, but for the Regiment." Warfare is a communal activity. Recognising one individual person's crazy heroic behavior is just a symbolic thing, really, standing for all those folks who stood up and did right when nobody was looking. It's hard to be brave when yer all alone. Dang humans! For most people, that is. M'self, I'm just the opposite. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/fort_campbell_g.html#comment-57673 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/fort_campbell_g.html#comment-57673 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 02:14:37 -0600 John, It's so very true: You fight like you train." There's a reason it's taken a long time to get a LOT of the Iraqi army stood up. It takes time to develop the NCO core, and to instill in them, as well as their higher-ups, the need for realistic training. Training not only helps leaders develop a situation, understand what's going on and react accordingly, but bottom line is it saves lives. Respects, http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/fort_campbell_g.html#comment-57616 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/03/fort_campbell_g.html#comment-57616 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 07:07:40 -0600