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 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/infantillery.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:18:06 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Or, perhaps, more accurately, Artillacops. ARTILLERY SOLDIERS SEARCH FOR ELUSIVE ENEMY IN IRAQI CAPITAL By Spc. L.B. Edgar 7th MPAD BAGHDAD, Iraq - Over six months into his deployment, artilleryman Pfc. Brandon Tripp has yet to move his Howitzer, let alone fire it. His M-4 rifle, on the other hand, has not received a day off since its owner stepped foot in Baghdad. On patrol in the western section of the capital, Tripp stops to speak with residents, play with children and look for anything to indicate signs of the elusive enemy. The out-of-sight antagonist hides within a few million... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/infantillery.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/infantillery.html Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:05:08 -0600 Trained gunners, gainfully employed, whoah ... Cheers http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/infantillery.html#comment-63994 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/infantillery.html#comment-63994 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:09:50 -0600 Having had that strange combination of being an enlisted infantryman, commissioned artilleryman, and Fire Support Officer to the 5th Special Forces Group, this article concerns me a little bit, and, in my mind, brings validity to the Combat Action Badge. Clearly, there is no longer a front-line, and all branches are subject to being close-engagement combatants. I know that very little is being done in the non-maneuver schools (exception is the MPs) to prepare our one-time REMFs for direct combat action. We continue to ask an awful lot of our men and women and I'm not convinced that we're doing our part to prepare them. Just sayin'. ML http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/infantillery.html#comment-63985 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/09/infantillery.html#comment-63985 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 08:56:36 -0600