Training Our Troops

Except, we aren't.  At least we aren't doing an adequate job of it.  Somebody set the original training periods for a very good reason.  Look what we're doing now.  Jill did - over at Brilliant At Breakfast.  Welcome to Tuesday evening here in the USA...

They might as well just shoot 'em -- it'd be quicker

This is how the Bush Administration "supports the troops" -- by giving them inadequate training and then sending them into a civil war: "The US Army, struggling to cope with stepped-up operations and extended deployments of its soldiers to Iraq, has shortened the duration of several of its bedrock training courses so that troops can return to fighting units on the front lines more quickly, according to senior training officials.One training course that is considered the "first step" in [...]

Tags: Military Training, US Troops, Iraq, Afghanistan, US Army

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