Dec. 31, 1932 - April 20, 2024 Joseph Patrick Swallow was born in Alpena, Michigan on Dec. 31, 1932, to a family overjoyed by his arrival. He was the fourt
thank you. you know, this is one of the great news stories but seems like the more i read about it this morning it s a great just story. yes, yes. with the two women who passed the army ranger school and women who can t take on combat positions and i m wondering if these female women can become s.e.a.l.s works there be limitations to female s.e.a.l.s as well? exactly. so what my biggest question is we have no historical data that demonstrates what the itition rates are for women in long-term combats. women have actually 45% less muttle mass. first of all, congratulations to the two women who are west post good as i and againsting through ranger school. not a senior female has passed infantry officer training with the marine corps so this will have a long-term impact upon them medically. will we see them complete an enlistment in four years and
pretty harsh words. ill trained, badly led, this after the u.s. spent $20 billion rebuilding iraq s army? are you saying they weren t trained adequately or a commitment from iraqis, is it the commitment in question? as a former infantry officer training is not something you do once. it s something you do continuously. our plan was to keep troops on in iraq after 2011, to train the iraqis on an almost constant basis, rotating them through with american units. we weren t able to do this when the iraqis decided not to keep u.s. troops on, or, rather, to give them legal immunities. secondly, you have very, very bad leadership at the top. generals are selected for their loyalty to maliki. these are cronies of maliki and some of his political advise rers. they are not competent people, and they do not provide the front line leadership that these soldiers want. it s a sectarian army in some respects. sunni units in sunni areas wouldn t fight against their