NTC OPFOR Going to Iraq

[rmcrobertson]

Axly, I'm not much of a conspiracy theorist. I tend to think that our problems--capitalism, for instance--are pretty much out in the open.

The quote was chosen to refer to a famous example of a head of state who's a big fat fake, and gets caught. Like George Bush.

 

[PeachMonkey]

and it will remain that way so long as its countries citizens belittle and desecrate their actions abroad and forget about all the good they are doing.

The only citizens who are "desecrating" the actions of the US military and forgetting about the good they do are the fantasy fifth-columnists in your mind.

The rest of us are capable of balancing the good with the bad, and support the people in uniform regardless of the problems with their leadership, and with how things are actually going.

 

[Tgace]

http://www.vvdailypress.com/2004/109041477718054.html

11th ACR to deploy in January
By LISA HART/Staff Writer

FORT IRWIN — The 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, which plays the role of the opponent in the training of approximately 42,000 soldiers at Fort Irwin's National Training Center each year, received orders that some of its members will deploy to Iraq in January.

Fort Irwin's public affairs officer, Capt. Dan Gannod, said elements of both squadrons from the 11th ACR received the orders, but could not say specifically which units would leave.

"We received the deployment order, and they are definitely taking definite steps to qualify their soldiers in terms of weapons and to make sure that their families are taken care of," Gannod said.

According to the American Forces Press Service, the regiment will stop serving as the opposing force at the National Training Center to join with the 155th Armored Brigade of the Mississippi National Guard in deployment.

Approximately 2,500 soldiers make up the 11th ACR.

The regiment had received an alert order in the spring that it might be deployed, and that soldiers should begin to plan for the possibility. The official deployment order came July 8.

Gannod said the units would leave the NTC sometime around the end of the year.

Maj. Carl Michaud, the secretary of the general's staff, said four battalions of National Guard reserves, consisting of 400 to 600 soldiers each, will come to Fort Irwin to fill in as a training force while the 11th ACR is away.

Michaud said although not all of the reserves will come in at once, the introduction of new units will still cause problems at the post because the families of the 11th ACR will still be living there.

"Obviously we are going to increase the post population to more than we can handle," Michaud said. "Figuring out where they are going to live and eat is an ongoing process."

Michaud said the reason the 11th ACR is being sent to Iraq is a fairness issue, because some Army units have been sent to Iraq multiple times.

"Some of the 11th ACR will still be here," he said. "It's not like the whole regiment will get up and move over at once. It will be a phased operation."

According to Gannod, more information about which units are to deploy will be available after

Col. Peter Bayer Jr., the commanding officer who took control of the 11th ACR on June 23, has a briefing on the deployment Monday.

Michaud said the deployment of the 11th ACR is not the ideal situation.

"Obviously you never want to lose your team, but this will be a transition period, not a turbulent one," he said. "We will still be able to carry out and continue our mission as usual. There will not be a big day-to-day change."

The 11th ACR was first activated in 1901, after the Spanish-American War. The regiment has played roles in World War II, the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm. It was activated as the opposing force training unit at the NTC in 1994.

 

[Nightingale]

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