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PeachMonkey
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See:
http://www.intel-dump.com/archives/archive_2004_10_14.shtml#1098022068
As the poster notes, this is extremely ominous... one of the most notable reasons for the Army's warfighting prowess is the Army's practice of rotating units through Ft. Irwin's National Training Center for realistic, difficult wargaming against an extremely talented, experienced opponent.
The fact that this opponent force is being deployed to Iraq not only speaks to how badly strained the Army is right now, but to the desperate measures that they're being pushed to -- sending the NTC OPFOR really is like eating your own seed corn, to steal the poster's simile.
On the other hand, the 11th ACR is a storied unit. Of course, its specialties have nothing whatsoever to do with counter-insurgency... ack.
For more on this elite organization, see:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/11acr.htm
http://www.irwin.army.mil/11acr/
http://www.intel-dump.com/archives/archive_2004_10_14.shtml#1098022068
As the poster notes, this is extremely ominous... one of the most notable reasons for the Army's warfighting prowess is the Army's practice of rotating units through Ft. Irwin's National Training Center for realistic, difficult wargaming against an extremely talented, experienced opponent.
The fact that this opponent force is being deployed to Iraq not only speaks to how badly strained the Army is right now, but to the desperate measures that they're being pushed to -- sending the NTC OPFOR really is like eating your own seed corn, to steal the poster's simile.
On the other hand, the 11th ACR is a storied unit. Of course, its specialties have nothing whatsoever to do with counter-insurgency... ack.
For more on this elite organization, see:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/11acr.htm
http://www.irwin.army.mil/11acr/