Army Emphasizes Convoy Training for Iraq

[leftchick]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041209/ap_on_re_us/convoy_training_3

GREENVILLE, Ky. - Pvt. Timothy Parsons' convoy was stalled by a roadside bomb that hit another Humvee. He took aim at targets on the ground as smoke filled the air, firing from his vehicle while others helped retrieve soldiers in the damaged one. It was just a drill, but Parsons said Wednesday he knows it's a scenario he'll likely face in Iraq (news - web sites).

"Convoys get hit a lot. You never know what's going to happen over there," said Parsons, 21, of Harold.

Nearly all Army troops deploying to Iraq are going through similar convoy drills to prepare for guerilla-style attacks on moving vehicles, said Lt. Col. Alan Bolton, chief of training operations for the U.S. Army Forces Command.

The Marines and Air Force are also putting their ground fighters through similar training.

Parsons' unit, the 206th Engineer of the Kentucky Army National Guard, and 2113th Transportation Company were conducting drills at the Wendell H. Ford Training Center in Greenville. They are expected to be among the 1,500 Kentucky Army National Guard troops in Iraq by late-January.

[Florida_Geek]

1. Trucks are now Wheeled Ships

Oh sailor, you have a new job, steering that Wheeled Ship over there.

:evilgrin:

[fertilizeonarbusto]

2. They are doing this NOW?

How about before going in?
Oh, that's right, the troops were trained in picking up flowers and chocolates during their cakewalk :grr:

[PATRICK]

3. Reminds me of helicopters in Vietnam

Falling like flies as the strategy hardened their necessity. The teamsters should unionize this bunch pronto.