I have been watching the Alph Company: Iraq Diary series on the History Channel. I am also an international businessman who does business regularly with the Middle East and over 50 countries worldwide. I have often wondered if our military personel in Iraq has had the same experience as I have had in my 26 years dealing with the Middle East. As I watch the Alph Company series, I can only summarize that the answer is ‘YES’. The overwhelming majority of people I have dealt with in the Middle East lie constantly which I have come to realize is part of their culture. Whatever you can get away with is perfectly acceptable. The frustration I watch the Alpha Company soldiers experiencing confirms my suspicion and allows me to completely understand Alpha Company’s frustration in dealing with the Iraqi people. However, I am not laying my life on the line to make a sale as are our military personel in trying to bring liberty and freedom to a country lacking in personal integrity.

Alpha Company has my respect and my understanding of the frustration they are dealing with. My God keep you safe and give you the wisdom to deal with this situation.

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I want to personally thank every one of you who fight for freedom of our great country America. Your thoughtlessness of yourselves is uncommon valor in which the american people have forgotten over the years. My name is Heather Robishaw and Im from Cushing, Maine I’m 32 and 3 wonderful children who are also very thankful of your service to them. My father was a Lance Corpral in Vietnam in the marines and fought behind enemy lines until he was discharged. My father-in-law Earl Robishaw was in the Army in the Korean war in the second chemical mortar battalion and the Vietnam war was a platoon sargent of 106 recolice rifles division, then he went to the 52nd aviation battalion in PLacu then to Bamatoit serving for 21 yrs total. I may not be correct in the spelling of these places but you get the idea. All the wars that were fought in our history are very important in our family. I feel that maybe if more families were more grateful for what ALL our heroic and wonderful service men and women have fought for over the years, and taught their children a little more about it and said thank you to any veteran they may pass by in their busy day…the world would be a better place. I know that my children do and I love to see it light those men’s eyes up to see such young kids thanking them for something they had done well over 50 yrs ago. On this Veteran’s Day my family and I would like to give our undying gratitude to all that are serving in all the places around the world to secure our freedom and protection of the American people. We love you all! And please teach your children about the history of these wars and why they were fought. Teach them how America came together in WWII by saving all the tin and aluminum etc. to make more planes and machines for our service men and women after our fleet was so badly attacked and destroyed by the Japanese. So I hope that will our new president he may restore these values among the people of America…because we sooo very much need to come together as one again.
Sincerely,
Heather Robishaw, a grateful American.

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i here from my cousin in iraq that he already lost 4 friends thats deep shit

I recently saw an episode on modern helmets verses older helmets and each helmet types ability to survive a bullet. An implication was made during the story that helmets provide more of a psychological security than actual protection. The story made it seem like the only reason to wear a helmet was for protection against bullets. The reality is that helmets protect from multiple hazards including bumping your head on vehicles during egress and ingress, accidents, procussion, thrown bricks, rocks and sticks, shrapnel, blunt force trauma during hand to hand fighting, etc… Helmets are an important piece of safety equipment and to infer that they are only worn to give a psychological secure feeling is disservice to those combat veterens whose lives were saved by the helmet.

Marine Corps News | by Cpl. Aaron Rooks
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - The 2nd Marine Logistics Group held its first ever safety expo here June 30 in hopes of uniting the community of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., toward a safe and healthier lifestyle.

The event focused on providing Marines with the knowledge necessary to help keep themselves and their families safe, highlighting various topics ranging from everyday health and wellness, to the more serious topics such as traffic, off-duty and recreational safety.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Nigel Abner, the assistant safety officer for 2nd MLG, said the expo was a success. He said safety representatives from the II Marine Expeditionary Force were present for the event, showing the importance of safety.

Combined reports from II MEF and 2nd MLG prove the value of events such as this one. They show that for the duration of 2nd MLG’s recent combat deployment to Iraq, 36 percent of lives lost occurred here at MCB Camp Lejeune due to various safety mishaps.

“A lot of younger Marines are looking at getting out and having fun,” said Staff Sgt. James Haynes, the safety officer for Combat Logistics Battalion 22, an element of Combat Logistics Regiment 27. “They often don’t think about the hazards.”

But after attending this event with his unit, Haynes said many Marines left more knowledgeable about safety issues than when they arrived. He said the expo gave the Marines and Sailors a better understanding about activities they normally participate in, but aren’t covered often, like hunting and fishing, boating and driving off-road.

Abner agreed, as he said that a variety of experts attended the expo to give their helping hand. He added that their presence and hands-on demonstrations were more effective than just showing Marines and Sailors PowerPoint presentations.

The MLG is not alone in their efforts to prevent mishaps. Robert Dubois, the II MEF Drive Safe program manager, said that all units throughout II MEF are making efforts to improve safety awareness in their Marines.

“It’s Marine Corps wide, not just II MEF,” the Manchester, N.H., native said. “Across the board, safety has become a priority.”

Abner said the MLG’s Group Safety Office plans to hold another safety expo in December to bring them closer to their goal of helping save the lives of Marines and Sailors by preventing safety mishaps.

I am a vietnam vet that just watched ” oreration Anaconda” on your network. I can honestly say that this operation ranks right up there with some of the greatest cluster fucks that our commanders in vitnam war ever pulled out of there asses!!!
Major Gen. Hagenbeck is the only numbnut to claim responsibily for being in the planning of the gross stupidity of that hight of incompitence. As such he is the first soldier that should be stood up before a firing squad!!!~! At least he put his name to that ultimate blight of one of this countrys worst commanded combact missions of all times.
First off, I study modern military tactics and high tech that is shown on this channel every chance I get. I here all the time about how modern weapontry is able to put a smart bomb into a window of the enemy stronghold. This is a mission that has been planned with multipule insurtion teams and the first thing I ask myself in watching this show is “WHERE IS THE CLOSE ARE SUPPORT”!!!! Where are these smart bombs that can penatrate the 4 meter target from miles away.
I find myself asking, “is all this tech that H.C. and the military advertising a bunch of bullshit or is this high tech too espensive to waste on the dad of those two beatifull little girls shown grieving the lost of there father at the end of the show”! I mean when you have to rely on the c.i.a. to bring in a “preditor” drone to assaut a gun- ship with the same weapondry that the support aircraft should have been, and probably were carrying in the first place. This doesn’t say much for our aircraft effectiveness when a unmanded remote piloted vechele is able to hit a target, that close air support is not able to accomplish. the pilots of those aircraft where screwed around by the “MAD HATTER” commanding this custerfuck of a mission just as much as the poor soldiers that were left deserted by the planners of this mission. This is proven by the pilots own words describing the heartache of being recalled to base when they still have weapondry an fuel left to support those unfornate troops.
I really feel that I am only voicing what alot of the troops invoved in that deboctual would of stated if our military was trully as democratice as our forefothers had invisioned it would be. I could sense it in the soldiers assestment of the overall mission outcome.After all I am a expert at knowing how you can’t crititsise how a war that the pollitions in charge believe they know how to win an the commandersin charge can’t or won’t take authority for.

I agree. Both sons in law are SF and eldest son is SOF. (Psy Ops)

As a former Green Beret and 2 time veteran, I’m a little put off by everyone referring to anyone under the “Special Ops” umbrella as “Special Forces”. SF, is a proper name for the Army Green Berets. Also, lets have some Vietnam era shows on the A-teams and how they played an enormous role in that conflict, along with SOG. There are some excellent stories to be told in the current conflict as well. Navy Seals and Rangers may be excellent at certain missions and very TV friendly right now, but when it comes to guerilla warfare and it’s very multi-dimensional nature we all know the Green Berets stand alone.