Re: RE: Harper's enemy
EastSideScotian said:
SaintLucifer said:
BitWhys said:
if we're that poorly equipped maybe we should get the hell out of Afghanistan. buncha crybabies get teased by the US troops on the ground and expect everyone to feel sorry for them.
typical Harper
Canadian Forces get teased on the ground? Quite the contrary. The Americans are stunned by the professionalism of our soldiers. Canadian marksmen have set world records with their marksmanship. This ability has awed the Americans. The only thing Americans mock the Canadian Forces about would be our lack of transport capabilities. Our military had to hitch a ride with the US military to Afghanistan. This is why Canada is purchasing new Globemasters although I am staggered at the sheer cost of those transport giants.
100% Pure truth.
I spoke with an American National garuds men at a wedding last year, he was in Afganistan for a tour and he worked alot with Canadians, thats actully how he met the Groom. He siad Most full times American Soldiers cant compete with the Canadians when it comes ot Work ethic and endurance of the climate and terrain. Druning training exersises Canadians always seemed to be the first done, or the first done with out forgetting an objective or takeing a wrong turn somewhere.
Funny anecdote for those who care:
A few years back, I went on an exercise in the Mojave Desert with the 3rd Battlaion PPCLI. We squared off against guys from some Range Battalion, 5th I think. We spent a week doing mixed-unit tactics and learning how to patrol in the desert, etc, etc. The second week we went tactical, 3 VP versus the Rangers in a military-skills competition of sorts. Our first night out we did a recce-in-force of the Ranger positions. Now for those that don't know, the Rangers are suppose to be this "elite" fighting force. About 2km from the last known Ranger biv-site we could hear talking. The platoon when to ground and we sent a few guys from the 3 VP recce platoon forward. About an hour or so later they came back and said they'd crawled right up to the edge of this clearing and were able to observe the Rangers. They were about section level (8-12 men), and we manning what looked like some sort of forward observation point. They we sitting around, smoking-and-joking, as we say in the Army. No sentries out that could be seen, and no dug-in weapons. The Platoon Commander decided we'd take some prisoners, so we layed out a quick battle plan and the platoon moved in to postion. 3 Section opened fire on the Rangers, who scrambled in to partially dug foxholes. 1 Section then opened up on their flank. The Rangers then scrambled out of their holes and began to retreat....directly in to 2 Section (which I was with). Our boys popped up and they ground to a halt, all except one guy who veered off to the left and started booking it. The only guy to go after him from 2 Section was a large, somewhat over-weight medic. This medic chased down and
TACKLED this Ranger, this "elite soldier", then drug him back to the staging area. In all we captured 9 Rangers without any serious effort. Elite soldiers, my ass.
This has been a military anecdote by Mogz