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BD, It is. You'll also notice that some jobs are mandatory for School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMs) graduates: note that the ORSA and Strat Planner are in functional areas within career fields (eg Operations, Operational Support, Information Operations, Institutional Support), meaning that those officers will only fill jobs related to strategic planning and Operations Research. They will no longer go back and forth between tactical units and functional areas. This career field designation occurs sometime after they have served time at the tactical level, usually after troop/company level command. Officers will then remain in that career field for the remainder of their careers. Officers in the Operations Career Field (which includes all the basic branches and FA 39 PSYOPS, and FA90 Multifunctional Logistician...previously all the logistics branches such as QM, OD, TC, etc) will fill the command positions of the BCTs, Sustainment Bdes, BFSBs, etc.

BD and Gunner, With the reorganization of the BCTs, the HQs have undergone significant reorganization as well. https://rdl.train.army.mil/soldierPortal/atia/adlsc/view/public/22617-1/FM/FMI5-0.1/chap2.htm;jsessionid=62PMJHvWbQDFQ7JZYPLdntnv2lF1MQBnTklQQLT11bhkmG1sQ2Wb!550800321 The 2003 version of FM 6-0 Mission Command has one staff organization. Three years later, after modularity and experiences from OIF, FMI 5-0.1 established the new staff structure. FMI 5-0.1 was again updated in March 2008 and made permanent.

You remember those days eh?

Gunner, I wouldn't necessarily categorize them as light...You can always add more if necessary. The new Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs) are very self sufficient. Think of the new BCTs as smaller versions of the tradtional Armored Cavalry Regiments. They come with everything they need. There are 3 types. Heavy (HBCT), Stryker (SBCT), and Infantry (BCT), as well as special BCTs, such as the Battlefield Surveillance Brigade (which by the way comes with its own reconaissance squadron). Under the concept of modularity, you can take a division HQ and add whatever number and type of BCT to Division for whatever mission the Division is undertaking. Traditional Division organization is out and modularity is in. You can have a division HQ from particular installation, and all it's Task Organized brigades from elsewhere, to include the National Guard. Thus, if we were to conduct major combat operations, a division might have 2 HBCTs, a SBCT and a BCT, as well as a BFSB. All these units may very well come from other divisions. If that same division were to conduct irregular warfare or limited intervention it might have 1 HBCT, 1 SBCT, and 1 BCT, or whatever is deemed necessary.. It's all mission dependent. The HBCTs, and BCTs have certainly been leaned down with regards to combat units, and, in particular, with regards to infantry. There are however more of the BCTs now and therefore more BCTs can be added to a division's Task Org if needed. The SBCTs have not been leaned down. In fact, they are quite robust in terms of number of infantry assigned. If it is determined that 1 BCT does not have all the necessary assets to fulfill a particular mission, then additional BCTs can be added to the force so that the required capabilities are available.

As well as: Sir Walter Norris Congreve Lord Frederick Rudolf Lambart “Fatty” Earl of Cavan William George Walker Louis Lipsett Cyril Aubrey Blacklock Ivor Maxse Gen Sir (Henry De) Beauvoir de Lisle Frederick William Lumsden “Inky Bill” Ingouville-Williams Clifford Coffin Gerald Farrell Boyd Charles St Leger Barter Sir George Frederick “Blood Orange”Gorringe R. Broadwood Nevill Maskelyne 'The Sphinx' Smyth Sir (Hugh) Keppel “Beetle” Bethell Sir Arthur William Currie Sir Julian Byng And many many more good than bad. One can find bad in any conflict. I think SO said it rather well.

Not exactly. Each BCT has gained a reconnaisance squadron. This is a capability that previously did not exist. Thus, a modular Division with 3 Bde's has effectively tripled its reconnaisance squadrons. Additionally, a modular division can be provided a Battlefield Surveillance Brigade. The end result is an extrememly robust and layered ISR capability from Division to Brigade, on down to battalion.

How on earth have they missed that one? It's not like the typo is buried somewhere in line fifteen of the fifth paragraph.

I believe you are spot on with this analysis.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evMLT0kIjtc Starts at about 1:55 onwards The actual test begins @ around 4:29 continuation and final test: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUXDg_neudU

You guys would do exceedingly well in a seminar such as this: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/kcmhr/postgrad/handout.pdf The bibliography from page 4 onwards is exceptional. Speaking of that bibliography, do any of you regard Stouffer's Studies in Social Psychology in World War II Combat and Its Aftermath as worthwhile or lending any new insights into this topic? I've not read it so I cannot comment one way or the other. Regarding number of rounds fired to produce casualties... General B.P.Hughes in his Firepower: Weapons Effectiveness on the Battlefield, 1630-1850 claims 0.2% - 0.5% of bullets in that time period found thier mark, equaling roughly 200-500 rounds fired per "hit", I believe. Rory Muir in his Tactics and the Experience of Battle in the Age of Napoleon pretty much gives the same numbers. Where either got those figures I do not know, and obviously, the data is from combat in the previous century..but it is data and it may be a starting point for more research.

Switzerland & Sweden = Pop Warner...thus not even in the rankings

There are still several "dry" counties here in the US where one cannot purchase alcohol. Additionally, there are several states, such as Virginia, that allow the sale of alcohol (Distilled spirits) in state run ABC stores. Ironically the county where Jack Daniels is distilled (Lynchburg, TN) is "dry". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_county

In my experiences, German Army consumption of beer was exponentially dwarfed by Canadian Army consumption of beer...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1091559/German-soldiers-fat-fight-Taliban-drink-boys-dry.html That's an insane amount of beer and wine!!! This equates to a per-soldier ratio of 26 ounces of beer a day, every day for a year. (source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/14/AR2008111403512_pf.html)

Cool site OM! I'd however argue that the "Salvador Dali" is a pure work of art and not an "Ugly Ship".

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A personal trainer at a gym where I used to be a member was passing himself off as an "ex Special Operations (SEAL/SF), claiming to have served in the rangers, SF, and SEALs at various times to various people..... Things just didn't add up in his story, and every time I engaged him in discussions about things military he contradicted himself; my bs meter was pegged. I contacted veriseal to see if they had and record of him as a SEAL. they did not. "Not a SEAL" was the response I received back from them. Others weren't buying his line of bs either. http://www.socnet.com/showthread.php?t=79458 http://inthebreach.blogspot.com/2006/10/fierce-training-now-warriors-forge.html

Where might one find this mod?

http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/military-personnel/ Additionally, there are organizations that exist to verify questionable claims...organizations such as http://veriseal.org/ I've used Veriseal to good effect, using them to help expose a fraud and a crook.

I wonder if the restraining order will even allow contact between the two...

Here is a transcript (to the best of my [in] ability) of what the British gunners are saying : FDO: Battery Action one seven six one “oh” left CoS: [garbled] FDO: Elevation two five degrees CoS: [garbled] two five degrees FDO: Adjust rounds one oh six two CoS: Adjust rounds one oh six two FDO: HE and charge four load and report CoS: HE charge four [garbled] Unknown: loaded FDO: Fire Four! Boom whizz Unknown: ready two FDO: Fire Two! Boom whizz CoS: One [garbled] FDO: Fire One! Boom whizz FDO: Battery four, three three degrees CoS: Battery four, three three degrees gun two FDO: Fire Three! Boom whizz FDO: Fire two! CoS: Repeat Boom FDO: Fire one! CoS: Fire one Boom whizz FDO: Fire three! CoS: Fire three Boom whizz FDO: Number three one half an inch more right… Fire Two! Boom whizz FDO: Fire one! Boom whizz

Those are all outgoing rounds. You can hear the adjustments being made by the fire direction officer and then the firing commands being issued by the chief of smoke. The outgoing sounds are well..the sounds shells make. Nothing cheesy or crummy..just the sounds they make. I find it amazing they were able to capture the audio, especially considering it was in a field environment in 1918.

That's quite a remarkable recording. Nice find.

Nothing gave me more satisfaction than clearing out the scum of Paradise Falls.