Saturday, December 13, 2003

Reports from the front.....

As recently mentioned, my good friend Joe Galloway made a trip to Iraq to gain some insight into the current state of affairs from the military point of view. Joe has a few stories posted with some interesting comments. Such as.....

"Lt. Col. Chuck Williams of Sterling, Va., the commander of the 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment of the 1st Armored Division, and his troopers are still shaking their heads over a recent incident at a Bradley target range they built out in the desert to keep their gunners sharp.

A troop of Bradleys was out firing on the range when over a small hill came trotting 20 lightly-armed guerrillas who inexplicably had decided to attack the American armored vehicles with their 25mm chain guns and machine guns. The gunners simply switched targets and blew away the guerillas in the blink of an eye".
Read more at: The many faces of war

While in Qatar, Joe had a chance to sit down with the CENTCOM Commander, Gen. John Abizaid. Read Joes interview at: U.S. general reaching out to Sunni minority