Go Back   Professional Soldiers ® > UWOA > Insurgencies & Guerrilla Warfare

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 04-20-2007, 10:11   #31
Intel_Airman
Guerrilla
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Afghanistan
Posts: 104
Outstanding post. It made me think back to how some of my fellow Airmen acted when we worked with the Iraqis. Once again though, how can you prep the average 19 year old for a situation like this? It's extremely difficult. Your post should be a mandatory reading for all those going to the AOR.
__________________
"Only the dead have seen the end of war." -Plato
Intel_Airman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-23-2008, 06:42   #32
scmarines9303
Asset
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Lowcountry, SC
Posts: 11
Is the Iraqi I live and fight with not allowed to enter any American facility?
If you are a military adviser or training to be an adviser, look around where you eat:
Are the Americans on one side of the room and the Iraqis on the other?
Do you even eat with Iraqis?
Do you go out of your way to avoid eye contact and thus not greet the Iraqis you walk by?
Do you try to learn their language or follow their customs?
Do you habitually expect Iraqis to share intelligence and then not respond in kind?
Do you distrust them?

We have this same problem in our own military, blacks sitting with just black, white sitting with just white, etc... Usually it has to do with what or who you are most comfortable around. As a rule I usually make my soldiers eat as a team!! Just a thought!!
scmarines9303 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-23-2008, 07:24   #33
SF_BHT
Quiet Professional
 
SF_BHT's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Sneaking back and forth across the Border
Posts: 6,627
Quote:
Originally Posted by scmarines9303 View Post
Is the Iraqi I live and fight with not allowed to enter any American facility?
If you are a military adviser or training to be an adviser, look around where you eat:
Are the Americans on one side of the room and the Iraqis on the other?
Do you even eat with Iraqis?
Do you go out of your way to avoid eye contact and thus not greet the Iraqis you walk by?
Do you try to learn their language or follow their customs?
Do you habitually expect Iraqis to share intelligence and then not respond in kind?
Do you distrust them?

We have this same problem in our own military, blacks sitting with just black, white sitting with just white, etc... Usually it has to do with what or who you are most comfortable around. As a rule I usually make my soldiers eat as a team!! Just a thought!!
scmarines9303
You seam to have a lot of questions on your first couple of Post. I would recommend that you Read a lot and learn. After a few months you should absorb enough info and then you can formulate good meaningfully questions and observations that will contribute to this QP Board. Use the Search button and welcome to the Board.
SF_BHT is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump



All times are GMT -6. The time now is 17:06.



Copyright 2004-2022 by Professional Soldiers ®
Site Designed, Maintained, & Hosted by Hilliker Technologies