I'm not an infantryman, and I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night... But I did do my time in the A-Stan, and I was LITERALLY face to face with the enemy EVERYDAY and I relate all to well to some of the things mentioned above. Particularly to the part about commanders being more concerned about the media than what happens to their soldiers.
As far as the infantry doing "'SWAT' raids and performing the US Army's version of 'CSI Iraq' and doing things like filling out forms for evidence when they could be better used to hunt and kill the enemy," thats a little near and dear to my heart as my MOS has people like me specifically trained to do exactly that, and I would much rather be sitting on the FOB in the sand and wind planning my next raid as opposed to being put at "disneyland" saluting every five seconds (sometimes literally) and being yelled at for not having my reflective belt on, or that I can't wear my fleece cap without the jacket on
and having to work in a facility that "doesn't exist" doing the thankless CNN job...
I agree with what the guy said, maybe someday soon the right people will see it and wakeup.
REALLY glad to be home,
Bull