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AngelsSix · 07-28-2004, 19:59

Adam,

Thanks for your perspective and understanding. Your patience is incredible.

I know I am causing some confusion, maybe because I am just trying to understand the way things have changed over the years. While I was a kid during every conflict up to Desert Storm, (I had just gone to boot camp when it kicked off), I only know what I have seen on t.v. or read in a book or spoken to someone about. It seems like during most of the conflicts had a definitive "line" of combat. Now we are just all over the country (Iraq, A-Stan), so how do you define a front?? I know I am confused.....

The whole thing was just out of curiosity of my own spurred by a discussion with some others outside of the military all together that had questions I really had no answers to, hence all the weird questions above. I don't understand the Army, all I have ever known is the Navy and the little bit of the AF that I have so far been exposed to.

So some of the distinctions I was trying to make was if the Army simply makes the definition of a combat soldier and a combat unit and a comat zone as a place where a unit and one attatched to said unit actively seek and engage the enemy.

I am not sure what the CIB stands for, I was under the impression that you had to be in a combat unit to wear one?? I remember the argument about whether Lynch would be authorized to wear one and the general consensus was that she was not in a combat unit.

I guess I am a crusader for the little guy, of sorts. I know I can't change anything...I just want to know why things are the way they are.

07-28-2004, 19:59	#12
AngelsSix Area Commander Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: VA Posts: 1,149	Adam, Thanks for your perspective and understanding. Your patience is incredible. I know I am causing some confusion, maybe because I am just trying to understand the way things have changed over the years. While I was a kid during every conflict up to Desert Storm, (I had just gone to boot camp when it kicked off), I only know what I have seen on t.v. or read in a book or spoken to someone about. It seems like during most of the conflicts had a definitive "line" of combat. Now we are just all over the country (Iraq, A-Stan), so how do you define a front?? I know I am confused..... The whole thing was just out of curiosity of my own spurred by a discussion with some others outside of the military all together that had questions I really had no answers to, hence all the weird questions above. I don't understand the Army, all I have ever known is the Navy and the little bit of the AF that I have so far been exposed to. So some of the distinctions I was trying to make was if the Army simply makes the definition of a combat soldier and a combat unit and a comat zone as a place where a unit and one attatched to said unit actively seek and engage the enemy. I am not sure what the CIB stands for, I was under the impression that you had to be in a combat unit to wear one?? I remember the argument about whether Lynch would be authorized to wear one and the general consensus was that she was not in a combat unit. I guess I am a crusader for the little guy, of sorts. I know I can't change anything...I just want to know why things are the way they are. __________________ The question is never simply IF someone is lying, it's WHY. - Lie To Me We must always fear the wicked. But there is another kind of evil that we must fear the most, and that is the indifference of good men - Boondock Saints Iraq was never lost and Afghanistan was never quite the easy good war. Those in the media too often pile on and follow the polls rather than offer independent analysis. Campaign rhetoric and politics are one thing - the responsibility of governance is quite another. - Victor Davis Hanson
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