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Originally Posted by Bechorg
Why send regular army troops when you have SF troops in the region who have done this type of missions before and have literally THOUSANDS of night infill's into Afghanistan and Iraq? Last time I checked personnel recovery is not in 1st ID's playbook.
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Sounds to me like it is in their METL and they were already in the region to do it.
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...deployed soldiers from the U.S. Army’s East Africa Response Force to the capital of Juba to help evacuate American citizens and ensure the safety of embassy personnel there.
The 45 combat-ready soldiers are part of the 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division based in Fort Riley, Kansas, but who are on a year-long deployment in the Army’s Regionally Aligned Forces program, which marries brigade combat teams with combatant commands around the world to thicken their ranks.
The AFRICOM command is the first to receive a brigade, and soldiers began deploying in April of this year. The soldiers who comprise the East Africa Response Force are based at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti.
http://www.armytimes.com/article/201...-African-Union
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I'd wager this concept came about as a recommendation in the Libyan AAR.
Richard
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