Posted on Jan 21, 2016
US to Deploy More Trainers to Iraq Ahead of Mosul Push
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RP Members what is our End State Strategy here? Your thoughts? Won't this put our military service members at risk and what is the ROE if they come under fire?
The U.S. will deploy "certainly hundreds" more troops to Iraq to train additional brigades which Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has pledged will take back Mosul from ISIS this year, a U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad said Wednesday.
The extra troops will inevitably boost the costs of the campaign against ISIS in Iraq and Syria that totaled $5.53 billion through Dec. 15, or about $11 million daily, said Army Col. Steve Warren, a spokesman for Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve.
Most of the costs have been incurred by the air campaign. Warren said the U.S. and coalition allies have flown 65,492 sorties to date, including 9,782 airstrikes. A total of 6,516 of those airstrikes were in Iraq, and 3,266 in Syria, he said.
Warren said that the new deployment of trainers will be in addition to the 1,300 soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 101st Airborne Division out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky, who will deploy to Iraq this spring to replace the 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 10th Mountain Division in the training role. The 1st BCT will return to Fort Drum, N.Y.
The U.S. will deploy "certainly hundreds" more troops to Iraq to train additional brigades which Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has pledged will take back Mosul from ISIS this year, a U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad said Wednesday.
The extra troops will inevitably boost the costs of the campaign against ISIS in Iraq and Syria that totaled $5.53 billion through Dec. 15, or about $11 million daily, said Army Col. Steve Warren, a spokesman for Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve.
Most of the costs have been incurred by the air campaign. Warren said the U.S. and coalition allies have flown 65,492 sorties to date, including 9,782 airstrikes. A total of 6,516 of those airstrikes were in Iraq, and 3,266 in Syria, he said.
Warren said that the new deployment of trainers will be in addition to the 1,300 soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 101st Airborne Division out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky, who will deploy to Iraq this spring to replace the 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 10th Mountain Division in the training role. The 1st BCT will return to Fort Drum, N.Y.
US to Deploy More Trainers to Iraq Ahead of Mosul Push
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We've trained them for years but the results were abysmal. The Iraqi Special Ops units are top notch but your average conscript doesn't fare so well. My understanding is it's more than a lack of fighting spirit it has to do with the Sunni-Shiite rift. There are claims the Shiite government wasn't providing adequate support to the Sunni troops last year when they got overran. Sounds like bs to me since they had numerical superiority not to mention tanks and weapons. Although ISIS had the "frankentrucks." Whatever the case that issue needs to be addressed first.
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs Sir, I think we're going to see mission creep and should expect more deployments.
If anyone has noticed we've been sending "trainers" in increasing numbers. Starting last fall the number deployed as "trainers" has increased with each successive deployment.
If anyone has noticed we've been sending "trainers" in increasing numbers. Starting last fall the number deployed as "trainers" has increased with each successive deployment.
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