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U.S. advisors are embedded with Iraqi Army units that are engaging the enemy.
U.S. troops embedded with Iraqi forces have been engaged in combat as they move closer to the front lines in the battle for Mosul, the spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve said Wednesday.
“When someone is shooting at you that is combat. Yes. That has happened,” Air Force Col. John Dorrian, the Baghdad-based spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve, told reporters at the Pentagon.
U.S. troops have come under fire and returned fire multiple times, he said, though the emphasis is still on having Iraqi forces retake western Mosul and not “fight the enemy for our partners.”
He said 450 conventional forces and an undisclosed number of U.S. special operators are embedded with Iraqi Security Forces and Iraq’s elite Counter Terrorism Service, respectively. The U.S. forces are embedded with troops as advisers, which includes calling in airstrikes.
Iraqi and U.S. forces liberated the eastern half of Mosul in late January and are now beginning their offensive to take the western portion of the city.
Dorrian said U.S. forces “have come under fire at different times, they have returned fire at different times in and around Mosul.”
RELATED: BATTLE OF MOSUL VETERANS REFLECT ON ONGOING OFFENSIVE »
U.S. forces have been moving closer to the front lines in recent weeks, instead of remaining at command headquarters, and have the authority to assist smaller units of Iraqi forces near the fighting.
Earlier this week in Baghdad, Army Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend told reporters traveling in Iraq with Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis that U.S. troops are operating more closely with Iraqi forces.
“We adjusted our posture during the east Mosul fight and embedded advisers a bit further down into [Iraqi ground units],” Townsend said, according to Fox News.
Based on the most recent figures available, 31 U.S. servicemembers have been wounded in the fight against the Islamic State group. However, that includes more than just the recent Mosul offensive, and the Pentagon did not release details on those incidents.
U.S. troops embedded with Iraqi forces have been engaged in combat as they move closer to the front lines in the battle for Mosul, the spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve said Wednesday.
“When someone is shooting at you that is combat. Yes. That has happened,” Air Force Col. John Dorrian, the Baghdad-based spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve, told reporters at the Pentagon.
U.S. troops have come under fire and returned fire multiple times, he said, though the emphasis is still on having Iraqi forces retake western Mosul and not “fight the enemy for our partners.”
He said 450 conventional forces and an undisclosed number of U.S. special operators are embedded with Iraqi Security Forces and Iraq’s elite Counter Terrorism Service, respectively. The U.S. forces are embedded with troops as advisers, which includes calling in airstrikes.
Iraqi and U.S. forces liberated the eastern half of Mosul in late January and are now beginning their offensive to take the western portion of the city.
Dorrian said U.S. forces “have come under fire at different times, they have returned fire at different times in and around Mosul.”
RELATED: BATTLE OF MOSUL VETERANS REFLECT ON ONGOING OFFENSIVE »
U.S. forces have been moving closer to the front lines in recent weeks, instead of remaining at command headquarters, and have the authority to assist smaller units of Iraqi forces near the fighting.
Earlier this week in Baghdad, Army Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend told reporters traveling in Iraq with Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis that U.S. troops are operating more closely with Iraqi forces.
“We adjusted our posture during the east Mosul fight and embedded advisers a bit further down into [Iraqi ground units],” Townsend said, according to Fox News.
Based on the most recent figures available, 31 U.S. servicemembers have been wounded in the fight against the Islamic State group. However, that includes more than just the recent Mosul offensive, and the Pentagon did not release details on those incidents.
US Troops Move To The Frontlines In Battle For Mosul
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Okay TSgt Joe C.. I had to chuckle at the idea of front lines in both non-linear warfare and in urban warfare which have no front lines by definition.
Urban warfare is fought on the ground as well as above and below ground.
Our advisors serve in multiple roles from technological to "advice"on direct action.
Urban warfare is fought on the ground as well as above and below ground.
Our advisors serve in multiple roles from technological to "advice"on direct action.
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Thanks for the notification. Hope they route the enemy out into the open, a little extra target practice for the boys.
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