Breaking - US Troops wounded in

[malaise]

Mosul

Things are going swimmingly for Groper Don the Con.

Why have they been covering up injuries of US Troops?

From CNN

[Doreen]

1. I am wondering if there is going to be a spike in our

soldiers not signing back up when sign up is due? I also wonder if joining the armed forces is going down in the first place?

[PoiBoy]

3. They will just stop loss those soldiers...

https://www.thebalance.com/military-stop-loss-3345246

Stop-loss is the extension of a military person's term in the Guard, Reserves or active duty beyond what their normal separation date.

Congress first gave stop-loss authority to the Department of Defense right after the draft ended. However, the military did not use the authority until the 1990/1991 Gulf War, when President George H. W. Bush imposed stop-loss on the military during the Gulf War. This stop-loss was later revised to include only those deployed and individuals in certain critical job skills.

President Clinton imposed stop-loss at the beginning of the Bosnia deployment and during the Kosovo Air Campaign. Stop-loss was also imposed for a brief period following the 9/11 attacks, and then again in 2002 and 2003.

Dubya used stop loss on a lot of our soldiers... that's why in those days at least you heard of soldiers serving four rotations or more in active combat zones...

[FSogol]

2. Why is the Trump Administration covering up injuries of US Troops overseas?

Repeat often.

[ProudLib72]

4. What was Mattis' role in this? n/t

[malaise]

5. Don't know - hopefully we get more

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/22/politics/us-troops-wounded-mosul-iraq-isis/
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"Yes, they have been under fire at different times," Col. John Dorrian, a coalition spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve said at a Pentagon news conference.

A US defense official later told CNN that some number of troops had been wounded and medevaced off the battlefield but declined to say how many have been wounded.
The US forces in the area are providing advice and assistance to Iraqi units battling to retake Mosul. One of their key tasks is to help Iraqi units targeting ISIS strongholds.
Dorrian declined to offer specifics on the firefights that have taken place, but said: "They have come under fire at different times. They have returned fire at different times in and around Mosul. That has happened at different times."
The coalition posted several photos on its Twitter and Facebook accounts showing US troops in and around Mosul helping with calling in airstrikes and artillery. The captions in those official photos specifically mention assisting the Iraqis trying to liberate western Mosul, which is seen as a very tough fight because ISIS is well dug in.
Dorrian also reiterated a long-held view inside the uniformed services that although US troops try to avoid being involved in firefights, when they are confronted they defend themselves in a full combat mode.
"When someone is shooting at you, that is combat," Dorrian said. "Yes, that has happened."

[kentuck]

7. Maybe this should be a stand-alone post?

[Lucinda]

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