Historic Unit Reactivated for Iraq Mission

[NVMojo]

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) -

The 101st Airborne Division on Thursday reactivated a historic unit whose actions during World War II were the subject of the book "Band of Brothers."

The 506th Regimental Combat Team - also known as the "Currahees," a Cherokee Indian word meaning "stands alone" - returned to the division just as its soldiers were completing final preparations to return to Iraq.

"Our Currahees have trained hard and are ready to join their brothers," Col. Thomas Vail, said as the unit's 3,500 soldiers stood behind him. "They are ready to sacrifice their personal comfort and safety to answer a call to duty."

The reactivation is part of the 101st Airborne Division's recent expansion from three to four brigade combat teams under a Pentagon plan to reorganize the Army into smaller, easily deployable units.

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nat-gen/2005/oct/13/101302725.html

[LynnTheDem]

1. Pentagon plan to reorganize the Army into smaller, easily deployable units

No no no...it's CLINTON'S PENIS that wants to CUT THE US MILITARY DOWN IN SIZE.

"easily deployable units"

WAR WAR WAR KILL KILL KILL!!! It's the New American Way!

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. RCTs did not work that hot backin WW II

if they don't work again, troops will be at risk...

But for bushco they are just pieces on teh chess board

[BrotherBuzz]

16. Members of the 442nd might disagree with you...

Indeed, they were cannon fodder, but they did their assigned job very successfully. Due to their outstanding bravery and the heavy combat duty they faced, the 100/442nd RCT became the most decorated unit in U.S. military history for its size and length of service.

[barenakedbiker]

17. Go For Broke!

Got your six.

[shockingelk]

3. Isn't the 101st ...

... the unit capable of deploying anywhere in the world in 36 hours?

I suppose we're crossing fingers that Kim Jong Ill isn't going to invade S Korea next week.

[LynnTheDem]

4. They're the ones Rumsfailed THINKS can deploy in 36 hrs...problem is,

Rumsfailed is very very very wrong as per usual.

We're crossing fingers that NK doesn't invade USSA next week. Like who's here to stop em?

[BikeWriter]

7. Rumsfeld is the prime reason Iraq is a cluster fuck today.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. yes that is one of the units

[norml]

6. Reserves? Who needs reserves? Especially rapid deployment units,

who needs them on reserve?

"Why not throw in all your forces?", says Commander Cuckoo Bananas.

[MADem]

14. Anywhere but New Orleans, apparently nt

[jody]

8. Part of new strategy/tactics then why is the Army using USAF troops?n/t

[MADem]

15. Because they didn't make goal last fiscal year!!!

[NoPasaran]

18. They may jump out of airplanes

But the Airborne divisions are in the Army.

[MGKrebs]

9. How does expanding a division count as "smaller"?

"The reactivation is part of the 101st Airborne Division's recent expansion from three to four brigade combat teams under a Pentagon plan to reorganize the Army into smaller, easily deployable units. "

[hadrons]

10. soon they'll be recalling George Washington's old unit .....

they'll be a little old, but the Marines were trying to recuit an 85 year old grandma

[Canuckistanian]

12. Or TR's "Rough Riders"

I hear they have high-tech walkers with RPGL's installed.

[underpants]

11. God, those guys have to be like really old now don't they?

:spank::bounce:

[enigma000]

13. where are they going?

Syria? Iran?