Air Force stepping into war zones on the ground

[Barrett808]

Air Force stepping into war zones on the ground
BY RICHARD WHITTLE
The Dallas Morning News

WASHINGTON - The insurgents of Afghanistan and Iraq have no air forces and rarely manage to fire a missile at a U.S. aircraft, but that hasn't kept the names of Air Force personnel off the casualty lists.

In a departure from the past, however, when the officers who fly the U.S. Air Force's planes were most at risk, in these wars the service's enlisted men and women have paid the ultimate price more often. With the Army and Marines stretched thin, Air Force enlisted personnel have been called on to do jobs previously done by ground troops.

"You expect the Marines and the Army to be taking most of the risk, but this war has changed that," said Aymber McElroy. A roadside bomb killed her husband, Staff Sgt. Brian McElroy, 28, of San Antonio, an Air Force policeman, as he escorted a convoy near Taji, Iraq, on Jan. 22.

"Air Force cops are used to standing out by a plane with a gun and making sure nobody comes near it," McElroy said. "Now all of a sudden they're out there engaging people. It's a whole new ballgame."

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http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/news/editorial/14646727.htm

[lovuian]

1. Rumsfeld right he has troops He will use Airforce and Navy

troops next... yes this is a new era in the military we are stepping in...

[gratuitous]

2. Well, it can't be because the military is over-committed

So stop saying that! All the top kicks, from Donald Rumsfeld to Tommy Franks to Buzz Moseley to anyone else whose paycheck is directly dependent on toeing the administration line says that we have all the personnel we need in Afghanistan and Iraq, and by golly, we've even got enough left over to invade Iran if they don't shape up here toot fuckin' sweet!

[Jonx6]

3. I wonder,

if these are LE sky cops or of the security variety?

[ConcernedCanuk]

4. That makes as much sense as using ground forces to fly planes

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What a f**kup this Administration is . .

[saigon68]

6. They are in "DEEP DENIAL"

[WhiteTara]

7. "waist deep in the Big Muddy

and the Big Fool says push on"
I hate them all. If something doesn't happen soon to make this stop I'm not sure what I will do. I've upped my meds, changed my meds and still all I can do is grieve, be angry and do puny things like make phone calls and answer polls.
:crazy:

[saigon68]

9. The Big Fool was Johnson

His little Catamite Humpty Dumpty lost because a lot of regular Dems "Sat Out" that election.

Especially after Daley's thugs beat up everyone in sight

[WhiteTara]

10. I know. I can say I helped unseat that

sob pos too.I just can't believe the viral pus of evil is so much more virulent this time. We just have to keep pushing this little pos as hard as we can and keep on keeping on. Oh, I am so waiting for Fitzmas.

[Supersedeas]

5. enlisted men and women are sacrificing in greater numbers...no way

[0007]

8. When are they gonna use the fighting Seabees?

[leveymg]

11. Starring John Wayne, a bulldozer, and a cast of thousands