Air Force Reserve is doing Truck Convoy Duty Iraq

[RamboLiberal]

Something I didn't know. Is the Navy next?

Air Force personnel — as well as GIs — are using 5-ton trucks and Humvees fitted with additional armor and weapons to protect convoys moving supplies all over Iraq.

Some of those missions kept Lison and his crew working 12 to 18 hours on some days and sometimes on the road for weeks at a time.

“We got the cargo moved and helped … get the supplies where they were needed,” he said.

While Lison and other members looked like the GIs they were working with, the “U.S. Air Force” name tape over their left shirt pocket set them apart from the Army comrades they were protecting.

“A lot of the Army guys didn’t even know we were providing security: ‘What are you, weather guys?’” said Lison. “The majority of them were surprised. It’s not something the Air Force usually does.”

http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_18502902.shtml

[Florida_Geek]

1. About time, Air Farce need their ppl over there the just like the Army's

Navy too.

Why should the Air Force's Air Police have nice duty guarding the beaches of Florida while the Army's Military Police are doing 18 month tours in Iraq.