We train Maries in 8 weeks…

[Ioo]

Soldiers in 8 Weeks...
Airmen in 7 weeks...
Seaman in 7 weeks...

Why can we not train Iraqis in YEARS?

This is BS...

[UdoKier]

1. Maries?

nr

[Dora]

2. How many weeks to train Jeannettes?

speeling erra in yer post titol:-)

[Swede]

3. Susies take 36 weeks.

They are just untraineble.

[AllegroRondo]

4. Thats a little misleading

Army basic training takes 9 weeks, but after that the soldiers still have to go through Advanced training to learn their specific MOS skills. This can take another 6 weeks (for Infantry) to 9 months for language specialists.

but your basic premise still stands - we can train our soldiers much faster than whats going on in Iraq now.

[TahitiNut]

5. Well, let's be honest ...

... at least 2 weeks of that training is in the manual of arms and marching in formation. :shrug:

We gotta have ground troops who can be formed into battle squares, right?

[jokerman93]

15. Some MI skills take even longer to train

1 1/2 to even 2 years.

[Devil Dog Dem]

6. If you meant Marines, it's more like 6 months to make a Marine infantryman

12+ weeks for bootcamp, another 12+ weeks for infantry training.

[SouthernDem2004]

13. Army has AIT after basic also. Length depends on MOS. /nt

[stanwyck]

14. Not true. My son is a Marine

he spent 12 weeks in boot camp (Parris Island) and 3 months in infantry training at Camp Lejuene.
He has since received specialized training at different places. He is on his second tour in Iraq.

[GreenPartyVoter]

17. I hope he is well

[lonestarnot]

7. Train?

No one needs to train to die, we all do that by ourselves. But I get the point...

[NorthernSpy]

8. the few, the proud, the Maries!

:D

I'm sorry. I don't mean to rag on your typo. It just sounded kind of cute.

Your point is a valid one. It takes forever to train the Iraqis because they keep getting killed.

[efhmc]

9. It takes so long because we first must teach them not to shoot at us.

The cute things with the names is our lovable local pundits way of telling you to change the spelling of the word "marines".

[Call me Deacon Blues]

10. There are many Maries to be trained . . .

:rofl:

Jes' funnin'

[lpbk2713]

11. The Maries are looking for a few good ........

Girly men?








Just kidding. I hate it when I do a typo myself.

[SouthernDem2004]

12. Army is 9 weeks and Marines are 12 weeks. Dont know about Maries. /nt

[Igel]

16. It's not the training, it's the loyalty.

1991, when the Iraqis started losing, their army went soft and many vanished. Retribution followed.

In the Iraq/Iran war, soldiers fought ... partially, maybe mostly, out of loyalty--but their territory was at stake; the rest ... their families were at stake.

2003 ... brave Iraqi army disintegrated. We like to think that it was because of bribes, but it happened all over.

Now, when police or army units are attacked and not clearly winning, it's easier for them to leave than risk their lives for a paycheck.

Think of it as ranked constraints. They have loyalty and allegiance, in many cases, first to family, then to clan, then to tribe, then to ethno-religious affiliation. "Iraqi" is none of these things, and falls way down on their list.