Korb: Foreign troops getting vests before US troops in Iraq

[RamboLiberal]

Interesting tidbit from Korb's 2nd day report in Iraq.

Dinner with the troops back in Baghdad gave us a dose of what life is like for our enlisted men and women serving in the Baghdad area. We chatted with reservists who were called up on short notice and have not yet been told how long they will remain in Iraq. The soldiers wondered what their mission was, why they had not yet received their ceramic vests (inexplicably, since some foreign troops already had them), why there were not enough phones, and why, if we are making so much progress, mortars are being lobbed into their compounds every night. The downing of the Chinook helicopter was a real shock to many.

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[Noordam]

1. 10-13 YO Vietnamese "soldiers" were getting M-16 rifes

in Nam when Regular Army types like myself were getting M-14s in 1969.

Ok I worked on a supply depot and was a computer geek in the Army but still...........