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AnalystInParadise

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8. That just the HQ

Reply to neverforget (Reply #7)

Wed Sep 24, 2014, 11:11 PM

Sep 2014

A HQ needs a security element, an air element, a logistics element, an ACE (Intelligence team, anywhere from 50-200 soldiers all by itself), and a Joint element(people from outside the HQ command staff from other services of the military. That 500 turns into 1000 or more very quickly

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So the Army is saying they are sending a Division Command Post to Iraq. [View all] AnalystInParadise Sep 2014 OP

They're all being fitted for sneakers. Promise kept! n/t Scootaloo Sep 2014 #1

we're not allowed to admit we're still at war in Iraq. Shhhhhhh! liberal_at_heart Sep 2014 #2

Dramatic escalation AnalystInParadise Sep 2014 #3

kick. liberal_at_heart Sep 2014 #4

They're just there to improve their tans and the boots and guns are just fashion statements. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #5

Mighty quiet on this topic AnalystInParadise Sep 2014 #6

It is although I heard Rachel Maddow mention it in passing with neverforget Sep 2014 #7

That just the HQ AnalystInParadise Sep 2014 #8

Exactly. those are the numbers she mentioned which under count what they'll neverforget Sep 2014 #9