Smirk shifted 3,600 troops from Korea to Iraq - mission accomplished

[donsu]

http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200408/kt2004081217352111990.htm

The U.S. military here ended its 10-day airlift operation on Wednesday to shift its 3,600 frontline troops from the Korean peninsula to Iraq, according to the U.S. Forces Korea on Thursday.

The final planeload in the airlift of the 2nd Infantry Division’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team, dubbed the ``Strikeforce,’’ departed from the U.S. Air Base in Osan, about 70 kilometers south of Seoul, Wednesday morning, to be airlifted to the Middle Eastern gulf nation.

The U.S. military has said the operation was one of its biggest logistical undertakings on the peninsula since the 1950-53 Korean War.

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Where the Iraq-bound troops will operate and whether any of its servicemen will return to South Korea after their yearlong mission, remains unknown.

The brigade’s key combat machinery, such as the Abrams tanks, the Bradley Fighting Vehicles and Humvees, were shipped to Iraq late last month.
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[NMDemDist2]

1. hope they armored the HumVees before they shipped em n/t

[jimshoes]

3. Or at least painted them

desert camouflage.

[rogerashton]

2. Could it have been a nightmare?

I have this distinct memory of having read breaking news recently that North Korea had invaded South Korea in force. I think it must have been a bad dream.