Air Force fills out Army ranks in Iraq

[Mr. P]

It is an issue, maybe not the biggest but it is an issue. People join the air force instead of the army to get out of or keep from doing things like this. That is why it's the air force. Less dangerous normally, less dirty work normally and if you look at the casualty rates it show this. Fewer air force people have dies in this war than any other branch of the service.

Watch my lips, LN. ALL are SOLDIERS first. Check the oath that everyone takes upon entry to the military. It doesn't say if you go Air force you'll never get dirty or have to carry a weapon and fight. The oath and expectations are the same for all.

[theHawk]

Watch my lips, LN. ALL are SOLDIERS first. Check the oath that everyone takes upon entry to the military. It doesn't say if you go Air force you'll never get dirty or have to carry a weapon and fight. The oath and expectations are the same for all.

To libs like LN, we're baby killers first.

And I doubt LN has any concept of what an Oath is or what it means to swear one.

[LiberalNation]

Watch my lips, LN. ALL are SOLDIERS first. Check the oath that everyone takes upon entry to the military. It doesn't say if you go Air force you'll never get dirty or have to carry a weapon and fight. The oath and expectations are the same for all.

True and read my lips I'm not saying this is wrong, illegal to do, or that the air force guys can’t handle the jobs they are put into. Just saying it probably sucks for those who signed up expecting one thing and getting another like driving trucks in a dangerous war zone. I'm guessing the air force troops having to do this aren't cheering unless they volunteered for this type of duty.

People would be less likely to join the air force if they guessed this is the stuff they would be doing.

[Gunny]

True and read my lips I'm not saying this is wrong, illegal to do, or that the air force guys can’t handle the jobs they are put into. Just saying it probably sucks for those who signed up expecting one thing and getting another like driving trucks in a dangerous war zone. I'm guessing the air force troops having to do this aren't cheering unless they volunteered for this type of duty.

People would be less likely to join the air force if they guessed this is the stuff they would be doing.

The article didn't say who they are. Since Camp Bullis is where Marine MPs, Air Force SPs, and the National Guard train, the odds are good they are from the SP school at Lackland AFB. There really isn't any other Air Force there anymore except recruit training and Security Service personnel.

[Mr. P]

True and read my lips ....

No thanks, your lips flap of inexperience.

[Gaffer]

As I said the Air Force SP's are trained as infantry. That's where these guys come in. They are qualified infantry troops who happen to be in the Air Force. And the mission they will be performing is no different than what they train for and do normally. Escort duty, check point duty, perimenter manning. This free's up marines and infantry troops that are trained in urban warfare to carry the fight to the area's they are needed in. It's a simple matter of using the troops at your disposal well. A tactically sound strategy.

The libs want to make an issue of this because they are still searching for military victims to present to the media.