Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: unclewest who wrote (21064)	3/10/2002 9:56:20 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Check this story out Unclewest... Something tells me that some unit commanders need to have their "head space and timing" adjusted: story.news.yahoo.com The soldiers were unprepared for the subfreezing temperatures at 10,000 feet — some said they hadn't even brought sleeping bags. They spoke of staying awake at night and sleeping by day when it was warmer. There were cases of hypothermia, they said, and drinking water froze in the cold. This, the apparent lack of Spectre gunship support (where are they?), leaving their 81mm tubes behind, and not being prepared for the temperatures found at that height, tell me that some folks just got "reality slapped", and discovered the PPPPPP factor.. Hackworth is going to have a field day with this topic. Hawk