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To: LindyBill who wrote (123335)	7/5/2005 9:52:20 PM
From: unclewest	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793916

We are going to have to expand special ops soldiers. If that means a "second tier" of training, so be it. We are wasting money keeping rows and rows of artillery troops at Fort Sill. Everybody does not need to be of the quality and have the same training as Green Berets to operate abroad. There are just not enough people of that quality available no matter what we do. We can take some SF trainees who don't make it through and use them instead of transfering them all back to regular army. I know this idea grates on you, but you should give serious thought as to how to implement it. Point by point: 1. What makes SF soldiers so good in firefights is they are the world's best experts in using all forms of fire support. They want more artillery not less. The most hazardous SF combat missions have always been those outside a friendly artillery battery's firing fan. 2. agree 5x5. 3. The regular army argument has always been it is better to spread the cream across all units thereby raising the level of competence of all.