An elite unit of the US Army is practicing for a potential war with Russia, just a few miles away from Ukraine, at a time when Russia’s defense minister Sergei Shoigu took the rare decision of holding telephone talks with his US counterpart Lloyd Austin to discuss the war on October 21.
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I was detailing my personal experiences. If the 101st returned to their core gallantry, then I am happy. I understand getting out of the killbox, but in ad hoc ambushes, the proper response is dismount and fight. The Marines proved that it was the correct response due to the limited weaponry of the insurgents. The recruited insurgents were fairly amateurish and under equipped. I believe that most of the real resources were directed to Najaf and that AOR was far more dangerous and required different tactics.