FAO rattler - article on Canadian troops in afghanastan

[delta7]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/w ... 761179.ece

like all troops they are having a tough time - my thoughts are with rattler and his family and all the soldiers out there

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delta

[Rattler]

Thanks, Dave.

I've been in contact with my brother, often a couple of times a week. Last call, he said he was bored! Thank God! He is not in the same situation as the PPCLI troops in the reconstruction teams - he's posted to a combat battlegroup, which will be involved in taking the fight to the Taliban. It's actually less dangerous than patrolling around when you don't know who/where the enemy is in the towns and cities, waiting to drive over a IED.

He has his trusty GPMG, and as a medic, he's last in to the area, with one of the best SSM's in the business, Tony Batty.

Thanks for the thoughts, Dave.

[Enforcer57]

Being on the offensive is always better in an insurgency than waiting for the bad guys to pick the time and place to fight. Best way to use your advantages in firepower etc.

Better to be able to pick the alley your'e gonna fight in.

[DoubleTap]

Pete,