http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/iraq/2009/06/25/differences-us-iraqi/ Rich Connaroe graduated from Northside High School in 2000 and VMI in 2004. Now a Captain in the U.S. Army, Connaroe begins a one-year deployment to Iraq in August. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:41:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/iraq/2009/06/25/differences-us-iraqi/#comment-647 Rich Connaroe Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:38:30 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/iraq/?p=1051#comment-647 Exactly, Rick. You illustrate exactly what I am talking about. Exactly, Rick. You illustrate exactly what I am talking about.

]]> http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/iraq/2009/06/25/differences-us-iraqi/#comment-646 Rick Guptill Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:38:54 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/iraq/?p=1051#comment-646 I believe that the reduced emphasis on logistics in the Iraqi army is a legacy of the Army under Sadaam. During the Iraq/Iran War, the Quartermaster magazine out of Ft. Lee published an article/study which recounted some startling stories of Battalions heading for the front with perhaps one or two trucks full of perishable food bought at the last minute from the local market (ex: watermelons) and no combat rations. I also remember a propaganda film from the Gulf War where Sadaam was visiting his troops and pouring salt from his open hand into a vat of stew cooking over an open wood fire. (Friends of mine who served in the Gulf War told many stories of hungry Iraqi PWs who really enjoyed MREs.) Where the US has 6-7 support troops per combat soldier, apparently the ratio was nearly opposite in that army. I believe that the reduced emphasis on logistics in the Iraqi army is a legacy of the Army under Sadaam. During the Iraq/Iran War, the Quartermaster magazine out of Ft. Lee published an article/study which recounted some startling stories of Battalions heading for the front with perhaps one or two trucks full of perishable food bought at the last minute from the local market (ex: watermelons) and no combat rations. I also remember a propaganda film from the Gulf War where Sadaam was visiting his troops and pouring salt from his open hand into a vat of stew cooking over an open wood fire. (Friends of mine who served in the Gulf War told many stories of hungry Iraqi PWs who really enjoyed MREs.) Where the US has 6-7 support troops per combat soldier, apparently the ratio was nearly opposite in that army.

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