Comments on: Differences Between the U.S. and Iraqi Armies, Part II http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/iraq/2009/06/28/differences-between-the-us-and-iraqi-armies-part-ii/ 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 23:43:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Rich Connaroe http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/iraq/2009/06/28/differences-between-the-us-and-iraqi-armies-part-ii/#comment-649 Rich Connaroe Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:02:41 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/iraq/?p=1081#comment-649 You got it right, Ed. Iraqis identify with their families before their tribe and their tribe before their nation. About NCOs, you are right. The Iraqis will get there. It takes time to build and implement systems. You got it right, Ed. Iraqis identify with their families before their tribe and their tribe before their nation.

About NCOs, you are right. The Iraqis will get there. It takes time to build and implement systems.

]]> By: Ed S. http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/iraq/2009/06/28/differences-between-the-us-and-iraqi-armies-part-ii/#comment-643 Ed S. Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:32:25 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/rtblogs/iraq/?p=1081#comment-643 Having never served, this may be a novice question. Doesn't empowering NCOs allow an army to effectively move faster and/or react quicker? Your observations of Iraqi Soldiers is very interesting. From your other posts, we can see that Iraqis are very family-oriented. However, based on this observation, this does not tend to translate into nationalism (pride in the "family as a nation". Or perhaps I am reading incorrectly, and Iraqis do have a strong feeling of national pride, but service in their army does not equate to national pride as Americans see it. Having never served, this may be a novice question. Doesn't empowering NCOs allow an army to effectively move faster and/or react quicker?

Your observations of Iraqi Soldiers is very interesting. From your other posts, we can see that Iraqis are very family-oriented. However, based on this observation, this does not tend to translate into nationalism (pride in the "family as a nation". Or perhaps I am reading incorrectly, and Iraqis do have a strong feeling of national pride, but service in their army does not equate to national pride as Americans see it.

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