Thursday, August 25, 2011

The Texan Who Would Be King | 1LT WM Treadway's Blog straight from the sandy beaches of Afghanistan.

Great blog from first hand experience in Afghanistan:

The Texan Who Would Be King | 1LT WM Treadway's Blog straight from the sandy beaches of Afghanistan.: The platoon has just returned from a most successful excursion into enemy territory. It was a 48 hour air assault mission that met the enemy head on and sent them on their way bloodied and bruised. I would compare it to a group of Longhorn fans walking into a bar in Norman, Oklahoma, whipping a passel of Bummer Sooners, then hanging out till last call. The last time we did one of these I mentioned that the air assault is not generally on tap for an armored reconnaissance squadron. No real surprise though. We left our Bradleys back at Fort Riley and have been on foot for most of the deployment. So much for ‘death before dismount’. Anyway, as missions go, this one went pretty smoothly from the perspective of my platoon with a few bumps along the way.

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