McCaffery just said that we are losing a BATTALION a month

[CatWoman]

in Iraq, due to deaths and injuries. The war is costing $5 billion a month.

On MSNBC now.

Things sure don't look good -- lots of doom and gloom.

[MidwestTransplant]

1. how many in a batallion?

Oh and why does McAffrey hate this country so much. Questioning war heroes like Bush and Cheney.

[CatWoman]

3. a company is about 100 personnel

there are several companies in a battalion.

I'll be conservative and say 500.

[Clark2008]

4. Right around 300 or so, I think.

eom

[davepc]

11. Depends on the unit. From 300 to 1000.

An American battalion has between 300 to 1000 Soldiers or Marines, and consists of several companies. It is commanded by a lieutenant colonel, with majors serving as the executive officer and the Operations Officer (S-3).

Three to four battalions form a brigade.

In the 1960s to the present day, a typical infantry battalion has five companies: Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), which includes the battalion staff; A, B, and C Companies, and a Combat Support Company, which includes scouts, anti-tank, and mortar sections or platoons.

American Army mechanized infantry battalions and tank battalions, for tactical purposes, will cross-post companies to each other, forming a battalion-sized task force (TF).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battalion

[bemildred]

2. Another rat looking for a floating timber to jump to. nt

[Pepperbelly]

5. McCaffery? I don't think so.

He can be quite good at times. He sucked as BC's drug czar (a totally useless position, IMO) but he was quite good contemporaneously with the run up to war.

edit because my spelling sux.

[CatWoman]

6. your spelling may suck

but you don't!!

:hi:

[Pepperbelly]

12. hiya!

And thanx. We all hope that we don't suck in general. :D

[bemildred]

8. Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

McCaffrey is a war criminal and a political whore.
But that's just my opinion.

[The2ndWheel]

7. Good ol' McCaffery

http://www.newamericancentury.org/defense-20050128.htm

I'll agree with him when I start agreeing with Kristol, May, Woolsey, Pletka, Jackson, Kagan, Boot, and all the rest on Gilligan's Island.

[KakistocracyHater]

9. nobody's metrics for victory match up!

the Pentagon has its idea, the State Dept has its own idea...this is madness! Those in the House & in the Senate ought to consistently & publicly demand to be publicly told just what "victory" entails. What Iraq actually wants might actually come into play, but we never get to hear from the Iraqi public, our media in the US does not ask. I wonder if the Iraqi public could change the American public's mind?

[Dan]

10. very few of you have been in the military

approximately 1000. 4 companies + a headquarters company (if memory serves me right); each company runs apprxomately 225 - 250 men; HQ can run about 80 - 120+. So approximately 1000 sounds about right..but its been over thirty years.

[Pepperbelly]

13. many, many of us have been in the service ...

I was Navy so I know shit about Army organizational structure and the relative sizes of each. But cheers anyway.

[HeeBGBz]

14. What a broad assumption you make

I was in the 72nd Signal Battalion myself.

https://www.72sigbn.army.mil/

I was going to post a link to me old alma mater and got this error message:

HTTP 403.6 - Forbidden: IP address rejected
Internet Information Services
-----------------------------
Technical Information (for support personnel)

Background:
This error is caused when the server has a list of IP addresses that are not allowed to access the site, and the IP address you are using is in this list.

I guess they don't want me back...

[Dan]

16. Laughter....

Probably should have said, for those of you not familiar with the military (Army) organizational charts...etc., this information might be helpful.

No disrespect intended.... smile

[kentuck]

15. I heard that !

That's unbelievable !