Fort Bragg paratroopers rapidly deploy New Year's Day in response to embassy attacks

[DashOneBravo]

Source: The Fayetteville Observer

Within 18 hours of receiving a notice to deploy in support of American embassy attacks and a breach in Iraq, paratroopers at Fort Bragg were ready, officials said.

More than 650 paratroopers toted equipment in brisk weather during the early morning hours of New Year’s Day, to board C-17 aircraft headed to the U.S. Central Command area of operations as part as the Immediate Response Force.

A spokesman for the 82nd Airborne Division said paratroopers with the 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division were activated and deployed in response “to the increased threat levels against U.S. personnel and facilities.”


TEB this is why your buddies had to head back to Bragg. Weren’t they 504th dudes?

Read more: https://www.fayobserver.com/news/20200101/fort-bragg-paratroopers-rapidly-deploy-new-yearrsquos-day-in-response-to-embassy-attacks

[DonCoquixote]

1. we know this movie

Get into a war to distract from domestic failures.

[FarPoint]

2. Mostly Impeachment....

Wag the dog/ distraction and gaming to increase his approval rating domestic and in Military...

[llashram]

5. the potus

has dissed military personnel from day one of his administration of this country. The bone spur is envious of all who serve. He did not have the courage, loyalty or fortitude to serve. Yet he is hoping the military will give him a pass. This vet will always say HELL NO trump. YOU ARE A COWARD and given your acquiescence to the leader of another country like a lap dog licking up his vomit your loyalty to the American people and our Constitution is extremely suspect. Putin's golden shower video of you notwithstanding.

[usaf-vet]

7. I agree HELL NO Trump.

[dware]

9. This retired Marine fully agrees with you.

Semper Fi.

[olddad65]

14. As a Vietnam vet, I agree that he is worthless, but I'm glad he didn't serve...

I would have never have wanted to have had to serve with or under him. A sicko like Trump could have gotten other GIs killed if he were to have served in the Military.

[jmowreader]

17. You're assuming they would have made him infantry

If Trump would have been drafted into the service, he would have been put in combat service support - probably either food service or Laundry and Bath.

[cornball 24]

4. Knew it was coming. This malevolent POS will destroy lives to distract.

[TEB]

3. These troopers are fine Americans

The best we have pray for them

[DashOneBravo]

6. Yep

Hopefully they won’t get any farther and the ones on the way are just a show of force.

[atreides1]

11. The best

But with Trump they're the sacrificial lambs that he is more then willing to slaughter...to create a distraction!!!

[TEB]

12. Makes my stomach flip

[yaesu]

8. Send the Space Force because we all know there's a lot of space between tRumps ears. nt

[keithbvadu2]

10. Trumpghazi

[TEB]

13. Yup they was 504th

But they down on PCs that’s why they got leave

[McKim]

15. I Pray for Their Safety

I pray for their safety. My brother in law died in Vietnam for a lie. I hope they are safe and do not get hurt in this election ploy by Trump. Is it an accident that this event happened over New Years when many Americans are home watching TV???? I am suspicious about this timing about the holiday and the impeachment issue. What is going on? I keep an open mind.

[EndlessWire]

16. How many

US troops are in the Middle East?

Let's see, Trump pulled 1,000 troops out of Syria but didn't send them home. They went somewhere to guard oil fields. We already had something like 2,000 in SA.

Then, for this incident, they said 100 Marines were at the Embassy. But then, somewhere they said 750 were being sent over. Now, an additional 650 packed up and left for the incident.

It seems to me that, bit by bit, there is a build up of American troops in the ME. Are we entitled in any way to know the extent that our troops are deployed? Probably not, due to secrecy and what should be part of planning. But, we have troops seemingly everywhere.

First and foremost, our Embassy needs to be protected and perhaps evacuated, since Iraq seems content to allow the "protesters" to remain and threaten our personnel. Meanwhile, Trump was content to travel to "the Southern White House" to have himself a good time.

Who is running the country? Who is making these decisions? WTF...