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Angry Staff Officer

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Poolside thought, reading some WWI stuff The Army leaned really heavy on cav units during the GWOT, esp in Afghanistan, for some crazy intense missions And now are just like "thx, bye" to cav units in general Add it to the long "things the GWOT ruined that we won't talk about" list

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Critical Russ Theory's avatar Critical Russ Theory @russellgaleti.bsky.social
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“Hur dur we have fight as divisions and corps now and have MPF, each BCT doesn’t need its own squadron” You gon miss all them TOWs, Javs, LRAS3s, .50s, Mk-19s, JLTVs, fieldcraft, and integration of intel and fires, bb

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⌬ TaySwayLicious ⌬'s avatar ⌬ TaySwayLicious ⌬ @phobosdeimos.bsky.social
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Reading WWI stuff and thinking about GWOT poolside is so on brand for you, Sapper

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Connor Anderson's avatar Connor Anderson @connorwa.bsky.social
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This is news to me, a person who once knew more about such things. Has the USA completely done away with armored cav units? Can you tell us more?

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Dr. Rob Thompson 🇺🇦's avatar Dr. Rob Thompson 🇺🇦 @drrobthompson.com
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Hey, we love unlearning lessons just to relearn them only to unlearn as soon as possible. Quite the cycle.

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Kevin Gallatin's avatar Kevin Gallatin @kevingallatin.bsky.social
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I'm on board with anything that ends those stupid looking stetsons.

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Kevin Butler's avatar Kevin Butler @milesnaismith.bsky.social
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I've never found anything that explained what process resulted in ACRs going away.

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