Posted on Jan 4, 2017
U.S.-led coalition doubles number of advisers in Iraq to 450
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WASHINGTON — A U.S. military spokesman says the number of American and coalition advisers in Iraq has doubled in the past couple of weeks as Iraq pushes to recapture the Islamic State stronghold of Mosul.
U.S. Air Force Col. John Dorrian says there are now about 450 coalition advisers in Iraq.
Dorrian says an unspecified number of those advisers have been inside Mosul occasionally as part of the expanding effort to support Iraqi security forces as they fight dug-in militants.
The advisers aren't involved in direct combat, but are meant to provide specialized support, such as analysis of intelligence.
The Pentagon says there are 4,935 U.S. troops in Iraq, including trainers and other support forces.
Dorrian spoke to Pentagon reporters Wednesday from his headquarters in Baghdad.
U.S. Air Force Col. John Dorrian says there are now about 450 coalition advisers in Iraq.
Dorrian says an unspecified number of those advisers have been inside Mosul occasionally as part of the expanding effort to support Iraqi security forces as they fight dug-in militants.
The advisers aren't involved in direct combat, but are meant to provide specialized support, such as analysis of intelligence.
The Pentagon says there are 4,935 U.S. troops in Iraq, including trainers and other support forces.
Dorrian spoke to Pentagon reporters Wednesday from his headquarters in Baghdad.
U.S.-led coalition doubles number of advisers in Iraq to 450
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I am glad the top line did not mention how many USA service member advisors AKA advisers there are in Iraq at this point SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL.
I hope that the Kurdish Peshmerga and Iraq Army special units will be able to incrementally root out all ISIS and ISIUS support from Mosul. Of course that requires above-ground-level and subterranean-level-recon, combat and surgical strikes and cleanup.
Hopefully the incoming administration will be much more circumspect about releasing operational information let alone intelligence analysis to the public.
SP5 Mark Kuzinski TSgt Joe C.LTC Stephen C. Capt Seid Waddell CW5 (Join to see) SFC William Farrell SSgt (Join to see) SGT (Join to see) SGT Forrest Stewart SPC (Join to see) SrA Christopher Wright Maj William W. "Bill" Price Capt Tom Brown SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" SSgt Robert Marx SGT Robert George PO2 Ed C.
I hope that the Kurdish Peshmerga and Iraq Army special units will be able to incrementally root out all ISIS and ISIUS support from Mosul. Of course that requires above-ground-level and subterranean-level-recon, combat and surgical strikes and cleanup.
Hopefully the incoming administration will be much more circumspect about releasing operational information let alone intelligence analysis to the public.
SP5 Mark Kuzinski TSgt Joe C.LTC Stephen C. Capt Seid Waddell CW5 (Join to see) SFC William Farrell SSgt (Join to see) SGT (Join to see) SGT Forrest Stewart SPC (Join to see) SrA Christopher Wright Maj William W. "Bill" Price Capt Tom Brown SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" SSgt Robert Marx SGT Robert George PO2 Ed C.
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hopefully the Advisors will be able to Un do the Mess that was left when BHO Pulled every one out in 2011/2012
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SFC William Farrell
We started with advisors in Vietnam SFC George Smith and you see where that led us.
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