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ColonelSpecial · 10-01-2008, 12:06 PM

I think this is a combination of stories. First, there was some overuse of power by Blackwater in New Orleans during Katrina. Second, there is a brigade coming home from Iraq being retrained for homeland missions. These missions involve helping during natural disasters, possible terrorist attacks, crowd control, etc. I take this to mean doing a similar job as the national guard. While this brigade will have been in combat, I don't expect them to go out and use the same tactics here.

A small article about it from the Army Times: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/0...eland_090708w/

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ColonelSpecial Insane	I think this is a combination of stories. First, there was some overuse of power by Blackwater in New Orleans during Katrina. Second, there is a brigade coming home from Iraq being retrained for homeland missions. These missions involve helping during natural disasters, possible terrorist attacks, crowd control, etc. I take this to mean doing a similar job as the national guard. While this brigade will have been in combat, I don't expect them to go out and use the same tactics here. A small article about it from the Army Times: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/0...eland_090708w/ __________________ "Mommy, the presidents are squishing me!" "Using the pull out method of contraceptive is like saying I won't use a seat belt, I'll just jump out of the car before it hits that tree." Sara