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“Combat is two men armed with clubs standing toe-to-toe beating the sh-t out of each other until one dies.” That was the succinct definition of combat by an Army battle buddy of mine in Iraq, a very highly decorated, extensively experienced Infantry senior officer.  What does this extraordinarily accurate definition of combat mean for women who wish to serve in combat arms and are being told they have equal capabilities for the face-to-face fight as men? The short answer is: Size matters as does weight and pure physical capability for in-your-face actual combat. What is the realistic tru...

Combat engineer Jay Rencher Displayed incredible heroism clearing obstacles from Utah Beach on D-Day. Here's What You Need to Know: Their task required good ears, steady hands, and more than a little luck. Nineteen-year-old army combat engineer Jay Rencher blinked the salt spray from his eyes, filled his lungs, and again plunged beneath the cold, roiling waves. Minutes earlier, his three-man team had slipped stealthily from a pitching landing craft into the frigid waters of the English Channel, each man burdened with a full pack, rifle, extra clips of ammunition, blasting caps, and 60 pounds...

Additional forces. senior u.s. defense officials say the moves are in response to iran's aggressive behavior and not annual attempt to provoke them. the democratic house armed services committee chairman disagrees, quote: adding more personnel and mission systems seems unwise and appears to be a blatant and heavy handed move to further escalate tensions with iran. the new american forces are not going to iraq or syria but will join. so 80,000 u.s. service members already deployed to the middle east. the pentagon will not disclose where reinforcements are heading. there will be 600 of the addit...

Other troops will be extended. president trump spoke about the deployment a short time ago. >> we want to have protects in the middle east. we're going to be sending a relatively small number of troops, mostly protective and some very talented people are going to the middle east right now. we'll see how -- we'll see what happens. it will be about 1,500 people. >> 600 troops in the region, part of a patriot aircraft missile battalion here will be extended from their current deployment. additional troops include combat engineers. defense secretary shanahan authorized more planes to spy on iran. ...

Stunt. you have a few thousand desperate people out of central america. i spent a lot of time down there in justice, poverty, violence. they're fleeing an economic situation they can't deal with, so it's a humanitarian problem, it is an immigration problem, but the last thing you really need are combat engineers and military policemen. it was a political gesture leading up to the midterms. >> and we have quit to hear from general mattis and general dunford about this. >> they're supposed to be responsive and loyal to the commander in chief under the constitution. i think mattis who is worshipp...