Embedded reporting
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RE: Embedded reporting
The embedded media was only with the regular Army and Marines who went in from Kuwait and they did a fairly good job for the most part. They got to see and hear bullets whizzing by and witness death first hand. Hopefully it will help give them a better understanding of what foot soldiers go through in combat.
However, they were not in the cockpits of the thousands of combat sorties flown by aircrews over there that made it possible for the “ground-pounders” to advance. Also the battles that went on over in the western part of Iraq were fought almost entirely by Special Operations Forces and NOBODY was embedded with them. There should be some very interesting books written on this war several years from now about the phy-ops and Special Forces part of the war.
** Bill **
1995 LSC-R'ed w/Recaro's and Cobra R's
Veteran of Carlisle 2000/01/02
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The embedded media was only with the regular Army and Marines who went in from Kuwait and they did a fairly good job for the most part. They got to see and hear bullets whizzing by and witness death first hand. Hopefully it will help give them a better understanding of what foot soldiers go through in combat.
However, they were not in the cockpits of the thousands of combat sorties flown by aircrews over there that made it possible for the “ground-pounders” to advance. Also the battles that went on over in the western part of Iraq were fought almost entirely by Special Operations Forces and NOBODY was embedded with them. There should be some very interesting books written on this war several years from now about the phy-ops and Special Forces part of the war.
** Bill **
1995 LSC-R'ed w/Recaro's and Cobra R's
Veteran of Carlisle 2000/01/02
[a href=//cardomain.com/member_pages/view_page.pl?page_id=258112]For Pic's and Mods click here[/a]
...Except for ending slavery, fascism, nazism, and communism, WAR HAS NEVER SOLVED ANYTHING...
RE: Embedded reporting
As a retired sp. opns. medic I was drawn to MSNBC's broadcast close to 24/7 for the first two weeks, especically during the week there were no commercial breaks. Just reliving the "Glory Days" as Bruce Springsteen sang. I think Dr. Bob Arnot rendered the best all round performance. He was NBC's Medical Correspondant, now they're referring to him as the Chief Correspondant. I did notice he moved himself into the Palestine Hotel as soon as possible after arriving in Bhagdad. Until David Bloom's unfortunate death, I enjoyed his reports while riding along on the M88 Tank Retreiver with the 3d ID. It was said that contributed to the formation of the clot, resulting in the pulmonary embolism that killed him. I bet he wished many times he was back in NY doing his Sat and Sun morning gig with Soledad O'Brien. IMHO Both men performed admirably.
On the other hand it is MPO, Geraldo Rivera should have been shot for treason.
As a retired sp. opns. medic I was drawn to MSNBC's broadcast close to 24/7 for the first two weeks, especically during the week there were no commercial breaks. Just reliving the "Glory Days" as Bruce Springsteen sang. I think Dr. Bob Arnot rendered the best all round performance. He was NBC's Medical Correspondant, now they're referring to him as the Chief Correspondant. I did notice he moved himself into the Palestine Hotel as soon as possible after arriving in Bhagdad. Until David Bloom's unfortunate death, I enjoyed his reports while riding along on the M88 Tank Retreiver with the 3d ID. It was said that contributed to the formation of the clot, resulting in the pulmonary embolism that killed him. I bet he wished many times he was back in NY doing his Sat and Sun morning gig with Soledad O'Brien. IMHO Both men performed admirably.
On the other hand it is MPO, Geraldo Rivera should have been shot for treason.
