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| Tango01 | 30 Sep 2014 12:51 p.m. PST |
…in Bavaria. "Germany's army has started training 32 Kurdish peshmerga fighters at an army school in Bavaria to support them in their fight against Islamic State extremists. A spokesman for the German defense ministry said Sunday, September 28, that the 32 Kurdish fighters would stay in Germany until October 3 to receive weapons' training…"
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| Vosper | 30 Sep 2014 1:10 p.m. PST |
Could a 'train the trainer' kind of program. Send those 32 back to train x10 that number, repeat as needed. |
| saltflats1929 | 30 Sep 2014 1:14 p.m. PST |
I thought Von Steuben had retired. |
 Legion 4  | 30 Sep 2014 3:20 p.m. PST |
Good to hear … The Germans are good soldiers and the Kurds appear to be quite capable. I believe the Germans sent 100 Falshirmjagers to train the Kurds in Iraq also. |
| Mako11 | 30 Sep 2014 3:33 p.m. PST |
Seems like they are the only ones in the world that can/are willing to fight ISIS. |
| skippy0001 | 30 Sep 2014 8:55 p.m. PST |
Not von Steuben--von Lettow-Vorbeck! |
| Legion 4 | 01 Oct 2014 9:08 a.m. PST |
Von Steuben trained the American Rebels at Valley Forge during the ARW/AWI … To assist the brave colonial patriots in their quest to be free from the heavy chains of their British/Red Coat/Hessian oppressors ! Or at least that is the way I heard it … "DON'T TREAD ON ME" !!!! |
| Lion in the Stars | 01 Oct 2014 1:06 p.m. PST |
Could a 'train the trainer' kind of program. Send those 32 back to train x10 that number, repeat as needed. That's the most effective way to do it. |
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