From: "Rich Gauszka" 

I don't know where you are getting the idea that for level one they need
'home grown air support'

Where was the 'home grown air support' the first time the battalion
achieved level one status?


"Mark"  wrote in message news:44010a81{at}w3....
> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
> news:44010347$1{at}w3....
>> You keep arguing that they cannot be 'by definition' at level one - yet
>> our military gave them level one status and now downgraded them.
>>
>> BTW the definition of Level One is ( you may even like this like )
>>
>> http://billroggio.com/archives/2005/10/training_the_ir_1.php
>>
>> 'Units are completely independent; Units do not require air, armor,
>> artillery, logistical support (supplies).'
>
> Exactly.
>
> My point has been, and continues to be, that there is not enough
> home-grown Iraqi air support to make them "Level One" they need US air
> support to meet those "Level One" requirements -- I imagine
it'll be quite
> some time before any significant number of battallions will have enough
> Iraqi air support to qualify (perhaps what they have now was down, thus
> resulting in loss of "Level One" characterization for that
one battallion,
> perhaps there's not enough air support at this time for more than a few in
> total, but they don't meet the requirements for other reasons as well)
>
> But again, as pointed out in your original link, that doesn't mean that
> they are not capable in general.
>
>

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