A U.S. Army SPC rides a mule during a civil humanitarian mission in the village of Tadokhile in central Afghanistan, in this file photo. As the U.S. girds to deploy more than 21,000 additional troops to Afghanistan this spring and summer, the military is having to prepare for a decidedly different kind of fight from the one in Iraq. (Scott Nelson/Getty Images)From ABC News:
Tucked at the base of a small mountain in the eastern Sierras is a makeshift paddock where a handful of US Marine Corps instructors reach deep into the history of warfare to give their charges a critical skill when they deploy to Afghanistan: how to pack a mule.
It is a peculiar course to teach in a military that is widely considered the best-trained, most capable, and highest-tech in the world.
But as the US girds to deploy more than 21,000 additional troops to Afghanistan this spring and summer, the military is having to prepare for a decidedly different kind of fight from the one in Iraq.
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My Comment: You have to use what you have to use .... but the fight in Afghanistan is going to be different.