Monday, June 28, 2004
This Ain't no Tennyson Poem: The New York Times Blows it Again!
Here's another doozy, from the New York Times, courtesy of another heads-up reader.
DOH!!!!
The army has no 2nd Light Cavalry Regiment. They mean the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment.
Geez--the New York Times is a big paper. Can't they get an army net anywhere in the newsroom? Why can't they get a fact checker in there to nail these things down?
Splash, out
Jason
Update:
An officer in Iraq squares me away:
Yikes! I've been misfiring all over the place this week! That's what I get for trying to blog on multiple deadlines.
When the First Armored Division got orders to mount its counterattack against the Sadr militia, one-fourth of its 30,000 soldiers and more than half of its 8,000 tanks, armored vehicles and artillery pieces had already left Iraq. The division, along with the Second Light Cavalry Regiment, also under its command, did an about-face, recalling troops, unpacking gear and receiving unwelcome orders to extend its stay by 90 days.
DOH!!!!
The army has no 2nd Light Cavalry Regiment. They mean the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment.
Splash, out
Jason
Update:
An officer in Iraq squares me away:
Actually, Jason, the 2nd has been referred to in official documents as the 2nd LCR, 2nd ACR (Light), and several similar designations since they turned in their tanks and drew up-armored HMMWVs years ago (probably when they moved to Fort Polk). If there's a problem here, it's that the Army can't figure out what to call these guys.
Yikes! I've been misfiring all over the place this week! That's what I get for trying to blog on multiple deadlines.
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