Duty Honor Country
Active member
On thursday, I went to grab a quick lunch at the commissary. I sat down at a table next to an old veteran. We got to chatting since his wife was doing the shopping. He was a retired Sergeant Major who had served in WWII, Korea and Vietnam. With that kind of background, I listened very closely. We got on the topic of Iraq and he asked me if I had any military training on the geneva convention. I told him the only knowledge I had of the Geneva convention was stuff I learned on my own. He was a bit surprised that I did not get any training on it. He said that every soldier in his day got an extensive class on the geneva convention with an 8 hour refresher course every year. Then he said some of the problems in Iraq with human rights violations may have been prevented thru proper training.
I seem to agree that educating soldiers on the Geneva Convention and the Laws of War would do some good. At the least, you wouldn't get dumb :cen: MP's who said they were never got training on such things. I believe the military command is responsible for the problems in Iraq. There were no orders to commit such violations, but there were no attemps to prevent those problems before they occured.
Oh yeah, I was late getting back from lunch. My section chief understood when I explained the situation. The SGT MAJ said to tell him I was having lunch with an "old soldier."8)
SGT Doody
I seem to agree that educating soldiers on the Geneva Convention and the Laws of War would do some good. At the least, you wouldn't get dumb :cen: MP's who said they were never got training on such things. I believe the military command is responsible for the problems in Iraq. There were no orders to commit such violations, but there were no attemps to prevent those problems before they occured.
Oh yeah, I was late getting back from lunch. My section chief understood when I explained the situation. The SGT MAJ said to tell him I was having lunch with an "old soldier."8)
SGT Doody