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Pentagon sends ground forces to train in Panama’s jungle for first time in decades (abcnews.go.com)

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For the first time in more than two decades, the Pentagon has begun sending conventional ground forces to Panama to train in the jungle there, returning U.S. soldiers and Marines to a three-week course once called the "Green Hell" because of its similarities to Vietnam.

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[–] Idliketothinkimsmart@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Imagine sending your super troopers into the Jungle to train for the 1st time, and you're hypothetically up against Venezuelans/ maybe even Colombian forces in their hometurf who've been training for decades in guerilla tactics. It would be Vietnam 2.0 all over.

[–] ComradeRandy@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 4 months ago

Vietnam didn't have Russian drone tech refined in years of active combat, this will be an outrageously expensive shitshow for America

[–] demerit@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 4 months ago

Lets invade through the Darien Gap!

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 5 points 4 months ago

Seriously not good.