The “Black Knights”
Of notable historic significance, this particular unit was an elite fighting force constructed in the 1800s of proven soldiers from many of the separate states that comprised the Union at that time. Its more recent mixture of armor and mechanized infantry units made it a tremendously effective force, and to its credit, 1-5 Cavalry was the first unit to conduct a ground attack on the Iraqi army during Operation Desert Storm. Currently the unit is involved in the “surge” within western Baghdad, and like every other unit there today, the “Black Knights” are carrying out their mission, which is to force Iraqi Crips, Bloods, Croods and Blips to forget about vengeance, Allah and wiring up explosives once and for all – - – to come together as one people and agree to having the oil services industry of the United States “help them” to nurse the deep wounds still open and dirty from the violent tyrannical reign of Saddam Hussein. Here are some words from some of the leaders of this outstanding unit about their mission:
CPT Brendan Gallagher: “Sometimes, we like to comfort ourselves when we are taking a lot of IEDs and casualties by saying that the enemy is desperate, they are doing this because they are scared. But how many times can they actually be desperate? I sometimes worry that this period will end up going down here as their surge, not ours.”
Staff Sgt. Mike Perez: “They tell us to come here and do a job. But we’ve got a pregnant beast and it’s opening up on us. It’s not getting any better, and I don’t see when it will.”
Sgt. Cyr: “I miss when the worst thing we had to do is go around this neighborhood picking up dead bodies. It’s sick, but true.”
Posted by Al Swearengen in Military