Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 Wednesday, 22 March 2023, 15:26 Brigadier General Shane Morgan, base commander of Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, announced today training is wrapping up for Ukrainian soldiers on Patriot missile systems. The soldiers are due to ship out from Ft. Sill in the next few days along with a Patriot missile system consisting of six mobile launchers, a mobile radar, power generator and engagement control center. “For operation security reasons, I’m not going to get into delivery timelines other than to say we’re confident that we’ll be able to get the Patriots there on an expedited timeline, I’ll just leave it at that,” said Pentagon Air Force Brigadier General Pat Ryder. Col. Martin O’Donnell, U.S. Army spokesman Germany, added “The newly trained Ukrainian troops will marry up with other Ukrainian air defenders in Europe with donated Patriot equipment from the U.S., Netherlands and Germany before deploying to Ukraine in the coming weeks.” “Overcoming the language barrier was a challenge on the front-end,” admitted General Morgan. “But the Ukrainian soldiers learned quickly. Our assessment is that the Ukrainian soldiers are impressive and absolutely a quick study due to their extensive air defense knowledge and experience in a combat zone. It was easier, though never easy, for them to grasp the Patriot system’s operation and maintenance concepts.” One of Ft. Sill's trainers noted how quickly the Ukrainians mastered difficult technical and operational concepts. “They're incredibly resourceful as well. One of the vehicles developed a coolant leak during the early days of training. Repairs that would normally require submitting a formal request and waiting several days were instead completed in twenty minutes. It shows their ability to adapt to a situation. In Ukraine, they won’t have days. They may just have minutes.” When asked what the UAF soldiers liked most about Ft. Sill, the same trainer laughed, “The on-base Taco Bell. A lot of them had never had a taco.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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