ISIS caliphate has officially crumbled and last stronghold liberated

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  1. Questerr

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    So we can now all see here the integrity of the Trump-supporting Conservative. Even when he stated plainly that he would admit to being wrong when evidence was presented, even with presented with multiple links from multiple people, the Trump-supporting Conservative digs in his heals and stands by his demonstrably wrong claim and proves his previous statement of admitting being wrong was a lie.

    To everyone: the integrity of the Trump Supporter, or should I say, total lack of integrity.
     
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    Old Corps, Old Breed.
     
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    Outdated ways of combat. As relevant to today's warfare as knowing how to use a Springfield musket would have been in Vietnam.
     
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    I have yet to see a link since July of last year when they were bulding a new island fort
     
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    I don't know about that. How long has it been since the US fought a near peer adversary?

    Modern combat will be different, but there will be plenty of proven tactics used.
     
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    The Springfield Musket from 1855 and on was a rifled musket.

    With the advent of the mini-ball, war was modernized as both the Union and South adopted the way U.S. Marines have always fought, the skirmish line.

    The American Civil War was the first modern war to be fought.

    Soon all armies in the world would adopt the skirmish line.
     
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    No. That's false. The majority of battles in the Civil War, the combatants did not fight in skirmish order. They fought in massed lines. And for good reason - the firing rate of the rifle musket wasn't enough to stop a determined cavalry charge if the troops were spread out.

    The first modern war was the Franco-Prussian War 5 years later.
     
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