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Experience Gives Perspective

McCaffrey commanded B Co 2-7th Cav in Vietnam during 1968-69.  In this series of video interviews, veterans of the company share their perspective of the battlefield leadership of then Captain Barry McCaffrey. 
 
Captain McCaffrey was on his third combat tour at age 25.  He would be wounded for the third time while commanding this Air Assault Company of the 1st Cavalry Division.  
 
1st Sergeant Emerson Trainer was an enormously experienced field combat leader. He had served in the same B Co 2-7th Cav in the Korean War.  He also would be wounded for the third team leading these terrific soldiers. The soldiers loved and trusted him. At age 35 he was the “Old Man” of the company.
 
The soldiers were mostly teenagers or younger than 22.  Almost all were draftees….. even though draftees comprised less than 25% of the total troop population in Vietnam.  These troops were incredibly courageous, aggressive, quick to protect their buddies, smart and physically fit. Combat was relentless and violent. We lived like animals and dug like moles. 
 
The company operated alone on the battlefield but was supported by incredibly effective US artillery, attack helicopters, and US Air Force fighter-bombers. 
 
These soldiers have stayed together in association for 50 years.  Every two years we gather at the Vietnam Memorial and remember those who were killed…. and all those who protected each other. 
General McCaffrey

Warrior Faces

Clockwise from top left: Spc. Kamau Bey, an aviation operations specialist with the U.S. Army Reserve Aviation Command; Spc. Catherine Downes, a military police soldier with the 200th Military Police Command; Spc. Markryan Visitacion, a human resources specialist with the 311th Signal Command (Theater); Sgt. AlexisArcher, a civil affairs specialist with the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne); and StaffSgt. Salvador Macias, a motor transport operator with the 377th Theater Sustainment Command, represent the diversity and depth of the U.S. Army. U.S.

Warrior Faces

SEATTLE UNIVERSITY CONVERSATIONS

BARRY R. MCCAFFREY – HISTORICAL INTERVIEW

BARRY R. MCCAFFREY – HISTORY & LEGACY

ANGRY AMERICANS – EPISODE 85: FULL INTERVIEW

VIET NAM– OUR VETERANS IN PERSPECTIVE

HIGH SOBRIETY HOSTS BARRY MCCAFFREY TO DISCUSS…

MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE PERSIAN GULF WAR

ANDOVER INTERVIEW –
NATIONAL SECURITY

From Twitter

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mccaffreyr3 Barry R McCaffrey @mccaffreyr3 ·
12 Sep

Always amazed at these uninformed people. This fellow must think I’m inflating US casualties to favor the enemy. The courageous US Armed Forces were in brutal combat. We won all the tactical battles. Roughly 7,000+ US troops KIA. 53,356 WIA.

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mccaffreyr3 Barry R McCaffrey @mccaffreyr3 ·
11 Sep

911 such a tragedy. We had no idea we were vulnerable in this degree to terrorist attack.

The US Armed Forces, the CIA, the FBI, all law enforcement stepped forward to defend us and also to avenge the attack and create deterrence.

60,000 US military killed and wounded.…

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mccaffreyr3 Barry R McCaffrey @mccaffreyr3 ·
11 Sep

The next 9/11 may not be what you think —Rather than a peaceful transfer of power followed by general acceptance of the Presidential election as legitimate…. we could be plunged into chaos in 2024.

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mccaffreyr3 Barry R McCaffrey @mccaffreyr3 ·
11 Sep

Biden becoming increasingly vulnerable and confused in dealing with public events. This is going to keeping getting worse. The Presidency is a killer in physical and intellectual demands. Trump a threat to democracy. Need new leaders.

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mccaffreyr3 Barry R McCaffrey @mccaffreyr3 ·
10 Sep

Extremely troubling. This means the Speaker of the House is publicly stating he is unprincipled. Lacks honor. Is a legislative gang leader. How could this be?

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