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Subject: Germany has taken over QRF North.
Nasty German Idiot     7/2/2008 2:18:26 PM
The German government plans to send 1,000 additional troops to Afghanistan by the end of this year, Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung announced on Tuesday, June 24.

The increase would bring German soldiers serving with NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) to 4,500. The extra soldiers are needed to fulfill Germany's mission in the country and for their own security, Jung said.

As of July 1, Germany will take over responsibility for the rapid deployment forces in order to protect ISAF operations in northern Afghanistan. The German military would also like to increase involvement in training of Afghan soldiers.
German Bundeswehr troop strength in Afghanistan has temporarily reached 3,620 soldiers, more than the upper limit of 3500 soldiers set by the German Bundestag. The limit will have to be met within a few weeks. Last week the German government proposed to the Bundestag to extend the upper troop limit to 4,500 soldiers in order to be more flexible.
 
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Nasty German Idiot       7/2/2008 2:28:58 PM
My guys from the PzGgren Bat. 212 from Augustdorf ...  have taken over on July 1.
 
 
 
Norwegian General handing over Command.
 
 
 
 
 
German ISAF soldiers attend handover of command ceremony for the Quick Reaction Force regional command north as German brigadier general Dieter Dammjacob (L) salutes new commander lieutenat Gunnar Bruegner at the German ISAF headquarters in Masar-i-Sharif, north of Kabul, June 30, 2008. A German Bundeswehr army unit of combat troops to northern Afghanistan that is part of a NATO Quick Reaction Force will replace a Norwegian unit on July 1.
 
 
preparing a Marder
 
 
 
Lieutenant Colonel Gunnar Bruegner, commandant of the Quick Reaction Force (QRF) poses for a photo at Camp Marmal in Mazar e Sharif in Afghanistan on June 30, 2008.
 
 
 
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Nasty German Idiot       7/2/2008 2:55:37 PM
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
German ISAF soldiers of the Quick Reaction Force regional command north (QRF) gather during a drill in the the Marmal mountains near the German ISAF headquarters in Masar-i-Sharif, north of Kabul, July 1, 2008. A German Bundeswehr army unit of combat troops to northern Afghanistan that is part of a NATO Quick Reaction Force replaced a Norwegian unit on July 1. Reuters
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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JFKY       7/2/2008 2:59:15 PM
I noticed the DAK "Palm Tree" on one of the PzrGr Vehicles...do they also sing the "Horst Wessel Lied" there, too, or play "Lili Marlene"?
 
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eldnah       7/2/2008 4:15:42 PM
From my readings DAK was as fine, honorable and proud a unit as any in WWII. Every military has its historical symbols and the palm tree, without the swatstika, is perfectly acceptable as is Lille Marlene is a historical classic sang by the French, English, Italians and Americans as well as the Germans during WWIand WWII. The Horst Wessel was a Nazi song about a Nazi ,still can't help wanting to conqueor France every time I hear it :)
 
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smitty237    Afrika Korps   7/2/2008 9:30:13 PM
   During the 1991 Gulf War more than a few USMC Abrams tanks bore the DAK palm tree, with the Marine Corps emblem taking the place of the swastika.  Nobody really seemed to care then.  Frankly I'm glad to see that the Germans are trying to maintain some military traditions.  As long as they leave Nazi ideology out of their traditions, I don't see a problem. 
 
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DropBear       7/3/2008 2:52:25 AM
Good pics here, NGI
 
I like the camo they wear too. Looks like one of the better combat fatigues for desert warfare. Seems to blend in better than some of the patterns other countries wear.
 
 
 
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