Line of Departure: kare11.com | Twin Cities, MN | Three MN soldiers killed in Basra attack

Monday, July 20, 2009

kare11.com | Twin Cities, MN | Three MN soldiers killed in Basra attack

kare11.com | Twin Cities, MN | Three MN soldiers killed in Basra attack

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NewcomerJuly 21, 2009 at 4:13 AM
Hmm, that's my home state (I lived in both of the Twin Cities: St Paul and Minneapolis). I'm saddened. Do you know these three boys? It brings home that all military conflicts are cruel. It's simply to take lives; how it all got started? Didn't we have the order, "Thou shalt not kill"? We have drifted far...
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NewcomerJuly 28, 2009 at 2:24 AM
Maj C:

Four rockets hitting so close can shake up anyone head to toe, body to soul. I'm shaken in my heart, but my prayer for you is this:

The LORD shall preserve YOU from all evil: he shall preserve YOUR soul. The LORD shall preserve YOUR going out and YOUR coming in from this time forth, and EVEN for evermore. (Psalm 121:7-8)

Dad
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What does the title mean?

Line of departure or "LD" is a military term used to describe the physical line where an operational movement begins. LD is a critical time and place because it sets the tempo of not only one unit, but all other organizations involved in the battle. Making LD is one of the most important actions a leader can do to setting the conditions for a successful action. To me, a line of departure also has a broader meaning. It represents a point beyond which another phase or experience has begun. I like to think of life as an ongoing series of passages, and each starts with crossing a line of departure.