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Monday, 12 March 2007

March 12, 2003
Jules Crittenden

In the morning, the AP’s Chris Tomlinson and John Moore, the LA Times’ Geoff Mohan and I were told to gather up our gear in the platoon tent at battalion where we had spent the night and come outside to meet our company commanders.

Capt. Chris Carter, Capt. Steve Barry and Capt. Philip Wolford were standing together in the sand, looking uncomfortable, like country cousins who were about to get stuck with annoying know-it-all brats from the city.   

Tomlinson and Moore were going with Carter to Attack, the battalion’s mech infantry company. Mohan was going to Barry’s Cyclone, a tank company. I was going with Wolford and his Assassins, another tank company. There was no speechifying this time, just some slightly awkward introductions.

Wolford told me later that he, Barry and Carter had quietly discussed their serious reservations about the embed program, once they figured out they would end up being the ones holding the bag. ...

Posted by Bill Faith on March 12, 2007 at 02:18 AM in Critter, Iraq, Islamism Delenda Est | Permalink

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