[dennisw]

The last part was hard to watch. One item was their tactical movement on foot from point A to point B. They basically walked down the middle of a road with zero left/right security. I didn't see any point element to their formation. It looked more like a Sunday stroll. I do not believe there was a Op or patrol order created or issued. More of a "let's go boys."

They also had a mission of intercepting a van which contained pow's and explosives. They parked their four Humvee's off the road about 2 meters and in plain sight. They parked them all right next to one another. No cover, no tactical formation. Looked like they pulled into a movie parking lot to catch the matinee feature. They then watched the van roll by within 2 meters of their position, apparently identified it and all four Humvee took off after it. One went in front, one to the side and two behind. Kind of like watching a LEO arrest someone on Cops. I guess they have never heard of a VBIED. One guy jumps out and there's a bad guy around four feet from him with a AK 47 pointed at him. Our hero just continued to moved towards and secure the bad guy as if the idea of getting shot wasn't an option. I'm not sure as to the point of this exercise.

Afterward, they were raving about their performance. "Everyone came home alive!" is how they described it.