This guy has a lot of build up. I cannot see where he ever did zip in combat other then lead a BN in Gulf Storm. LTC’s do not do much in war. In Afghan SF had already led the Northern Alliance and Karzai to take over Kabul. That should have ended it. No damn nation building.
Do you know why Marines who served under Gen Mattis would low crawl through Hell in gunpowder suits for him? Because he never forgot where he came from. He spent time as an enlisted infantryman. He learned the lessons his SNCO’s taught him, and he understood that Marines exist to break things and stack bodies.
Maybe LTCs don’t do much in the Army. I can assure you the Marine Corps has a different way of doing things.
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Then LtGen Mattis, when he came under fire, dismounted his HMMWV and led a frontal assault on the attackers. A Lieutenant General. Conducting a fire team rush. No kidding. I am the secondary source. The primary is my former boss.