Vehicles should never break down in desert conditions either despite being driven all day, every day. /more sarcasm
Why don't you tell us all about it, then? Is this anything like blaming Lynch for the breakdown of vehicles in that convoy? You lost a lot of credibility with me when you made that claim. It proves that you only mean to bash, not discuss truth
You both have it wrong. I don't want to just "bash" Jessica. I've avoided getting into the details because there are so many areas where there are problems with her performance and how she was treated out there in the battlefield. Over and over again it can be shown that her Commander and NCOs treated her differently because she was a woman, and her actions/inactions/failures cost lives. I'm somewhat amused you all can't see them, but my amusement is tempered quite severely by the reality of the consequences of having Lynch in that unit.
The story of the "Jessica's" unit in the 507th in this operation covers roughly three days. The ambush battle itself actually lasted over 2 hours. During the 507th's journey to various check points, Jessica's vehicle was disabled. It became disabled after days of driving with little or no sleep and when she was fatigued. The fatigue was not limited to Jessica or females, all experienced it, but I think it can be safely said that it was much more difficult for this 110 lb woman to wrestle with this fatigue and a 5-ton truck then it would be for a man. Nonetheless, the First Sergeant was ordered to recover this and any other vehicle that broke down as the convoy headed to various checkpoints. The First Sergeant, through all kinds of tricks, skill, chicanery, will, and with a no-failure attitude, carried out this order dutifully and arrived at each check point without abandoning any vehicles. To accomplish this, he had to get soldiers from another unit to tow Jessica's broken-down vehicle, Buggs and Aqino -who themselves had fallen behind their assigned unit to fix their own vehicle. This is were fate comes in. By towing this broken vehicle, it made it more difficult for the convoy to maneuver, and they had to find big open spaces to turn the towed vehicles around. This is the reason the convoy had to go deep into Nasiriyah when they got off track. The convoy actually made it through the city the first time without receiving fire, but the commander knew they were in for some action when they had to turn around and go back through the city the second time to get back on the right track. Jessica was ordered to lock and load as others had to manually refuel their vehicles. During the second trip through the city, the unit was attacked, and they missed their exit again, but the smaller vehicles were able to turn around quickly and get back to the exit and escape. However larger vehicles had to go further past the exit, about 3 miles, before they could turn around, and the Buggs and Aqino had to go the furthest because they were towing Jessie's vehicle. This turned out to be their downfall. As they were turning around, their vehicle became jammed and stuck because of vehicle they were towing, Jessica's. During all this, the vehicles in the convoy were taking fire. The First sergeant made combat pickup after combat pickup of all soldiers who needed picking up, and this is what he did for Buggs and Aquino. After Buggs and Aqino were picked up, they immediately begin returning fire from the assault rifle in the vehicle as it sped off. Very sadly though, Piestawaw was wounded as she drove away and crashed into another vehicle that had become stranded. The First Sergeant was killed on impact with his weapon in his hand, Piestawaw would later die from her injuries, Buggs and Aqino were said to have been "executed" by the Iraqis because of the battle they put up until they ran out of ammo. Jessica was injured in the crash, but she was spared. If it were not for her disabled vehicle, Buggs and Aqino, the First Sergeant, and Piestawaw could have turned around sooner and made it out of there, FATE.