[aculeus]

The two officers say Maj. Murphy's orders to them were: "Figure it out, draw the lines, make me a chart and find every crucial person connected to Saddam."

Great article but "cpls" are not officers.

[Ispy4u]

A CPL is a Non-commissioned officer, an easy mistake for a dumb reporter.

[El Gato]

Great article but "cpls" are not officers.

True, not even non-commisioned officers. However I wouldn't be too very suprised if the corporal was soon a Sgt, and they are NCOs. The LT will soon be a Captain too, just in the normal course of things if nothing else. (It's only 2-3 years from 1LT to Captain, IIRC, it was 2 years in my day, 18 months not long before that...but it took me more like 8 years. Long boring story)