[Future Snake Eater]

Ah. A couple of years before my time. We drove through Fallujah on our way to Baghdad from Mosul. One half looked like a normal haji town, the other half was pretty much razed to the ground.

Must’ve been a hell of a fight.

[Repeat Offender]

It was. Every NCO and above (all E-4 and up in the MC) was given "ByDir" authority to call arty, air strikes, tanks, etc. They shoot, drop weapons, and run into a mosque?

Thank goodness for artillery. JDAMS are also nice this time of year.

One of the adjacent infantry units used D9 bulldozers to "clear" houses - literally.