[aristeides]

"My understanding of the facts at this point from the commander on the ground is that this reporter was reporting, in real time, positions, locations and activities of units engaged in combat," Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said in a statement to the Monitor.

If this reporter was reporting on the position of the II M.E.F. (if I've got that name right) that has been placed in Jordan and West Iraq, it's interesting to read that it's "engaged in combat."

[Poohbah]

1st MarDiv is part of I MEF, not II MEF (which seems to have disappeared...check between the couch cushions).

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

was not embedded but joined the First Marine Division on Sunday

If this reporter was reporting on the position of the II M.E.F.

First Marine Division is not an element of II Marine Expeditionary Force.

[Wisconsin]

II MEF has the 2nd marine Division. You know...jarheads...keep it simple.