He was looking for a star. The 24th Marines HQ was not scheduled to deploy to SWA at all. Germann paid his own way to Jubayl and sold the jefes on a rear area security mission for the 24th Marines. He did a lot of crazy unprofessional careerist stuff. It wasn't anything that was immdiately adverse to combat efficiency. There were numerous CONGRINTS; there was a Congressional investigation and that summer he was relieved.
Walt