The 507th Maintenance Batallion is Direct Maintenance Support for the
entire 3rd ID. It's usual location would be where all the brigades within the division would be able to utilize it, and to the rear of even division headquarters. They were on the move, to a new position, as dictated by the advance of the entire division. They were ambushed by a column of enemy that had until then been undetected. End of story...
the infowarrior
"It's usual location would be where all the brigades within the division would be able to utilize it, and to the rear of even division headquarters… End of story..." I think you're playing loose with the facts to support what you wish were the case. I bet if we spoke to someone in that kind of unit, they'd say that they're prepared to move very close to combat, and are in danger of coming under attack.
Case closed back at you.