[section9]

I keep wondering where Ollie North is. He's with an airborne Marine unit and they haven't been heard from all day. I keep thinking about airborne forces and the river bridge(s).

Yeah, I'm wondering that, too. Ollie is with a Marine air assault unit. They have to be the tip of the spear.

Battlefield prep, still. I hope H and C are on tonight so that we get to see Ollie.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[Fledermaus]

Ollie North was on this morning and early afternoon before CENTCOM shut down the embedded reporting.

[The Wizard]

it appears the US is winning without S&A

[Timeout]

I heard an amazing report on the radio this afternoon regarding the steps we've taken to avoid friendly fire, ID the bad guys, etc.

Reportedly, all friendlies have a "tag" on their helmet, vehicle, or other gear--which can be "read" and broadcast to CENTCOM, overhead planes, etc. I may not be explaining this correctly, but I got the impression it's like the supermarket scanner. The reporter said a commander can pull up a live view of the battlefield and our guy's "tags" show up green. The enemy shows up as red---body heat.


They said this view can even be pulled up by pilots about to attack. Has anyone else heard this??

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Isn't Ollie with Rick Levanthal's group? Rick reporting now.