Friday, June 25, 2004
Clarification on the Washington Times Article
A former cavalry officer and reader sends me this clarification.
Ok, so Rowan knows his stuff, and just made a human mistake. Ok, I can accept that. But he's not getting the fact-check support he needs. So my larger point still stands.
Also, the 1st AD doesn't normally have a division cavalry squadron, although a squadron may have been task organized to it in theatre.
Jason
I sent Rowan Scarborough's Wash Times article to my former company commander, now-COL Pete Mansoor, now commanding the First Brigade of the 1st AD. I asked about the "four tank squadron" and COL Mansoor said it was just a typo, and the writer meant "four troop squadron." It was the division cavalry squadron.
COL Mansoor's soldiers were among those extended and who have defeated al-Sadr in the south.
I didn't even ask about the 18 tank battalion, because with cross-attachments and units being held in reserve, anything is possible.
Ok, so Rowan knows his stuff, and just made a human mistake. Ok, I can accept that. But he's not getting the fact-check support he needs. So my larger point still stands.
Also, the 1st AD doesn't normally have a division cavalry squadron, although a squadron may have been task organized to it in theatre.
Jason
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