Word: battalion
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...down. The 3rd Infantry Division and 1st Marine Expeditionary Force moved the big guns north, knocking off with relative ease what resistance they encountered. The body counts along the way were dramatically lopsided. In a battle for a bridge across the Euphrates, Lieut. Cclonel Rock Marcone of the 3rd Battalion 69th Armor Regiment said his men had killed 800 of the Republican Guard Medina Division; not a single American died. The U.S. notched tangible victories--roads secured, armies routed. But no less important were the symbolic gains. U.S. warplanes attacked the home of Ali Hassan al-Majid, Saddam's cousin...
...have been the most unusual directive of Gulf War II. "Soldiers of 2nd Battalion," ordered Lieut. Colonel Chris Hughes. "Smile!" With that, infantrymen of the 101st Airborne Division, armed to the teeth, began flashing their choppers at a crowd that had grown restless as the soldiers approached the mosque at the Tomb of Ali in Najaf, one of Shi'ite Islam's holiest sites. The tactic helped win over a crowd that had more questions than answers. Were the soldiers going to storm the mosque, as some agitators were shouting? Were they liberators? Or conquerors? Were they really going...
...embedded correspondent, Rahul Rohatgi, is with the 3rd Division-5th Battalion of the National Coalition of Women’s Organizations (NCWO), which is leading the protest in Augusta, Ga. Let’s hear from...
...Burk has graciously agreed to a short interview with our network. As an embedded journalist, I have gotten to spend a lot of time around the 3-5th Battalion, and I can say that Ms. Burk is a field general as capable as anyone in Iraq. Ma’am, let me start out by asking—do you think you have any chance of winning this battle with Augusta National and Hootie Johnson...
From somewhere in Augusta, Ga., this is Rahul Rohatgi with the 3rd-5th Battalion. Now back to the studio, and back to the issues that matter...