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Pantano's fellow junior combat officers have a very different view. To them, the case against him is at odds with the reality of waging a counterinsurgency in which every Iraqi civilian is a potential threat and attacks are almost impossible to anticipate. Several Marine officers who served with Pantano in Iraq and spoke to TIME on condition of anonymity criticized the Marines for pursuing the case. Pantano, they say, was caught in a combat situation in which he had just two choices: hold fire and risk his life and those of his men, or shoot to kill. He made...
...known for socialites than for soldiers. Pantano signed up in advance for the Marine Corps. He wanted to make sure he was accepted for the infantry, not assigned some desk job because of his education. "My memory of Ilario is that in a sea of preppy clothing, he wore combat boots and camouflage," says classmate Josh Bernstein. "But he was so real that he got along with everybody...
...hard. His men grumbled--enlisted men call officers like Pantano "motarded"--motivated to the point of retardation. But he believed that the more they trained, the fitter they were, the more chance they had of surviving a real war. The effort paid off. In more than 40 combat operations, the platoon suffered one casualty--a shrapnel nick from incoming mortar...
While the IOP works internally to combat this stereotype and address the broader structural problems it faces, the rest of us should consider to what extent we prevent ourselves from experiences, whether at the IOP or with any other community on campus, because we’re unable to step past our own faulty assumptions. What we might find is that, in addition to other pressures and trends, our stereotypes reinforce themselves and prevent us from enjoying many of the most important resources Harvard has to offer. They likely contribute to their very problem we’re critical...
...Harvard women’s hockey team knew that it would be in for a battle Saturday night. And it came ready for combat...