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...quickly that they had no time to pacify hostile pockets en route, and now there are armed Iraqis roaming this road, which is still the main logistics route for frontline US troops. That is why the prisoners from the 507 Maintenance unit were taken yesterday; they are rear echelon troops, but were ambushed by Iraqi forces who had not been dispersed by the first advance...
...rear-echelon camp of the U.S. 101st Airborne Division in Kuwait was rocked by a grenade attack early Sunday morning, local time. TIME's Jim Lacey was 20 yards away from the tent when the attack occurred; he reports 10 people were injured, six of them critically after two grenades were thrown into a tent. Lacey says the grenades targeted the tent of one of the commanders of the 101st...
ROWLEY: That's the chairman of the board. I am way down the order. All you can do from the lower echelon...
...coach had a really hard time disciplining me, because it was just too funny,” she says. According to Allard, this response is characteristic of Whitton’s personality. “We’re talking about someone who is in the upper echelon of talent, but to not know how to run the bases is typical of Tiffany. Her response is not to get mad at herself, but to laugh at herself,” Allard says. “It was so ridiculous that everyone learned a lesson...
...first time in a couple of years, both teams are in the upper echelon of the Ivy League and looking to finish first or second in the league...