You are in an infantry unit serving in Iraq. You have been serving there for eleven months and frankly you are burned out and battle hardened. You have lost several good men to the insurgents and a few to accidents. Your unit has a reputation for being fierce in battle and has become very skilled in urban combat.
I was the Team Chief of a Military Transition Team assigned to an Iraqi Army (IA) Infantry Battalion in Iraq. One evening, I noticed two of the officers in the battalion were leaving the Forward Operating Base (FOB) with four other Iraqi Soldiers to travel to their homes.
I am a former battery commander who served in an armored cavalry regiment for five years. During my time in command, I deployed with my battery to Iraq on two separate occasions.