In the following story you will see several of the Army Values come to life as a Company Commander faces the dilemma of putting his Soldiers at risk in order to save the life of an Iraqi child.
One afternoon the Chief and I were returning from a meeting. I was a young Second Lieutenant learning the ropes. As we approached the rear side of the building we saw two Privates in an altercation. They were trading blow for blow and both bleeding from the mouth and nose.
It was winter time in Afghanistan and very cold. I was a company commander with good intelligence reports of small pockets of Taliban resistance occupying the general area. Reports also showed unconfirmed IED-making cells might inhabit the patrolled area.