The Correct Degree of Aggression

[Grimmy]

Jules Crittenden's blog

All this talk about cranking up the heat in Iraq has me thinking. How many people really understand the mental attitude that is necessary to go into battle, if you hope to prevail?

I'm thinking about my friend, Maj. Philip Wolford. He was a captain commanding a tank company when I knew him in Iraq. His tanks, Assassin Company, usually led the battalion's assaults. Wolford became the butt of ribbing by other officers, because from the commander's hatch of his M1A1 Abrams tank, he was using his 9mm pistol and hand grenades against the enemy as often as he used his 120 mm main gun and his .50 cal. That's because Wolford got in close.

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I visit this blog regularly. Jules is one of the good guys in journalism that understands his real role in wartime.

In an effort of full disclosure, I saw this at Blackfive's blog since I stopped by there before visiting Jules site.