Posted by
JP on Friday, December 21, 2007 12:47:20 AM
by Ralph
Peters [author,
novelist] 12/20/07
If
you want the wide-angle-lens view of a conflict, ask the generals. But
if you want up-close-and-personal snapshots of war, talk to the
street-level NCOs.
Three senior sergeants serving with the 1st Infantry Division's Dragon
(4th) Brigade took time away from leading their troops in Baghdad's
former badlands to share with their views of where we are in the war -
and where we're headed.
First Sgt. Todd Hood is "Top" in the Delta Destroyers of the 2nd
Battalion, 12th Infantry; 1st Sgt. Travis Wewers has the Bravo
Barracudas of the 4th Brigade's Special Troops Battalion, and Master
Sgt. Michael Clauss is the brigade's senior intelligence sergeant -
soon to take over the Barracudas from Wewers.
Between them, these veteran soldiers have seen it all. [more]