Pfc Coleman Essay

unleashed on the convoy from several of the buildings and homes that lined the road. The men in the turrets returned fire unfortunately PFC Coleman who was manning the turret in the third Humvee was hit by the gunfire and killed, once he was hit his body dropped down into the Humvee which startled the driver and assistant driver causing them to swerve. The assistant driver moved PFC Coleman out-of-the-way after checking to see if he was still alive, he found him dead with a round to the head. The assistant driver Specialist Begen manned the turret and started to return fire as the driver now recovered and was accelerating to catch back up with the convoy.
The convoy had pushed through the ambush area without further incident, Sergeant Torres was able to contact the Regimental net and give them time and coordinates of the attack. There was a quick reaction force that was immediately dispatched to take care of the problem. It was a mile from post and there were a lot of civilians around post which they were responsible for protecting. An ambush a mile away against a heavily armed convoy spelled nothing but trouble if they didn’t take care of it now. As they got closer to post there …show more content…
They were in fact hunter – killer teams designed to hunt down the bad guys and eliminate them. The thought was that if they were going to fire on the military they wouldn’t have any problems hurting civilians. Prior to the event this would have been a police matter, they would have done their best to capture them and bring them before a court where they had rights. The military wasn’t a police force; there were security forces that worked alongside the military but fell under many of the current rules of engagement. If anyone fired deliberately on the military or the security forces they would be dealt with very harshly, in other words odds are