command of First Lieutenant Tran Ngoc Hue to send 3 platoons south of the river to act as security for the provincial headquarters, the power station, and the prison. Two other platoons were split up and dispatched to guard the gates entering the Citadel. The deployment left Lieutenant Hue with one platoon and his headquarters section (about 50 men) to guard the division command post. Truong also sent Lieutenant Nguyen Thi Tan’s 36-man Reconnaissance Company on a river and area surveillance…
hour requirements because the company, battalion, and brigade leadership do not understand, and refuse to listen to the SMEs regarding its usage. Now, take a Raven to an infantry commander and tell him that he is now responsible for an ATP for a platoon of Soldiers whose primary job is no longer that of an 11B, and he just lost his mind” (Krabbe,…