COT-- Change of Tactics-Army will now Kick A's and Take Names

Blowing pass the kill zone of a iraq thug ambush is no longer an option for Army convoys. From now on SOP will include a mandatory turn and burn response w/max sledge hammer on thugateers interested in finding the nearest air locker exit.

The change is part of Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker’s underlying philosophy of a more rigorous response to attacks,according to Harvey Perritt, spokesman for the Army’s Training and Doctrine Command at Fort Monroe, Va.

“In the first two years of Iraq, convoys (under attack) just fired and kept rolling,” said Maj. Roger Gaines, the battalion’s operations officer said Thursday. “That gave bad guys the perception that Americans run away. Now, convoys will stop and engage the enemy.

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