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  2. 2004 Baghdad refusal of orders - Wikipedia

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    The Army continued with the narrative that the Soldiers were concerned about the condition of their vehicles. The 343rd Quartermaster Company, based in Rock Hill, South Carolina , had earlier been forced to turn back from an abortive 3.5 day journey to another army base which had refused their load of contaminated fuel.

  3. Deir ez-Zor offensive (2024) - Wikipedia

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    In the days leading up to and during the 2024 Syrian opposition offensives, several military clashes involving ISIS cells, Syrian rebel forces, Syrian government forces, and US-led international coalition forces involving the United Kingdom, France, Jordan, Turkey, Canada, Australia, and others, occurred in Deir ez-Zor Governorate.

  4. 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion - Wikipedia

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    Bravo Company was based in Ad Diwaniyah, and generally conducted missions separately from the rest of the battalion. On June 13, 2003 Task Force Scorpion was activated and moved to the Northern Babil province with orders to secure Army convoy routes in and out of Forward Operating Base Dogwood.

  5. 2004 Good Friday ambush - Wikipedia

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    Enroute, the convoy ran through a well planned, large-scale ambush that included improvised explosive devices, rocket-propelled grenades and small arms, believed to be from one or more of al-Qaeda in Iraq, the Badr Organization, and the Mahdi Army. Convoy commander Lieutenant Matthew Brown was wounded in the head and blacked out, leaving his ...

  6. List of military tactics - Wikipedia

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    Penetration of the center: This involves exploiting a gap in the enemy line to drive directly to the enemy's command or base.Two ways of accomplishing this are separating enemy forces then using a reserve to exploit the gap (e.g., Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC)) or having fast, elite forces smash at a weak spot (or an area where your elites are at their best in striking power) and using reserves ...

  7. REDCON - Wikipedia

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    In the U.S. military, the term REDCON is short for Readiness Condition and is used to refer to a unit's readiness to respond to and engage in combat operations. [1] There are five REDCON levels, as described below in this excerpt from Army Field Manual 71–1.

  8. Armoured reconnaissance - Wikipedia

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    In the Australian Army the main reconnaissance vehicle is the ASLAV armoured scout car, which is the Australian version of the LAV 25.The Army Reserve regiments use the Light Cavalry Patrol Vehicle, aka the Regional Force Surveillance Vehicle, which is a variant of the Land Rover Perentie.

  9. List of the United States military installations in Iraq

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    Another 135,000 private military contractors were also working in Iraq. [1] [2] Due to International military intervention against ISIL, personnel have returned to old bases and new bases created. Control of many U.S.-operated bases was transferred to the Iraqi government during the 2020–2021 U.S. troop withdrawal.