I was embedded with a TOW Missile Platoon reorganized in the distributed ops fashion and they were very effective in Karmah and Amariyah.

Their training cycle prepared them for the battle of Stalingrad...which was good, because when it came time to engage, they were ready, but they could have used more preparation for the intelligence gathering aspect.

Cross training Platoon commanders and Staff NCOs with Law Enforcement, particularly anti-gang, or warrants divisions would be very useful.

When I have filmed pieces on murder cases and investigations, the police made use of phone books, voting records, reverse directories, vehicle registration, credit reports...anything they could access to find people.

Few of those exist in Iraq and I would like to see them developed, at least as much as practical.