My son's rifle company from 1/82 was providing external security at Abu Gharaib at the time and they had surfaced the problem before the storm broke. Fell on deaf ears at echelons above the 82d.

You'd probably agree with his comments on the MPs there. His troops continually jacked up the MPs for mistreating the detainees the 82d brought in, the rationale being that if the troops were out and about chasing these guys down at some minor risk and did not mistreat them then a bunch of MPs in a semi secure location durn sure shouldn't mistreat them.

IMO Sanchez should never have been in command there. Any one star who comes into Bosnia to take command and puts out an edict that no patrol will leave the wire without a field grade officer accompanying...