I had the chance to work a bit for Col Nicholson at Jalalabad. What struck me was how much his men respected him...and my few interactions with him indicated it was justified.
The Army started an investigation, but the Marines weren’t happy with it. I’ll be very interested in what this investigation finds. For myself, I don’t see how shooting repeatedly for miles can be justified...if it was, then it was the only miles-wide ambush ever staged on this road.
Thanks for your observation, confirms my impression.
The one thing that I don’t have much use for is the Army vs. Marine Corps crap. That’s a holdover from WWII and caused us to do some incredibly stupid things in Korea and Vietnam. Army units served under Marine Corps command in the first Gulf War and both Army and Marine Corps units have served successfully in formations of the other service throughout this fight. For those who want to perpetuate the rivalry nonsense, I say: get a life.