[Repeat Offender]

It was. Every NCO and above (all E-4 and up in the MC) was given "ByDir" authority to call arty, air strikes, tanks, etc. They shoot, drop weapons, and run into a mosque?

Thank goodness for artillery. JDAMS are also nice this time of year.

One of the adjacent infantry units used D9 bulldozers to "clear" houses - literally.

[Future Snake Eater]

They shoot, drop weapons, and run into a mosque?

IIRC, ya'll were allowed to attack mosques in Fallujah, right? I remember a USMC field grade (or general?) telling the press that every single mosque the Marines entered was held sizable weapons caches.

One of the adjacent infantry units used D9 bulldozers to "clear" houses - literally.

Now that's awesome. I used one of my Strykers to plow through a school's gate when we started taking sniper fire from the school's second floor. Definitely a wonderful method of entry/clearing. I can only imagine what that looks like with houses and D9s!

[RichInOC]

Ty Pennington’s in the reserves? Who knew?