#5 Couso added that "reading the US Army Operations Manual has given us new elements, like for example the understanding that (the tank crew) could not have fired on their own without authorization from their superiors.
"They had to request that authorization," he added.
Now, I have never been in the military, but I believe I am correct in calling BULLS**T on the above quote. Maybe to drop a bomb on a building from the B-52 and such you've got to run it up the chain of command. However comma I'm pretty sure the field troops are given their ROE BEFORE going into the field and are trusted to understand and operate within those parameters without having to ask permission every time they pull the trigger.
At most, I wouldn't see a request like that going beyond the tank platoon commander for approval. Maybe we have some wonderful tread heads in the audience today that can confirm or correct my assumption? |