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       <B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica,Monaco"><FONT SIZE="6">Second Gulf War 
       (Mission 2): Defense of 'Afak</FONT></FONT></B></TD>
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   <FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica,Monaco"><FONT COLOR="OLIVE"><B>You are 
   the commander of the Tea</B></FONT></FONT><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica,Monaco"><FONT COLOR="OLIVE">m
    </FONT></FONT></B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica,Monaco"><FONT COLOR="OLIVE"><B>B
    / 2-8 CAV, 1 BCT, 1st Cavalry Division</B></FONT></FONT><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica,Monaco"><FONT COLOR="OLIVE">.
    After the surprisingly tough battle west of Basrah, your company has 
   been detached to 1st Cavalry Division Support Command</FONT></FONT></B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica,Monaco"><FONT COLOR="OLIVE"><B>.
    </B></FONT></FONT><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica,Monaco"><FONT COLOR="OLIVE">As
    the division drives north towards Baghdad, your company is assigned 
   the not-so-glamorous duty of guarding the Division Support Area 
   (DSA). Your company has settled in for a quiet, uneventful afternoon 
   when... The following is a transcript of an FM order from DISCOM headquarters.</FONT></FONT></B></P>
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   VOCO (Verbal Order of Commanding Officer) FRAGO 03-01-10<BR>
   DISCOM (WAGONMASTER)</P>
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   Bulldog 6, this is Wagon Master 6:</P>
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   &nbsp;Remnants of the 12th and 16th Republican Guard Division have 
   consolidated to form a reinforced mechanized infantry battalion in 
   our rear area. With only a single divisional echelon, nothing stands 
   between the division and corps rear area and this new threat.</P>
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   We face a composite RGB (Republican Guard Battalion), which we 
   believe has been reflagged as the recently decimated 32nd RGB / 9th 
   RGR (Republican Guard Regiment). This RGB is at approximately 95 % 
   strength with approximately a 9 / 27 / 10 (nine T-72S's, a mix of 
   twenty-seven BTR-60PB's and BMP-2's, and ten BRDM-2's with AT-5's). 
   We expect the RGB's to also transport a dismounted infantry company 
   armed with RPG-7's and AT-5's, numbering about 100 soldiers. The RGB 
   is accompanied by 2 BN's of 2S3 at 18 tubes each. The enemy is 
   expected to have no SOKOL or fixed-wing capability.<BR>
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   We expect them to head straight for your location at the DSA. Their 
   objective is to capture the fuel tanks at 'Afak and destroy our ASP 
   (ammunition supply point). If they succeed, the entire III Corps 
   attack will have to be halted while 1st CAV is resupplied.</P>
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   Destroy the 32nd RGB and prevent them from entering the DSA and 'Afak.</P>
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   We can't provide any sorties or fire support assets. III Corps 
   artillery is too far forward and all aircraft are dedicated to deep 
   strikes beyond the FSCL. DMAIN (Division Main Tactical Operations 
   Center) has promised a company of attack helicopters (AH-64's), but 
   they are about 40 km away and are in the middle of re-arming. It 
   could be as much as an hour or two before they arrive to help.</P>
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   You are authorized to pass the division rear boundary. We have 
   cleared this movement with Corps MAIN. However, do not cross our left 
   and right boundary into 1st or 4th ID sector.</P>
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   Good luck, Bulldog. Our lives depend on you!</P>
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   Wagon Master 6, out.
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