The Fearless General Petraeus
Here is an interesting snippet on the upcoming commander of Cent Com, General David Petraeus, from the book “America’s Victories” by Larry Schweikart:
“During Operation Iraqi Freedom (where the highest-ranking soldier killed as of 2005 was a colonel), Lieutenant General William Wallace, Major General David Petraeus, and Brigadier General Benjamin Freakely were standing near a Humvee and using it as a desk when mortar rounds dropped a few hundred meters away and started “walking” toward them. They calmly continued their meeting until the rounds were only thirty meters distant, then backed up a few feet to continue. Small arms and mortar fire erupted and the generals moved in the direction of the fire so rapidly that the military police protecting them had to run to keep up. Before the generals could engage the enemy, a helicopter spotted the mortar tube and artillery took it out, but the troops were impressed by the instinctive reaction of their corps leaders to move to the sound of the guns.”
“During Operation Iraqi Freedom (where the highest-ranking soldier killed as of 2005 was a colonel), Lieutenant General William Wallace, Major General David Petraeus, and Brigadier General Benjamin Freakely were standing near a Humvee and using it as a desk when mortar rounds dropped a few hundred meters away and started “walking” toward them. They calmly continued their meeting until the rounds were only thirty meters distant, then backed up a few feet to continue. Small arms and mortar fire erupted and the generals moved in the direction of the fire so rapidly that the military police protecting them had to run to keep up. Before the generals could engage the enemy, a helicopter spotted the mortar tube and artillery took it out, but the troops were impressed by the instinctive reaction of their corps leaders to move to the sound of the guns.”
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