CHAPTER ELEVENAt three in the morning, the Division helipad bustled with activity. Battalion Supply needed to have all the equipment and supplies ready for transport prior to the infantry’s 0800 departure. Their only lift truck was broken, however, so moving the supplies by hand was the only option. Large nets blanketed the pad and trucks full of supplies sat idly to the side, lighting the area with their headlamps. Pandemonium reigned as rear echelon personnel moved around in mass confusion, carrying crates on their shoulders. Nobody seemed to know where they belonged. Supply sergeants and officers ran around with clipboards, trying desperately to organize the chaos and meet their schedule.
At the deadline, only small portions of the total supplies were ready. The grunts, anxious to leav
