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Sergeant Major Valliant was happy to finally receive a tasking; he got Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 501st PIR to give up a platoon to escort himself and General Cook out to the transportation museum. They loaded up several of the armored Humvees that had M-249 MG mounted in their turret. The others were loaded in old M-35 2.5 tom trucks, each one of them had M-2 .50 Caliber MG mounted in their turrets. Although the 82nd and 18th Airborne had been all over Fayetteville it didn’t mean that the city was secure by any means. What they found were large roving militias or gangs scouring the countryside robing, murdering and raping. They would move from town-to-town and the only ones to stop them were some local law enforcement which there …show more content…

Just don’t ask me.” PFC Miller being a PFC continued on anyway,” What’s the difference between a gang and militia?” Sergeant Major Valliant signed, thought for a moment, “Generally a gang is just that a gang, a large unruly mob that has a loosely defined chain-of-command and with no real direction. A militia calls itself a militia or army. It has a clearly defined chain-of-command, some sort of rank structure and looks somewhat military.” PFC Miller nodded at that and seemed satisfied with the answer at least he didn’t ask any more questions. When they reached the five mile marker there was a large sign reading “Leaving home of the 82nd Airborne! Entering Indian Country, enter at your own risk.” Sergeant Major Valliant radioed for the convoy to pull over to the side of the road. He got out and met with the General and the Platoon Leader, it was decided it was time to lock-and-load all weapons. Word was also passed that the area they were entering was not secured and they could expect anything. The troops were told of some potential militia movements in the area and to be on alert. If they are fired on they are allowed to return fire and please please keep civilian casualties down to a minimum. It was a sign of the times that there were going to be civilian casualties and to varying degrees it was acceptable. There were no precision guided weapons anymore. The bad guys had been using civilian areas to fight from and used civilians as

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