They went out in front of us with Robert who was battalion commander at their head.

So I sent the action plan to the battalion commander.

Maybe he wasn't cut out to be a battalion commander.

He was standing less than 20 feet from the battalion commander.

They had, their battalion commander told them, no authority at that time to do so.

"The only thing you can do is talk him out of it, Red," the battalion commander said.

The battalion commander did not want to leave a gap in the center.

"Our battalion commander was never supposed to put out that we had leave," he said.

Unfortunately there was no battalion commander and very little in the way of staff.

During the second tour, he served as a battalion commander.