For general interest, here’s a good post from a Marine officer in Iraq, currently in the last couple months of his tour there. It describes no major actions, no significant events, and that’s why it’s a good read: it’s a window on the day-in/day-out existence of one unit in Iraq.
I happen to know Major Chris very well; he and I were lieutenants (and captains) together in that same unit many years ago.
that’s why there is the rule: no serious discussions/decisions while he is deployed in the sandbox, not through e-mails and definitely not through a rare phone calls…