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, ','':- ,war at the Briga_de, PO'{\' _Com~und. The 549th's 1st and 2d platoons Jbuiit' the compound consisting of three holding areas in a day. (U.S. ARMY PHOTO bySpST.R.WellerJr,PAO) "

con'tac'ts 'With the OP'E:ORthroughout the day. They seizedtheir objective with minimumcasual ttes. and prepared for acounter attack. No counter-attackcame from the opposing forces.Charlie then resuppl ied and hadevening chow which was the onfv" '; " ' t chow for the dav, Char lie then

moved back into a defensiveposition, to wait for informationon .the opposing forces and to, mount a night attack. Moving outon the night attack, Charlieencountered 'the opposing for c ewithin' '2 ,000 meters .. .>

Ch~rlie grouped with 3platoonsto overcome the enemy's position.

Capturin.g various weapons,personnel. and equipment, Charliethen secured the objective for' the.counter-attack. which never Came.'

A Co, 4th Bn (M), 20th Inf,from Fort Clayton providedstrength, mobility, and f ire powerto various elemenis a! 410,mounti.~ghigh.speed attacks, an'9 ~~hasty withdrawals, over all enabling' . '.these -e lernents the capacitv to_move, shoot and communicate.

Mad Dog Alpha had the honors'of being' the opposition force forthe 'ARTEP with elements of 4,20.Throughout the ARTEP Alphawould hit, move, and hit again to'give the real is;,. of being the enemy.They gave outstanding support tobenefit.all elements of 4IOand ga~et 86m, the feel of 'a conventionalwarfare environment. . .', .Day 3 put all companies on _patrol s. '[1 I Fs, offensive a.n.d-defensive status with theo p p o siti on forces.and the ircounterpart the 4-20 rnount inq ahigh speedattack on the main bodyand supporting elements of 4:10... 'Day 4 was a live fire operationwith Band C Company 4-10and ACompany 4-20 incompany assault.Then ..the 'battalion went into adefensive position and conducted anight-live fire exercise. .

Day 5 brought onredeployment. Flexibility andmobility are one of the keys to asuccessful unit. The 4th Battalion,10th Infantry metthe challenge andaccomplished its inission with theskill and' professionalism thatmakes it "Above the Rest."

ALWAYS LOOKING FORWARD-5p4 Pedro Ortiz, Scout Pit, csc.4-IOth Inf scans the terrain ahead of "Bravo" Company, 4-IOth as thecompany prepared to move forward on DDay (U.S. ARMY PHOTO bySp4Johnny Beatty, PAO). '

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L E A , G u a r d i a N a t i o n a l w o r k w e I I " , t o g e th e r J. . ,

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by Colin Hale"They're really working -well

, toget h'er," is .how Capt. JoeGalloway, ofthe Law Enforcement',Agency (LEA). 'desc~itied the 39 .Panama National Gu~rd's'men'operating with the 534th MpCompany at Rio Hato. '

T he National Guardsmen. all,from the company bas ed atChor rera, conduct joint. patrolswith the MPs, mount joint guard., wi th .the M Ps a t the TacticalOperations Center (TOC) and'jointly guard the two roadentrances to Rio Hate. .

They also live in the same typeof ten ts, eat at the samemesshall atthe 60lst Medical Cornpanv'and, inoff-duty hours, play football andother tea-msports together.

Galloway pointed out tha t mostof tbe 534th MP Company did notspea k Spa n ish and few of theNati onat Guardsmen knew anyEnglish:with the exception of theGuardsmen's commander, Sub Lt.Tomas R. G~rcia:

As a' result, much of thecommunicating between the twogroups was by signs and sketches,'but "my people are -picking LIP a ,li tt le Spanish and it's getting easierall the time," said Galloway.

The LEA base at Rio Hato is theclosest to the ln.te r-Arnerican

SYMBOLIZING the joint effort, an MP jeep and aPanama National Guard pat rol vehicle share the scant~~

shade of a tree at Rio Hato. (U.S. ARMY PHOTO byCoIu,.Hale, PAO)

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