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AT 03:30 WE FINISHED OUR PATROL ON THE OUTLINE OF SIERRA PAPA. WE REPORTED PATROL ALL CLEAR AND WERE CURRENTLY 10-76 TO HOTEL QUEBEC FOR 10-42.
WE HAD MADE IT HALFWAY BACK TO HOME PLATE WHEN RICHARDS SPOTTED SOMETHING TO OUR LEFT. EAST ON MAP COORDINATES. BEYOND THE FENCE LINE AND INTO THE BUSHES WHERE THE GOAT PATH IS LOCATED.
RICHARDS SIGNALED FOR A DROP DOWN AND COVER.
IN THAT AREA THERE ARE FOUR COVER POINTS WHERE ALL UNITS CAN TAKE COVER BEHIND AS WE ENGAGE. OUR SQUAD BROKE INTO DEFENSIVE FORMATION WITH ME AT THE FRONT NEAT THE FENCE LINE WITH RICHARDS AND SOMNER AND ELLIS WERE COVERED BEHIND US AND FURTHER BACK WAS HENSLEY AND CHATRO.

I ASKED RICHARDS WHAT HE SAW AS I PEERED AROUND COVER AND SAW NOTHING BUT THE ROCKY HILLS AND THE BUSHES.

HE SAW AT OUR POSITION THAT AT 10 OCLOCK A POSSIBLE TARGET MANIFESTED OR CAME OUT OF COVER FROM THE BUSHES AND HE MADE THE SIGNAL.

I CHECKED AGAIN AND RADIOED BACK TO HOME ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON. SIERRA THEN FLEW OUT THREE EYES TO COVER US AND TO SCOUT FROM A HIGHER VANTAGE WHAT WE WERE DEALING WITH.
A FEW MOMENTS LATER AS WE ALL TOOK TURNS CHECKING ON THE OUTSIDE LINE THAT NOTHING WAS THERE.

SIERRA BLARED OVER THE COMS THAT THEY HAD NO VISUAL OF ANYONE IN THE AREA OUTSIDE OF THE FENCE LINE. WE WERE CLEAR TO RESUME OUR RETURN.

SLOWLY WE GOT UP FROM OUR COVER POINTS AND BEGAN TO GET BACK INTO A PATROL FORMATION WHEN ELLIS CAME UP AND MOTIONED OUTSIDE THE FENCE LINE.

HE INFORMED ME AND RICHARDS THAT SOMNER AND HIM BOTH SAW WHAT APPEARED TO BE A YOUNG BOY AT THE FENCE LINE JUST BY THE BUSHES. WE ALL LOOKED AND SAW A YOUNG BOY BY THE BUSHES OUTSIDE THE FENCE LINE. RICHARDS CALLED FOR ORDER AND CALLED ELLIS BACK OVER TO US.

ELLIS HAD BROKEN AWAY AND WAS WALKING TOWARDS THE BOY. SOMNER HAD GRABBED HIM AND PULLED HIM BACK TO THE REST OF US. WHEN WE GOT BACK TO HOME PLATE WE REPORTED IN AND ALL TOOK A MOMENT IN THE MESS ROOM AS WE RELAXED AND GOT READY FOR BED.

RICHARDS AND I SPOKE WITH ELLIS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.

HE REPORTED THAT THE BOY LOOKED FAMILIAR. HE LOOKED LIKE THE KID FROM THE SMALL VILLAGE WE HAD PATROLLED A WEEK BEFORE. ELLIS WAS ADAMANT THAT THE KID WAS THERE AND SEEMED TROUBLED BECAUSE OF IT.

DURING THE EVENTS OF LAST WEEK AS WE WERE JOINING FORCES WITH A GROUND CREW AS WELL AS ARMOR. THE VILLAGE DID HOUSE HOSTILES WHICH WE DID ENGAGE. ELLIS AND SOMNER HAD BEEN TRAPPED IN A SMALL MUD HOUSE AS WE BEGAN OUR DOOR TO DOOR EXTRACTION OF HOSTILES.

SOMNER WAS UPSTAIRS IN THE HOUSE AS ELLIS WAS DOWNSTAIRS. BOTH WERE ENGAGING IN CROSS FIRE BETWEEN US AND THE HOSTILES AT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE VILLAGE. IN THE HOUR LONG ENGAGEMENT, WE HAD ZERO CASUALTIES WHILE ALL HOSTILE FORCES WERE EITHER DEAD OR DYING FROM GUNFIRE AND HEAVY SHELLING.

ELLIS DID NOT PUT IN THE REPORT DURING THAT ENGAGEMENT THAT HE HAD SEEN THE BOY. SOMNER NOTED THAT UPON ENTRY TO THE HOUSE BEFORE THE FIREFIGHT STARTED, THAT THEY HAD SEEN BODIES ALREADY ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE HOUSE.

IT WASNT UNTIL WE WERE AT HOME PLATE WHEN SOMNER AND ELLIS MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A BOY IN THE HOUSE. HE WAS BLEEDING OUT FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE CHEST FROM ELLIS AS HE HAD DRAWN A GUN ON THE TWO WHEN THEY CAME IN. ELLIS HAD SHOT THE BOY AND STAYED DOWN STAIRS COVERED THE ONLY ENTRY WAY INTO THE HOUSE WHILE SOMNER WENT UPSTAIRS TO GET A BETTER VANTAGE POINT OF THE VILLAGE.

WHEN RICHARDS AND I QUESTIONED ELLIS ABOUT THE BOY, HE MENTIONED THAT THE BOY WAS LIKE HE HAD SAW HIM IN THE HOUSE.

ALTHOUGH RICHARDS WAS THE ONE THAT CALLED FOR A HALT AND COVER. ELLIS WAS THE ONE WHO RECOGNIZED THE BOY.

REQUESTING THAT ELLIS BE TAKEN OFF THE FRONT LINE FOR SOME MUCH NEEDED RNR AND POSSIBLE COUNSELING.