Unit First to Balk in 175,000 Iraq Convoy Missions ; Pentagon Says Disobedience by Troops Not 'Systemic Problem'

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The Army has operated more than 175,000 resupply convoys in Iraq since March 2003 without other incidents of disobedience such as the one during the weekend in which 18 soldiers refused to deliver fuel to an air base north of Baghdad.

Army officials say the actions of a relatively few soldiers in the 343rd Quartermaster Company, an Army Reserve unit, were not representative of morale in other Army units in Iraq. One focus of the investigation is whether the soldiers' chain of command stayed aware of equipment or morale problems.

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Unit First to Balk in 175,000 Iraq Convoy Missions ; Pentagon Says Disobedience by Troops Not 'Systemic Problem'

"To our knowledge, there have been no reported incidents of soldiers potentially disobeying orders in combat areas of operations during Operation Iraqi Freedom an...

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