The lead turret gunner in a vehicle is the most exposed guy because he's up out of the vehicle on his machine, on his 50 caliber machine gun. The primary threat in Ramadi is roadside bombs. And so when you hit a roadside bomb with a convoy, it's a person in the lead vehicle that's in the turret that's going to most likely be killed or be gravely wounded.

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