Restrictive rules of engagement have left Marines and soldiers reluctant to engage the enemy, sapping battlefield morale, West writes.
We should move rapidly to engage the enemy, and destroy him and his bases.
By early autumn he had assembled a fleet of 10 small vessels and was ready to engage the enemy.
To engage the enemy as quickly as possible, he is relying solely on authority already granted to him by Congress.
"The whole idea of the infantry mindset is to get into firefights and engage the enemy," he said.
The small River Defense Fleet rushed to engage the enemy, but visibility was so poor the ships sometimes accidentally collided.
At dinner, Toby recounted a signal flown at Trafalgar by Nelson's flagship HMS Victory: "Engage the enemy more closely".
Colonel Tittle, the Florida National Guard spokesman, said of the unit, "Their job was to engage the enemy".
A push by the American 173rd Airborne Brigade in October , 1965 failed to engage the enemy significantly.
Then they would blow their trumpets, as in the days of Joshua, and engage the enemy with renewed vigour.
"And they've given our men and women the ability to engage the enemy and change the course of battle even from afar".
