MAJOR GENERAL ANTONIO M. TAGUBA, US Army, CF

12345678910111213141516171819appears to me that you were the only one that was taking action to doany kind of correction. Did you do any delegation of anything at allto any of the Battalion Commanders about that?A. Absolutely, sir.Q. How would you assess each of your Battalion Commanders thatwere attached to you? Just give me a couple----A. Snapshot?Q. Yes.A. 115 th , Colonel Chu, he had a horrible facility in Cropperand a great facility in the HVD. He was-- he knew what the ruleswere and he was a team player. A strong commander, had a good chainof command and had a handle on it. Occasionally he would get out ofline, I mean with some kind of comment or something, but he knew therules and they followed them. Colonel Cantwell who was securing theMEK was a great performer, great commander, knew the rules. Had anopinion about what the MEK were, if they were really terrorists or athreat. Had to kind of keep him under control of that sometimes inconversations like, look this is the direction of the SECDEF, sothat’s the direction we’re taking, and he understood. Very strong,20had a great chain of command. Colonel Burdick with the 400 thhad the21initial operation transferred to them by the 18 thMP Brigade. They2223were treated very badly when they were under their C-2 and he tookhis resources, put them in the right place. He understood the rules107