User blog comment:Griever0311/Ask A Marine/@comment-1260687-20100315224750

@Imrlybord7: Oh, I'm sorry, I misunderstood your question We took 16 KIA and about the same number wounded during my first 7-month tour. The worst part about it was that the Marines that replaced us turned the city over to an Army battalion, and they lost a number of key positions and outposts that we'd held and fortified, which left me wondering exactly what good there, if they couldn't be assed to hold the ground we took.