Photograph by William E. Thompson

The colonel's soldiers come first

Lt. Col. Scott Rutter rules like a football coach in some conditions and like a parent in others, and he insists on heading into battle with the company that's in front.
04/10/2003

BY MICHAEL CORKERY
Journal Staff Writer


BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A few miles north, the Iraqis were throwing flowers at the American tanks. In the east, the Marines advanced on the city without firing a shot.

But here, in the neighborhoods along Highway 8 in southern Baghdad, Lt. Col. Scott Rutter was pushing his soldiers yesterday to look for trouble before trouble found them.
Read Rutter's full story at the Providence Journal