They didn't have the resources to do the job properly. The other platoon did.
This platoon was short of man power. I see it as a management problem being corrected at the soldier level. Unfortunately the soldiers are being made as scape goats because management won't take the rightful blame.
A platoon of 17 soldiers refused to go on a fuel supply mission Wednesday because their vehicles were in poor shape and they did not have a capable armed escort.
The mission was carried out by other soldiers from the 343rd, which has at least 120 soldiers, the military said.