WaPo: “The incident underscores how Middle East deployments, long defined by the potential for danger, have grown even more perilous and unpredictable for those stationed far from a typical battlefield. Evolving tactics by U.S. adversaries, aided increasingly by inexpensive technology, have given rise to a wicked, widening array of threats that are hard to predict and counter….
Moffett, Rivers and Sanders were members of the same Army Reserve unit from Fort Moore, a massive installation in western Georgia that abuts the Chattahoochee River. Their deployment to Jordan was the kind of assignment that, despite its low profile, is essential for the U.S. military to function in a combat zone.”