McCord told the World Socialist News Web site the implementation of an order for “360 rotational fire nal fire” in 2007 by a battalion commander was a new “SOP” (standard operating procedure). McCord said in an April 2010 interview: “We had a pretty gung-ho commander, who decided that because we were getting hit by IEDs a lot, there would be a new battalion SOP. He goes, ‘If someone in your line gets [...]