The morning of 26 February, Node Center 63 broke systems and moved the additional five miles to its planned location. Node Centers 60 and 14 were enroute to 63 to pick up team packets for their next mission. Second Brigade passed 3rd Brigade forward, and then 3rd and 1st Brigades continued the attack east. At 1230, the A Company commander picked up the team packets for Node Center 60, and continued to the 63 location. Two hours later, 14 arrived at 62, picked up team packets, and also continued to 63.
At 1630 hours, 60 arrived at a location 25 kilometers forward of 63 and began establishing links. Fourteen departed Node Center 62 following the Battalion S-3 to a planned location forward of 60. At 1830, Burse took remote RAU 14 to a location 10 miles forward of Node Center 60 to provide RAU coverage for 3rd and 1st Brigades, which were involved in a heavy fight against elements of five Republican Guard Divisions. Once again, the brigade, DTAC, and DIVARTY SENs established links to the forward 2 nodes. At this point. BG Blackwell, the ADC-M, made the decision to break the gateway and move Node Center 15 forward. Node Center 61 was also instructed to break and by 1900 hours, 15 and 61 were enroute to 60. Node Center 14 arrived at remote RAU 14's location about 1900 hours, and was held there until the area in its planned jump location was cleared of enemy.
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