G-2 Rep: For the MEF, the Enemy’s most dangerous course of action is a protracted and deliberate defense to inflict maximum casualties to erode US domestic support and resolve. This enemy COA would include the 2nd echelon occupying the prepared defensive positions in the vicinity of the Mezzouna Oil Fields. When the 2nd echelon becomes decisively engaged, they would withdraw to a second defensive belt in the vicinity of Medinine, south of the 1st echelon’s defense of the Gabes gap, where US forces would be canalized, causing mass casualties.