the somalians are starting to figure out the Americans weakness. they have found that the Americans never leave a man behinde and that if the can shoot down a black hawk then all the soldiers will go to it and be like sitting ducks. they also know that if they can bring down a chopper then the Americans will be scared and think that it is hopeless. the somalians fight like they dont care if they live or die and the Americans fight to survive. the somalians are willing to die in large numbers just to kill one American. The Americans are a strong force because they work together like when one gets shot in both legs and the driver of the humvee is temporarily blinded they help each other get throught the streets. one is the eyes and one is the legs.

the soldiers have began to see battle and they realize that its not as glorious as they had hoped. the d-boys have been trained to think on there own and that the mission is what is the most important thing and the rangers are trained to work as a team and that surviving is the most important thing. the rangers look up to the d-boys much like a little boy would look up to his brother of father. the first casualty is a d-boy. when the d-boy died the rangers basically decided that they were screwed they lost all hope they thought that if a seasoned veteran who had seen combat before was the first to die then they had no chance of survival.