Memorandum of Counseling for the Lieutenant Colonel who commanded the soldiers who participated in the actions that led to the death by drowning of Mr. Fadhil in the Tigris River on January 3, 2004, and the cover-up that took place after his death. This Memo of Counseling concerns the LTC's leadership failure for telling his "Company Commander, to lie and have his soldiers lie about what actually happened. As a result, several soldiers and officers provided false sworn statements to CD seriously impeding the investigation into the death of a civilian." General Odierno required the LTC to confess his failure to his subordinate commanders and to report back to him thereafter.