Cell (Fires, Apache CAS) showed Available: 02:00 - 03:45 . Cell E22 (Movement, 2nd Platoon) showed At Objective: 03:50 - 04:20 .

The mission succeeded. The HVT was captured. 2nd Platoon had Apache cover the entire time. No casualties.

SFC Delgado snorted. "Ma'am, with respect, a spreadsheet won't stop an RPG. We use the overlay and the frag order. That's the matrix."

"Ma'am," he said, "I apologize. I called it a 'nerd toy.' But that spreadsheet… it was the most honest map in the room."

"Delgado," the commander said quietly, "call the ALO. Now."

"Do it," Brewer ordered.

After the debrief, SFC Delgado walked over to Captain Vance’s corner of the TOC. He looked at the Excel file—the Army Synchronization Matrix Template—now filled with rows of green cells and after-action notes.

Because synchronization isn't about speed. It's about making sure no one crosses the line of departure alone, unarmed, or forgotten. And sometimes, that takes a spreadsheet.