Posted on 02/24/2007 2:27:52 PM PST by Bigun
Hi everyone.
I'm still alive but freezing my tail off. We got 8 inches of snow last week and it reached 5 degrees below zero that night. That's not why I'm e-mailing though. You may have heard about a suicide car bomb attack in Kabul last Thursday. It was at one of our FOB's (Forward Observation Bases) about 27 miles from here. But the real story is why no one was killed. We employ several thousand Afghans on our various bases. Not to mention the economy that is fed by the money these locals are making. Some are laborers and builders, but some are skilled workers. We even have one Afghan that just became OSHA qualified, the first ever. Some are skilled HVAC workers. Anyway, there is this one Afghan that we call Rambo. We have actually given him a couple of sets of the new ACU uniforms (the new Army digital camouflage) with the name tag RAMBO on it. His entire family was killed by the Taliban and his home was where our base currently resides. So this guy really had nowhere else to go. He has reached such a level of trust with US Forces that his job is to stand at the front gate and basically be the first security screening. Since he can't have a weapon, he found a big red pipe. So he stands there at the front gate in his US Army ACU uniform with his red pipe. If a vehicle approaches the gate too fast or fails to stop he slams his pipe down on their hood. Then once the gate is lifted the vehicle moves on the 2nd gate where the US Army MP's are. So he's like the first line of defense.
Last Thursday at 0930 hrs a Toyota Corolla packed with explosives and some Jack Ass that thinks he has 72 Virgins waiting for him approached the gate. When he saw Rambo he must have recognized him and known the gig was up. But he needed to get to that 2nd gate to detonate and take American lives. So he slams his foot on the gas which almost causes the metal gate to go up but mostly catches on the now broken windshield. Rambo fearlessly ran to the vehicle, reached thru the window and jerked the suicide bomber out of the vehicle before he could detonate and commenced to putting some red pipe to his heathen ass. He detained the guy until the MP got there. The vehicle only exploded when they tried to push it off base with a robot but no one was hurt. I'm still waiting for someone to give this guy a medal or something. Nothing less than instant US citizenship or something. A hat was passed around and a lot of money was given to him in thanks by both soldiers and civilians that are working over here. I guess I just wanted to share this because I want people to know that it's working over here. They have tasted freedom. This makes it worth it to me.
Name redacted for security reasons, CPT, US Army
Why we will win.
That is not only interesting...but a wonderful story.
Thank you so much for posting it!!
I love FR...it is the only place that we can get the "good news" from...unless it is a private blogger.
Please tell your friend thanks for his service..and thanks for letting us know about Rambo.
Also...ask him if he could keep us informed about Rambo..okay??
Exactly!
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I have already but will do so again.
Also...ask him if he could keep us informed about Rambo..okay??
WAY ahead of you there! I have already asked that he keep me advised as to what happens with Rambo.
Great story! So glad you posted it!
Big Bump!
Some people think we will not win. I don't agree.
OUTSTANDING!!
Please thank your friend and tell him he and Rambo are appreciated here at FR.
Thanks for the ping, sleuth.
I stand corrected...there are other places with good stories....thank you, SandRat.
Great story. This is why and how we will win: when the Afghanis and Iraqis take over the responsible for their own future - willingly and courageously - and it's not that far off. Arming himself with courage, determination, and a pipe seems to work well for Rambo.
My appologies for the mistake on my part.
The troops who call this place home think he's great. We frequently gave him food, and small gifts, and I seem to recall reading that lots of the soldiers there now took up a collection for him after this event.
Also, trust me on this - there is force protection there, in close proximity - Rambo just handles the outer perimeter gate.
And shall we wait for Catie Couric to have this guy on video link-up for her nightly news?!?!?! Oh, no. My god that would be bad for the terrorists and good for "Bush", we can't have her do that!!!! /sarc
Bump
Did you see aragorn's post?
Man, I thought I was having a SERIOUS deja vu until I saw SandRat's post. LOL!
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