This will clear routes too... :
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Marines push 'The Breacher' against Taliban lines
This will plow out the IEDS...
Youtube of the action
Heavy sound.....
Posted on 02/13/2010 3:34:11 PM PST by darrellmaurina
FORWARD OPERATING BASE FENTI, Afghanistan (Jan. 14, 2010) — As time for the pre-mission brief drew near, crews began to gather around 1st Lt. Chris Johnson, their platoon leader. Dawn had begun to break and a winter chill hung in the air. As Johnson prepared to speak, a senior NCO waved the crews closer to form a semi-circle facing the junior officer. “Intelligence says there was a cache found [nearby] containing quite a bit of bomb-making materials, but other than that, there is nothing new,” said Johnson, of Basehor, Kan. “We’ll be the first mission down this route in a few weeks.” But there were some additional, non-combat related components that have the potential to contribute as much toward the objective of defeating extremism here as any offensive military action, Johnson said. While the primary focus of the 41st’s mission was to clear key routes of improvised explosive devices, they would also be providing humanitarian aid to a local community. “At tent city, we’ll hop out and drop off the boxes of clothing to the residents there,” Johnson told his crews, referring to a tented community called Chamtala. At the end of the route, the crews would rest overnight at an Afghan National Police compound.
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This will clear routes too... :
Marines push 'The Breacher' against Taliban lines
This will plow out the IEDS...
Youtube of the action
Heavy sound.....
Nice story...
That section of Afghanistan has been pretty deadly!
We are all following the action in Marjah, but perhaps this is the more typical action in Afghanistan.
Hey. ;-)
Have you seen this ?
http://www.militarytimes.com/news/2010/02/military_AAFES_afghanistan_mcchrystal_020510w/
General McChrystal has ordered that all Green Bean coffee , Popeyes, Taco Bell and Burger Kings be closed on bases in Afghanistan.
My son’s FOB is remote and occasionally a mission takes him to a bigger FOB where they can get a coffee or a hamburger.
Having a morale boost like an occasional taco or hamburger seems like the least we can do for the troops .
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