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Battleground Afghanistan
Posted on 7/8/13 at 7:59 pm
Posted on 7/8/13 at 7:59 pm
Nat Geo show. Pretty badass. New episode coming on now and I highly recommend it. 
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Posted on 7/8/13 at 8:13 pm to CRAZY 4 LSU
Do you know which province they are in?
Posted on 7/8/13 at 8:17 pm to wegotdatwood
Helmand.
Posted on 7/8/13 at 8:30 pm to Qwerty
Great show. Also dont miss Eyewitness war.
Posted on 7/8/13 at 9:13 pm to lsugradman
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Also dont miss Eyewitness war.
Posted on 7/8/13 at 9:36 pm to CRAZY 4 LSU
It's a 100% different war down there in Helmand. Personally speaking I'm glad I deployed to RC-E and fought in the fight I did.
Posted on 7/8/13 at 9:44 pm to ClownQuestionBro
Could you explain for those not too familiar with the specifics of the region and war?
This post was edited on 7/8/13 at 9:45 pm
Posted on 7/8/13 at 10:00 pm to CRAZY 4 LSU
RC-W and RC-S pretty flat and vast expanses of desert. RC-E is very lush in the river basins and extremely mountainous. You can fly all day in the Rockies and it is nothing compared to how formidable and rugged the mountains are here. A good depiction of RC-E is the show Restrepo. That takes place in the Korengal Valley which is an offshoot of the Pech Valley which is an offshoot of the Kunar Valley. All of the aforementioned valleys currently are in my AO so I fly up and down those valleys and over that mountainous terrain daily. Basically from my FOB you go directly east for 80 miles on HWY 7 and you are in Peshawar the #1 bad guy city in Pakistan. Continue just slightly farther east and you hit the second worst city of Islamabad. Insurgents were overrunning places like COP Bostick when Americans were there these Afghans have almost zero hope of holding the Kunar or any of the other valleys in northern RC-E. The border is extremely porous. Most of the real fighting happens in RC-E. Extremely kinetic.
This post was edited on 7/8/13 at 10:04 pm
Posted on 7/8/13 at 10:14 pm to ClownQuestionBro
What do you fly?
Posted on 7/9/13 at 7:04 am to Black
64D
Posted on 7/9/13 at 7:08 am to ClownQuestionBro
Are you at FOB Blessing? I was at Blessing/COP Kunar with the 1st combat brigade/101st a few years ago.
Posted on 7/9/13 at 7:47 am to ClownQuestionBro
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RC-W and RC-S pretty flat and vast expanses of desert
Yes that's what I remember. I was in Helmand with 1/3. Also a ton of canals that were a pain to drive over and alongside.
This post was edited on 7/9/13 at 7:50 am
Posted on 7/9/13 at 8:20 am to ClownQuestionBro
quote:I have the most awesome boner right now.
RC-W and RC-S pretty flat and vast expanses of desert. RC-E is very lush in the river basins and extremely mountainous. You can fly all day in the Rockies and it is nothing compared to how formidable and rugged the mountains are here. A good depiction of RC-E is the show Restrepo. That takes place in the Korengal Valley which is an offshoot of the Pech Valley which is an offshoot of the Kunar Valley. All of the aforementioned valleys currently are in my AO so I fly up and down those valleys and over that mountainous terrain daily. Basically from my FOB you go directly east for 80 miles on HWY 7 and you are in Peshawar the #1 bad guy city in Pakistan. Continue just slightly farther east and you hit the second worst city of Islamabad. Insurgents were overrunning places like COP Bostick when Americans were there these Afghans have almost zero hope of holding the Kunar or any of the other valleys in northern RC-E. The border is extremely porous. Most of the real fighting happens in RC-E. Extremely kinetic.
Posted on 7/9/13 at 9:47 am to ClownQuestionBro
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64D
Sweet
Posted on 7/9/13 at 10:39 am to The Sad Banana
you should watch this show, then Eyewitness War right after it
Eyewitness War is only raw footage from headcams, and its fricking intense
Eyewitness War is only raw footage from headcams, and its fricking intense
Posted on 7/9/13 at 10:56 am to MrPappagiorgio
I already set a reminder in my phone for both of them, bro.
Posted on 7/9/13 at 10:56 am to MrPappagiorgio
I personally am more a fan of Eyewitness War but I am guessing BA will pick up in later episodes.
Inside Combat Rescue was a badass show as well.
Inside Combat Rescue was a badass show as well.
Posted on 7/9/13 at 11:00 am to lsugradman
Yes it was...this stuff is incredible. I love the headcam viewpoints, too.
Posted on 7/9/13 at 4:48 pm to td01241
Blessing is closed now along with 99% of the Kunar. The Pech is completely closed. About 2 months after I arrived is when the retrograde started to happen. I'm at Fenty.
Posted on 7/9/13 at 4:50 pm to td01241
SFAATs still regularly go to Blessing and whatnot which I believe is now termed Nagalam. Whenever ANA take over the FOBs they are changing the names to some BS or another.
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