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June 2006 ArchivesSynopsis: Insurgents attack a fire base in southeastern Afghanistan. For video: Click here. Other videos: Click here for video page ...The day begins at 0245 local time. I sit up in my sleeping bag which is laid out on a stack of blankets and a foam mat on the dirt floor of our hut. The sun will not be up for another hour and a half. There is the smell of sour socks and sweat that hangs heavily in the air. You grow accustomed to it, putting aside the memories of a hot morning shower and the smell of fresh brewed coffee. I dump a heavy dose of foot powder into my boots, brush ... Below you will find three new entries: "We call is 'Alamo'" plus new pictures were added to, "Living the Dream, Part V" Thanks for reading along.
It's the flies that I notice the most. In the heat of the Afghan summer and the a dust that is as fine a talcum, the flies swarm. As I sit here writing, I hear the buzz of yet another dyeing fly whose wings have become pasted to the glue on fly strip the hangs next to my head. There is...
I had not heard the term prior to arriving in Afghanistan. It was Colonel Petrucci, the new commander for the Kandahar area, 205th RCAG, that stated it first, "We'll go out, and hopefully, we'll see the elephant." Ironically, the Colonel's words were more appropriate than he may have realized at the time....
I sat and had a hot breakfast this morning for the first time in 9 days. Cpt. Lonsdale, a Washinton State Army National Guard ETT had said to me before I returned to the base near Qalat that he loved the omelets to order; it was something you noticed after working for days and weeks in the remote forw... The title for these five articles came from Cpt. Lonsdale. I lived with him and SSG Blake, both ETTs from the Washington National Guard for nine days. Over a three day period we were attacked three times. Each time at night, each time the attack got longer and was more intense. It is said that you never know how you will react in combat, but that training and focus become your foundations. These two men demonstrated courage and focus that ... [Called in June 15, 2006 via satellite phone] For the third night in a row, our Forward Operating Base (FOB) here in southeastern Afghanistan was attacked. This firefight was the most intense of the three, and as before was initiated by anti-government forces which we are calling Taliban. RPG rockets, mortars, machine gun and small arms fire were directed at our FOB for more than an hour. The Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier... NOTE from the EDITOR: Scott is in a forward position where the only communication is by satellite telephone. This report was dictated June 13th by Scott from his forward position. We took a moment tonight to sit and look at the stars. We had just commented on the beauty of this place, remote and seemingly a world away from the place we call home. Capt Lonsdale, a U.S. Army National Guard ETT, talked of his atte... EDITOR'S NOTE: Scott Kesterson's Forward Operating Base puts him beyond internet access. This report was called in by satellite phone and transcribed. Last night, two Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were seriously injured in a single- vehicle accident south of our Forward Operating Base (FOB) here in SE Afghanistan. The soldiers sustained head injures, one with a deep laceration to the head, the other with a concus... NOTE from the EDITOR: Scott is in a forward position where the only communication is by satellite telephone. This report was dictated by Scott from his forward position. I am here in SE Afghanistan in a forward operating base (FOB) with a group of American Army National Guard Imbedded Training Teams (ETT.) This is the heart of Taliban country. We are in a very primitive forward operating base. There is no electricity ...
I left Camp Shelby, Mississippi somewhere around the 14th of May as part of the advanced party. In the words of Colonel Patrucci, 205th RCAG Commander, our purpose was to establish "ground truth." Now with ov...
Kabul- In the early evening on Monday, 23 May 2006, gun fire erupted some 2000 meters east of Camp Phoenix. Initial reports stated that the incident was a conflict between two illegally armed Afghan groups. Base al... Qalat- On Sunday morning, 4 June 2006, we loaded our bags into the Humvee's in preparation for a movement to another operating base. As we sat at the gate in our order of march, a radio check was initiated by the driver of our vehicle. The radio traffic prevented him from completing the check; as he listened he heard the call for medavac. Someone had hit an IED. As the situation was assessed over the next few minutes, it was discovered... |
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