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October 2008
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Recently by Frank Mungeam[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 ... |
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