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Soldier visits outpost named after fallen brother in Afghanistan
As an ode to the ultimate sacrifice that both Soldiers had made, a small outpost ... him in Afghanistan. "They're a great group of guys," she said. "Unfortunately, what has bonded us has been ...
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Combat outpost serves as front line in Afghanistan fight
Next to a small village in Afghanistan's fertile Jalrez Valley ... and filling lots and lots of sand bags. "Apache," a U.S. military combat outpost, is housed in an abandoned former district ...
Task & Purpose4y
‘The Outpost’ is a fitting tribute to the soldiers who fought one of the bloodiest battles of the Afghan War
From the moment Combat Outpost Keating was constructed, it was a death trap. Located at the base of three steep mountains, in a remote area of Nuristan province, Afghanistan with little strategic ...
Los Angeles Times4y
‘The Outpost’ is a visceral depiction of combat but little else
Located in a valley at the base of three mountains in northeastern Afghanistan, U.S. Army Combat Outpost Keating was by all standards indefensible. Yet on Oct. 3, 2009, some 50 U.S. soldiers held ...
America has betrayed Afghan allies who fought beside me
When I served with the U.S. Army as a combat engineer in the remote city of Farah, Afghanistan, from 2004 to 2005, my fellow ...
ABC News10y
End of an Era in Afghanistan as US Marines Pull Out of Key Outpost
Camp Leatherneck and Camp Bastion are now under Afghan Army ... Afghanistan load onto a KC-130 aircraft at Camp Bastion, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Oct. 27, 2014. Staff Sgt. John Jackson/US ...
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'The Outpost' — What It's Like to Be a Soldier in the Worst Part Of Afghanistan
Last Veteran’s Day, CNN’s chief Washington correspondent Jake Tapper released The Outpost ... when the U.S. military suffered one of its worst days of the Afghanistan conflict.
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With US troops gone from two bases in eastern Afghanistan, Taliban steps up attacks
Hekmatullah, 20, who like many Afghans uses one name only, was manning the same outpost where ... U.S. military in Afghanistan and the Middle East. He served in the U.S. Army from 2008 to 2017.
The New York Times4y
I Watched My War Story Become a Movie
I witnessed the making of “The Outpost ... Afghanistan. By Stoney Portis You’re reading this week’s At War newsletter. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox every Friday. Email us ...
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At least 7 killed in Taliban attack on southwest Afghanistan army outpost -officials
KABUL, May 3 (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents attacked an army outpost in Afghanistan's southwestern ... read more Under a February 2020 deal between former U.S. President Donald Trump's ...
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This fallen Afghanistan war hero is about to get the Army’s second-highest valor award
(Army) Almost a decade after a notorious battle at an infamous Afghanistan combat outpost that killed eight ... a spokesman for U.S. Army Alaska confirmed to Army Times on Tuesday.