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Sgt. David A. Leon and Farhad Mohammad with 1st Platoon, 1/5th Marines, RCT 8, assist Sgt. Andrew M. Metelski to a casualty collection point in Sangin, Afghanistan, June 12, 2011. Metelski’s squad hit an improvised explosive device while on patrol.
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LCpl. Chris Sanderson (rear) and Sgt. Travis Dawson (front) from B Co. 1st Battalion 6th Marines shield a father and son (who had come out to greet them) after Taliban fighters opened fire. Marjah, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. 2010 FEB 13. Photo by Goran Tomasevic.
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US Marines occupy a ridgeline during a military operation in the Korengal Valley, northeastern Afghanistan on November 1, 2004
US Navy Seabees of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 40 (NMCB 40) scramble for cover upon hearing the sound of incoming Taliban rocket attack during a concrete placement project in Kunduz; Afghanistan, 2010
US Navy Seabees of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 40 (NMCB 40) scramble for cover upon hearing the sound of incoming Taliban rocket attack during a concrete placement project in Kunduz; Afghanistan, 2010
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US Soldiers of 2nd PLT C Co. 1-23 IR 1-2 ID verify the threat level of an Afghan man by having him spread his arms before he can approach during an IED-clearing operation. Naja-Bien Village, Panjwayi District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. 23 Sept 2012. Photo by Tony Karumba.
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SSgt. Richard Hunter, a 23rd STS CCT, was ambushed while embedded with Army Special Forces and their Afghan partners in Kunduz Province, Nov 2, 2016
The team had been ambushed by insurgents in elevated positions along the northern village of Boz Kandahari. Hunter controlled AC-130 Gunships and AH-64 Apaches as the team moved through the village and was ultimately evacuated by helicopter under fire.
"Picture this: A group of about 50 people, with [about] 50 percent of them attritted to injuries, and half of them not able to walk,” Hunter said. “So what are the other half doing? Dragging, carrying bodies. That’s what we were doing with them as we were bounding up this alleyway.”
2 US soldiers and three Afghan partner forces were killed during the engagement, according to the official account. An additional four U.S. soldiers and 11 Afghans were wounded. After the battle ended, Hunter had controlled airstrikes that killed 27 enemy fighters.
In January 2017, a military investigation determined that 33 Afghan civilians were also killed during the engagement. The investigation concluded that U.S. forces acted in self-defense, however, and were cleared of wrongdoing.
The team had been ambushed by insurgents in elevated positions along the northern village of Boz Kandahari. Hunter controlled AC-130 Gunships and AH-64 Apaches as the team moved through the village and was ultimately evacuated by helicopter under fire.
"Picture this: A group of about 50 people, with [about] 50 percent of them attritted to injuries, and half of them not able to walk,” Hunter said. “So what are the other half doing? Dragging, carrying bodies. That’s what we were doing with them as we were bounding up this alleyway.”
2 US soldiers and three Afghan partner forces were killed during the engagement, according to the official account. An additional four U.S. soldiers and 11 Afghans were wounded. After the battle ended, Hunter had controlled airstrikes that killed 27 enemy fighters.
In January 2017, a military investigation determined that 33 Afghan civilians were also killed during the engagement. The investigation concluded that U.S. forces acted in self-defense, however, and were cleared of wrongdoing.
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USAF PJ Staff Sgt. Frank Troiano, second from left, poses with teammates after a 2013 clearing operation in Charikar, Afghanistan. Troiano would receive a Bronze Star with “V” device for valor for his efforts Nov 2013, treating 3 casualties after exposing himself to danger to reach them.
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15 years ago on this day, a 4 man Reconnaissance team in the Korangal Valley, Afghanistan came under heavy enemy fire. The QRF was launched and flew into the valley. The helicopter known as Turbine-33 was shot out of the sky and all 16 on board were killed. Marcus Luttrell was the only survivor of the mission called Operation Red Wings.
The SEAL team was made up of Luttrell, Michael P. Murphy, Danny Dietz and Matthew Axelson. Luttrell and Axelson were the team’s snipers; Dietz was in charge of communications and Murphy the team leader. A group of goat herders stumbled upon the SEALs, the four SEALs immediately took control of the situation and discussed what to do with the herders. After taking a vote and basing their decision on ROE, Michael Murphy made the final decision to let them go. The herders were subsequently released and disappeared over the mountain ridge. Luttrell believed they immediately betrayed the team’s location to local Taliban forces and within an hour, the SEALs were engaged in an intense gun battle. In the ensuing battle, the rest of the SEAL team members were killed. Team leader Michael P. Murphy was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in the battle. Danny Dietz, Matthew Axelson, and Marcus were awarded the Navy Cross. An MH-47 Chinook helicopter was dispatched with a force consisting of SEALs and 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment “Nightstalkers” to rescue the team, but the helicopter was shot down by an RPG. All 16 men on the Chinook were killed.
Luttrell was the only survivor. Badly wounded, he managed to walk and crawl seven miles to evade capture. He was given shelter by an Afghan tribe, who alerted the Americans of his presence, and American forces finally rescued him six days after the gun battle.
Red Sqdn. member NSRO sticking IV's to guys of 75th Ranger Regiment (while chowing down MRE's) en route to the crash site of Turbine 33 and searching for Operation Red Wings survivors. June 2005
The SEAL team was made up of Luttrell, Michael P. Murphy, Danny Dietz and Matthew Axelson. Luttrell and Axelson were the team’s snipers; Dietz was in charge of communications and Murphy the team leader. A group of goat herders stumbled upon the SEALs, the four SEALs immediately took control of the situation and discussed what to do with the herders. After taking a vote and basing their decision on ROE, Michael Murphy made the final decision to let them go. The herders were subsequently released and disappeared over the mountain ridge. Luttrell believed they immediately betrayed the team’s location to local Taliban forces and within an hour, the SEALs were engaged in an intense gun battle. In the ensuing battle, the rest of the SEAL team members were killed. Team leader Michael P. Murphy was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in the battle. Danny Dietz, Matthew Axelson, and Marcus were awarded the Navy Cross. An MH-47 Chinook helicopter was dispatched with a force consisting of SEALs and 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment “Nightstalkers” to rescue the team, but the helicopter was shot down by an RPG. All 16 men on the Chinook were killed.
Luttrell was the only survivor. Badly wounded, he managed to walk and crawl seven miles to evade capture. He was given shelter by an Afghan tribe, who alerted the Americans of his presence, and American forces finally rescued him six days after the gun battle.
Red Sqdn. member NSRO sticking IV's to guys of 75th Ranger Regiment (while chowing down MRE's) en route to the crash site of Turbine 33 and searching for Operation Red Wings survivors. June 2005
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Explosions rise over the Taliban positions in the Qala-Cata mountains, northern Afghanistan, Wednesday, Nov.7, 2001. Aided by heavy U.S. bombing, opposition forces said they seized a district of Mazar-e-Sharif from Taliban forces Wednesday and were closing in on the key northern city, according to Northern Allliance spokesman Ashraf Nadeem. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
American soldiers hide behind a barricade during an explosion, prior to fighting with Taliban forces November 26, 2001 at the fortress near Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Afghanistan. The fighting came after several hundred prisoners, mostly foreigners fighting for the Taliban, captured part of fortress. The fortress was also the headquarters of alliance commander Gen. Rashid Dostum. (Photo by Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images)
American soldiers hide behind a barricade during an explosion, prior to fighting with Taliban forces November 26, 2001 at the fortress near Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Afghanistan. The fighting came after several hundred prisoners, mostly foreigners fighting for the Taliban, captured part of fortress. The fortress was also the headquarters of alliance commander Gen. Rashid Dostum. (Photo by Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images)
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U.S. Special Forces Soldiers, attached to Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan, maneuver though a village to gain fire superiority during an operation in the Achin district, Nangahar province, Afghanistan, Oct. 3, 2016. The operation was conducted to deny Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-Khurasan fighters safe haven in the area.
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Siah Chub Kalay, Zabol Province, Afghanistan - Sergeant Ryan West, a squad leader with Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn., 6th Marines, the ground combat element of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), yells for his Marines to take cover from intense enemy sniper fire during a firefight with Taliban insurgents near the village of Siah Chub Kalay, Afghanistan during Operation ASBURY PARK, June 2, 2004. West and his fellow Marines and Sailors in the 22nd MEU (SOC) during the unit's 2004 deployment were recently awarded the Navy Unit Commendation.
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US soldiers attend to a wounded soldier at the site of a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan. June 30, 2015
KORENGAL VALLEY, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 23: A 50 caliber machine gun points out towards an Afghan village October 23, 2008 at the U.S. Army combat outpost Dallas in the Kunar Province of eastern Afghanistan. OP Dallas is located in the Korengal Valley, site of some of the heaviest combat between American forces and Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
KORENGAL VALLEY, AFGHANISTAN - OCTOBER 23: A 50 caliber machine gun points out towards an Afghan village October 23, 2008 at the U.S. Army combat outpost Dallas in the Kunar Province of eastern Afghanistan. OP Dallas is located in the Korengal Valley, site of some of the heaviest combat between American forces and Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
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Soldiers of 1st Squad- 3rd Platoon, Viper Co. 1-26 INF at Firebase Vegas, Korengal Valley, Afghanistan.
U.S. Special Forces board two UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. 2012
U.S. Army Special Forces Soldiers, attached to Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan, manoeuvre though a village to gain fire superiority during an operation in the Achin district, Nangahar providence, Afghanistan, Oct. 3, 2016. The operation was conducted to deny Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-Khurasan fighters safe haven in the area.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Christopher Stevenson.
U.S. Special Forces board two UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. 2012
U.S. Army Special Forces Soldiers, attached to Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan, manoeuvre though a village to gain fire superiority during an operation in the Achin district, Nangahar providence, Afghanistan, Oct. 3, 2016. The operation was conducted to deny Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-Khurasan fighters safe haven in the area.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Christopher Stevenson.
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