“Dude 14, we’ve just located 10 anti-coalition militia in a bunker located 300 meters from our position! Request an immediate strike on that target!” Imagine hearing those words screamed into your ear and knowing that in the next moment you were about to execute a task that you trained seven years to do. This was my situation during my first combat sortie in Afghanistan. It goes without saying that employing weapons against enemies of the United States comes with a great amount of responsibility
few other things. AO/ Area of Interest- In December 2007, the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. In March 2008, the Division Headquarters, the Division’s 4th Brigade Combat Team, and the 101st Sustainment Brigade joined the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom as Combined Joint Task Force 101. The Battalion identified the village of Wanat as a location that would support the development
Operation Anaconda was a success, but it was not without errors, and could have ended a number of ways. Numerous Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen were killed or gravely wounded due to several major miscalculations that could have been easily avoided. Some Commanders will eventually either ignore or undervalue critical intelligence during warfare and, unfortunately, that will not stop anytime soon. Also, the over-compartmentalization of intelligence can create problems for a mission. This paper details
combat many Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraq Freedom veterans suffer from mental health issues: such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). However, a majority of those in this population do not seek help for these problems due to the stigmas surrounding mental healthcare. Very little is being done to eliminate these stigmas and reflect mental healthcare in a positive light. A study conducted by Hearne (2013) states that Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraq Freedom veterans
The Battle of Kamdesh was fought in Afghanistan during the Afghan War. It is an occurrence in the ongoing NATO campaign of the Operation Enduring Freedom since the year 2001. It was one of the bloodiest battles the USA forces engaged in during this campaign against the Taliban insurgents. The Taliban insurgents, assisted by local Nuristan militias, attacked Kamdesh, which is an American combat outpost, located deep in the Nuristan tribal Areas. They carried out a well-coordinated attack on the outpost
earth. This book is a non-fiction riveting work that tells the story of a platoon that spent sixteen months on an operating base in the Bermel Valley, the border of Pakistan. This mission the men were sent on was part of a mission called Operation Enduring Freedom. This book is extremely relevant to the war that we are still fighting in Afghanistan and the humanitarian work that continues. We still have men in this area fighting and losing their lives everyday. It is the focus of ongoing political
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Journalism is considered by many to essential in maintaining a democracy and the trust of the people within it. The public relies on journalism and media, to close the distance between current events and the public to facilitate immediate attention. The use of photojournalism in times of war is depended on, in order to create a type of vicarious experience for the reade;, so they in some way can experience the conflict themselves without physically being there. However, I have come to notice an issue
Afghanistan’s importance with respect to the cultural impact of globalization is increasing as the war in Afghanistan draws down. Afghanistan sits on the edge of the unknown. Once the United States leaves it will be left to create its own destiny. The eyes of the world will be on Afghanistan to see who it allies with, who it trades with and how it conducts itself. Historically speaking, Afghanistan has modernized only when forced by invaders. The Soviet Union built many roads, schools, power plants
Introduction Operation Anaconda was the first major joint combat operation against the war on terror that the US was committed to winning. This operation would test our military’s readiness for joint operations against a hardened and willing adversary. The primary mission was to kill/capture Taliban/Al Qaeda forces occupying towns and villages in the vicinity of Shahi Khot in order to gain control of the valley.1 The US needed the towns, villages, mountains, and more importantly, the intricate
Ruicheng Xu Honors English 12 Mr.Riodan Cruelty of male-dominated culture The book A thousand splendid suns tells a story of two woman Mariam and Lilia, one is a illegitimate child raised up by a spiteful and stubborn mother; one is a young, intelligent girl from a loving family, they met each other in a coincidence, from being hostile to each other to friends that went through all the cruelty against women in Afghanistan. This book presented the cruelty of Afghanistan society under Taliban’s Oppressive
Operation Iraqi Freedom: A Strategic Assessment This I’ll admit was a very interesting book that looked at what could have really caused the Iraq war and whether we really had to go to war. The book talks about the flaws with the reasons that Bush proposed for going to war with Iraq and why we haven’t had a fuller victory yet. The book basically goes into details about the four observations that arise from examining certain aspects of the war and afterwards. In the next few pages I’ll be summarizing
Researchers tend to lump wars together, such as considering Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom the same conflict, some researchers go even farther than this and consider all veterans the same without considering the importance of what war they served in, by considering Vietnam War veterans as the same as veterans of
the 21st century came into question when non-state actors became the primary adversary. A decentralized, civilian-driven threat undermined the usefulness of brute force and empowered nonmilitary solutions to international conflicts. The military operations
for in the Shahi-Kot Valley. The name Anaconda given to the Operation by coalition forces for their intention of surrounding and squeezing the Al Qaeda and Taliban forces in the Shahi-Kot Valley suppressing and destroying them. Operation Anaconda was the most aggressive plan of Operation Enduring Freedom to that point, and ultimately was a decisive coalition victory fragmenting enemy forces in the area for years. However, during Operation Anaconda, the Coalition Joint Task Force Commander and his
many conflicts in the world for example, Bosnia, 9/11, Iraq and Afghanistan. Long has there been conflict in Afghanistan, the United States got involved in the enduring conflicts in 2001 when they invaded the country after the attacks on September 11 on the World Trade Center in New York City. The United States launched Operation Enduring Freedom, which set out “to destroy the terrorist bases in Afghanistan, to capture or kill Al Qaeda’s leadership and to remove the Taliban regime from power” (Roi and
Operation ANACONDA was the last major stand-up battle between al Qaeda fighters and conventional Coalition military might in Afghanistan. It was a classic example of the need to change American war fighting strategy and doctrine to meet the demands of current conflicts. Operation ANACONDA was the name for the operation that took place between the 2nd and the 19th of March 2002 in the Shah-i-Kowt Valley. The operation is well documented as a major American and Coalition victory despite the challenges
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this paper looks at the importance and enduring nature of fourth-generation warfare and counterinsurgency operations. These events are here to stay and will be significant in the future conflicts. The third lesson learned discusses America’s poor planning and preparation for stability, security, transition, and reconstruction operations (SSTR) and demonstrated the need to avoid stovepiped, single agency planning. The apparent lack of planning for SSTR operations severely complicated and extended the
grown up watching on television and reading in the papers. Canadian engagement began in early 2002 and just recently the last Canadian forces have withdrawn. This paper will look at a brief history of Afghanistan, development of mission goals, CAF operations, and challenges facing the mission. The primary purpose of this paper is to determine the goals of Canada in the Afghanistan War, and to determine if these goals where successfully completed. In late 1979 the Soviet Union launched an invasion of