EODRay
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With the interest shown in what life is like here, I wanted to take you though my most recent mission/hunt. I would have like to do it live but couldn't for two reasons. 1. Not internet or phone signal in most of Afghanistan. 2. Violates OPSEC
So what I figured I'd do is go ahead and play it out day by day as it unfolded for me. I just got back today but you will get day 1 now and I will update each day as it happened. I will give all the information that I can without putting out things I'm not allowed to. I'll post pics along the way.
The mission was a big clearing operation in the western part of Afghanistan. The team that I'm with had three guys going on it. I had volunteered to go but they said they already had EOD on the mission. About 10pm. the night before the mission, the Team SGT said that they didn't have EOD and wanted to know if I wanted to go. He!! yea I want to go, was my response. I went and packed my stuff.
Our role in this mission would be a blocking position to catch any squirters that came down from the main effort that was sweeping down from the North. Out directive was very vague. The intent was…….go start a fight. The area we were going to had not had any Coalition presence in over a year. The Taliban had free reign and this area was a known location of some HVT's (Hight Value Targets). We would be inserting by Helicopter. We brought two ATV's to carry the food water and extra ammo. My pack was about 65-70lbs. When you add that to my PPE (Personal Protective Equipment), basic load of ammo and weapon, it totaled about 120lbs every where I had to go. That gets old fast.
Day 1. I got up early and flew out to another camp to meet up with the team where they were staging to conduct the HAF (Helicopter Assault Force) mission. Intel said that the mission had been compromised and they (enemy) were expecting us. That is never a good situation and we were expecting to get hit as soon as we landed. I was on the first of the three chalk's that were flying in. Around 10pm we took off for our 30 min flight. Thankfully we didn't have a welcoming party waiting for us when we landed (they didn't know exactly where we were coming in at). We moved out about 1 Kilometer to a strongpoint and provided security for the rest of the flights. When everyone was on the ground, we linked up and moved toword the objective. We found an empty mud hut, got some security positions on the high ground and slept a few hours between guard shifts. It was a very cold night. There was a human turd literally within a foot of my head where I slept. Glad I don't roll around in my sleep.
The only picture I took the first day were at the bigger camp that I went to link up. It was too dark and busy for pics that first night.
This is what the Afghan crappers look like…..they squat rather than sit.
This was in the Infantry barracks. I guess they need tactical directions.
Day two coming up.
So what I figured I'd do is go ahead and play it out day by day as it unfolded for me. I just got back today but you will get day 1 now and I will update each day as it happened. I will give all the information that I can without putting out things I'm not allowed to. I'll post pics along the way.
The mission was a big clearing operation in the western part of Afghanistan. The team that I'm with had three guys going on it. I had volunteered to go but they said they already had EOD on the mission. About 10pm. the night before the mission, the Team SGT said that they didn't have EOD and wanted to know if I wanted to go. He!! yea I want to go, was my response. I went and packed my stuff.
Our role in this mission would be a blocking position to catch any squirters that came down from the main effort that was sweeping down from the North. Out directive was very vague. The intent was…….go start a fight. The area we were going to had not had any Coalition presence in over a year. The Taliban had free reign and this area was a known location of some HVT's (Hight Value Targets). We would be inserting by Helicopter. We brought two ATV's to carry the food water and extra ammo. My pack was about 65-70lbs. When you add that to my PPE (Personal Protective Equipment), basic load of ammo and weapon, it totaled about 120lbs every where I had to go. That gets old fast.
Day 1. I got up early and flew out to another camp to meet up with the team where they were staging to conduct the HAF (Helicopter Assault Force) mission. Intel said that the mission had been compromised and they (enemy) were expecting us. That is never a good situation and we were expecting to get hit as soon as we landed. I was on the first of the three chalk's that were flying in. Around 10pm we took off for our 30 min flight. Thankfully we didn't have a welcoming party waiting for us when we landed (they didn't know exactly where we were coming in at). We moved out about 1 Kilometer to a strongpoint and provided security for the rest of the flights. When everyone was on the ground, we linked up and moved toword the objective. We found an empty mud hut, got some security positions on the high ground and slept a few hours between guard shifts. It was a very cold night. There was a human turd literally within a foot of my head where I slept. Glad I don't roll around in my sleep.
The only picture I took the first day were at the bigger camp that I went to link up. It was too dark and busy for pics that first night.
This is what the Afghan crappers look like…..they squat rather than sit.
This was in the Infantry barracks. I guess they need tactical directions.
Day two coming up.
