The 'Medal of Honor' is the highest award that be achieved in the US armed forces. It doesn't matter what rank you are, even generals must salute the recipient.
"Been given the nation's highest honor..." No, he wasn't "given" anything, as if he won a prize. He was "earned and was awarded the Nation's highest honor". Big difference there CNN.
I don't understand why commanders would position combat troops in such indefensible terrain. It seems to be common strategy by I'll informed commanders.
All these men are 'the best of the best'. They fight to protect us from very real threats. At an individual level, I think they are so incredibly brave in combat largely due to looking out for their friends, certainly not for money, but I believe the U.S. government should make it so all of them and their families never have to worry about money ever again.
Met him a week ago, shook his hand, and got a picture with this man. He is an inspiration. I couldn't imagine not what he but all the rest of his comrades went through. -- Pv2 Thompson
A Marine by the name of John Lejune(I think that is how you spell it lol)won 3 Medals of Honer, the only person to ever do that I'm pretty sure. They named the biggest Marine Corp base Camp Lejune after him. I'm pretty sure he survived all of the actions that he won them for. Alot of soldiers and warriors don't survive threw what they get the Medal of Honer for, I've heard alot of people call them "death medals" but either if they live or die they are true heros, a real life superman in my opinion.
Do not judge a man by the motives of men above him, but by his motives alone. Whatever your beliefs about the United States or any other country, respect those who put themselves at risk for others.
Fuck..talk about death valley, respect for those brave warriors. And for whoever the genius was that placed the FOB there, should be sent there himself.
For those of you condeming our heros i feel bad for you. These heros lay down their lives with no questions asked, with nothing gained as a reward. These people fight for your freedom and for your life. We should welcome people like these in the general public as heros because they went above and beyond to risk their life for others and im sure none of you little trolls out there would ever do that. If you are in the military thank you for your service.
totally overlooked that. what a crazy experience it must have been and now to be honored at the highest level. its like i want to congratulate him but i feel that military guys in that situation might not want to be in the spotlight, having lost friends and going through what they do. i just hope he everything is working out for him
I dont understand why 53 men are defending a "tactically indefensible" position ... Is this like in Vietnam when they'd say "go take that hill", then randomly withdraw a few hundred lives later.. I just hope these poor soldiers werent put in thid situation because of bad command and intelligence.. Just seems so stupid.
Are you serious? They deserve more than that for doing what they did for their comrades and for protecting the American people through this horrible war. Just one question: Is the government going to assist the veterans in everything they need and deserve when they come home? They cannot live and provide for their family off the medal of honor, even though they have earned it to the fullest, and beyond. We cannot forget that their rations and pay were reduced due to government decisions, among other things. Lets not desert them in their time of need once they come home. NOTE*** Lets not forget that these veterans have seen horrors and have been through horrors first hand. Something that we will never have to experience because of their bravery. And, unwillingly, will have to live with the horrors embedded in their memories for the rest of their lives. GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!!!
They get more than "just" the Medal. All Medal of Honor recipients get a $1,194 monthly pension. Plus there is a 10 percent increase in their retirement pay. They also get to fly on military aircraft at no cost, if there is space available, and they and their families can use military recreation facilities like pools, bowling allies and golf courses. And each Medal of Honor recipient's child, if they qualify, can go to a military academy without having to worry about the quota for his or her state.
the military budget is the few ones that the govt changes every year so when the is a war the budget is given more no war they cut back that way if they want to cut back they can always screw the vets army disabled vietnam vet 1969
Oh when a medal of Honor is presented it is the acknowledgement of a greatfull people for heroism already rendered in action. It is not won or given it was earned not as a reward but as a symbol of Honor to a man already possessing that character of service above and beyond the call of duty.
In that situation I would careless of the medal of honor. The highest award is seeing every single one of my men in safety. Medal is just a medal, comrades are family.
what I want to know is... are the officers who chose that position for a base facing a Courts Marshal. MoH or not, those men fought and died for nothing unless the officers who chose and approved that position are not removed from command and imprisoned for incompetence leading to death or injury.
I know that I will sound awful especially since I have a son who as been in Afganistan but what the heck will a medal do for anyone??? Help them with PTSD but shove a medal.......well I think you know where that should go. Many blessings upon all soldiers, airmen, sailors....but for Gods sake....help the living!!!
Judy Duckett you usually have no idea about people around you. A person passing by may be good or bad, coward or hero, you never know. This medal just indicates a person that is a hero so that everyone knew that this person is a hero and should be respected.
I know this is kind of late, but a soldier with the Medal of Honor is given respect among all other soldiers, including the president. They also get an income for life, as well as a favor from the president, as long as it’s legal. Is for ptsd and mental issues, a soldier has to deal with it in their own.
i think the main thing is that the act isnt self preservation, so like a guy can kill 100 enemies, but if hes doing it to save himself he cant get the medal, the fact that the guy pulled out the soldiers from a vehicle shows that he was willing to lay down his life, because most people would have ran out of the vehicle as it was being bombarded with sniper fire
They should have never been at that outpost... and it's not like they didn't know.. they knew when they were told they had to go there... and everyone one else knew too... they fought to stay alive.. and to keep their battle buddy alive....
I still say that someone should have been held accountable for putting them in a valley surrounded by enemy. That goes against every tactical scenario I was ever taught.
I would say most soldiers never wish one day to receive this reward in their lives, not because it isn't honorable but the price is too high. If he is rewarded then either his own live or a few of his friends' lives have to give away.... I used to know a man (in South Vietnam) received similar medal but he lost both arms, both eyes, both legs .... and of course with a few of his men. He just said "thank you for rewarding me this highest medal of honor but sorry i can not stand and have no hand to hold it, i could feel it but no longer seeing it". That was the shortest and saddest speech I have ever seen. By the way, whoever directed this camping should be fired, he did not follow basic things that Chinese warriors have used for thousand of years: good defensive location.
I'm not a military strategist but even i know that location.Was a gift wrapped golden egg for the taliban to attsck.Especially with them having the high ground which was virtually undefendable.And the poor soldiers were just sitting ducks.I know I'm late for the party but I hope heads rolled over this..RIP
Also, the fact that he, while in the line of fire, used a power saw to cut down a tree that was on fire near the aid station filled with critically wounded Soldiers who couldn't be evacuated.
I've talked to a former Croatian colonel who had co operated with US forces toward the end of the balkan war. He pretty much straight up says that US forces are heavily dependant on their tech and more often that not throw common sense out the window due to technical/beurocratic reasons. He also states that Americans are incredibly naive when it comes to predicting the behaviour of the enemy.
Same as the Brit Victoria Cross. The VC is senior to any order of Knighthood. You will receive a salute from anybody in uniform including a Field Marshal. Only the reigning monarch would receive you without a salutation.
the M.O.H is an insult to soldier's in my opinion. to say one is more honorable than the other is just wrong. every soldier puts his/her life at risk when they join the military. anyone who serves should be honored in such a way as this.
All 53 of them should be awarded the Medal of Honor.... they should have never have been there how do you put a base / Outpost in a valley between 3 mountains. I would love to know who decided to put that Outpost there, and ask them why?
Well to begin with i'm not an American so the FRN does not effect me. Second, Edward Joseph Snowden is a hero to not just Americans but also to the world. And thirdly, Supporting men in the field of battle is not the same as supporting there cause or there government.
If a country is to have allies and friends it becomes your job to help them if they need it just as it will be there job to make sure you are okay. Otherwise you will have no friends and no allies and thus you will end up like North Korea. Friendship comes to nothing if you are not willing to back them up in a fight. I support the American troops and i wish them a safe return home and anyone who does not wish that is a sociopath.
Matthew Alexander Dude are you out of your mind? they lives could have been saved if the planning was done correctly. Why the hell would you make your outpost in low grounds when there are mountains around you? It is not the soldiers fault, the higher officers give them the orders.
I recommend "American Patriots", The Story of Blacks in the Military from the Revolutionary War to Desert Storm- By Gail Buckley. It looks to be written on about a ninth grade level.
God bless our troops and God bless America. Whoever the officer was who commanded that base position should be peeling potatoes for the rest of his career.
I cannot believe all of the trolling. And, I wish all of the terds that troll would serve in life threatening combat for an extended period of time. Vietnam War, 1968 and 1969, III Corps, 2nd Field Forces, far Western Tay Ninh province, War Zone C.
"Defend the indefendable", what happened to the officer responsible for an tenable position? When you are told that the location presents itself to the onlooker as a deathtrap, how can anyone even temporarily set up a "base"/"camp" there?
it must be bittersweet, because you can only get these high level medals from being on the receiving end of a massacre, i mean those guys go into operations absolutely own the taliban, no one dies and they get out, its a success mission, but they wont win medals, instead they have to live through an operation that went wrong, its weird
As a graduate of the Army''s Field Artillery Basic and Advanced courses, I continue to be unable to understand how the Army was unable to provide adequate fire support to soldiers in Afghanistan.
That's not my only choice im joining because thats what i want to do. Unless a huge war breaks out in the next 6 years the likely hood of me dying in the Military are very slim.
no one believed that the Taliban will attack the outpost in a mass scale even after the afghan translator tried to warned them repeatedly. hence left the post more indefensible.
Let me clarify this for you since your intellect does not go further then this. I support the soldiers in coming home, i support them in doing there jobs well, i support them when it comes to uphold order, be fair and just and things of that nature. I do not support the part where some soldiers kill innocent people, steal natural resources and do something that is not within there legal job description. P.S. I only respond to 500 character messages at a time.
Look up Blair paddy Maine he was one of the original SAS service man in WW2 but he didn't get the Victorian cross because he was Irish look him up on RUclips
I am enlisting into the Marine Corps. How can you say soldiers are stooges? There's very smart people in the military and not so smart. Just like there are in anything you do. You do have to take a test to get in they wont take anyone, the ASVAB is not hard but i do know people who've got under a 31 on it. As me i am not joining to fight in any way, im joining to get something worthwhile out of my life.
COP Keating was designed to work as a waypoint between 3 vally access points. That being said, It was too exposed and officers responsible for supplying the COP with much needed fire support, which was not given, were found guilty of failing to provide adequate support: By means of intercepting Taliban/ Al Qaeda patrols, or by coordinating airstrikes during the battle., and were promptly relieved of duty. 8 men KIA, 27 Injured, with another 4 ANA soldiers KIA. The Taliban penetrated the base and caused havoc, looking ammunition stockpiles placed at that COP before airstrikes closed the COP after the Coalition evac'd. It was a shitshow.
" positioned so poorly", sometimes you wonder what is going on over there? I mean isn't it they're business to know these things? So did anyone got court martialed?
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The 'Medal of Honor' is the highest award that be achieved in the US armed forces. It doesn't matter what rank you are, even generals must salute the recipient.
+SahMai what
+SahMai
Why milk? What's your problem with milk?
Even the President has to salute the Medal of Honor.
+SahMai somebody is angry they live in a trash, no military power, third world shithole
+roberhood4..Do you think the Taliban don't have the internet?
The men who have earned the MOH are the ones I look up to. They walk the high road. They have been proven. Salute
Sadly there are millions that never got a medal or even heard of ..they’re the heroes we don’t know about
"Been given the nation's highest honor..." No, he wasn't "given" anything, as if he won a prize. He was "earned and was awarded the Nation's highest honor". Big difference there CNN.
You snowflakes always find something to bitch about
@@idontwantone132 Correcting a shitty "news" organization isn't bitching.
@@johnhickman106 you're bitching. They put together this story when they didn't have to and you're bitching. Go back to fox news
@@idontwantone132 LOL, okay, pussy....
@@johnhickman106 wow great comeback
I don't understand why commanders would position combat troops in such indefensible terrain. It seems to be common strategy by I'll informed commanders.
Richard Hoepfner - we didn't graduate from West Point
Lambs leading Lions
this strategy has been known since the middle ages.. idk wtf they were thinking..
Recon by fire!
I'm from Poland and would also say respect for you Sgt. Carter
All these men are 'the best of the best'. They fight to protect us from very real threats. At an individual level, I think they are so incredibly brave in combat largely due to looking out for their friends, certainly not for money, but I believe the U.S. government should make it so all of them and their families never have to worry about money ever again.
Solder goes to war for the honor. Not pay. Respect all soldiers regardless of friend or foe
Met him a week ago, shook his hand, and got a picture with this man. He is an inspiration. I couldn't imagine not what he but all the rest of his comrades went through. -- Pv2 Thompson
400 Taliban vs. 53 U.S. troops....sounds about an even fight.
Add air support. It’s unfair.
For the taliban
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i read the title as someone receiving two moh and almost flipped my shit until the end.
A Marine by the name of John Lejune(I think that is how you spell it lol)won 3 Medals of Honer, the only person to ever do that I'm pretty sure. They named the biggest Marine Corp base Camp Lejune after him. I'm pretty sure he survived all of the actions that he won them for. Alot of soldiers and warriors don't survive threw what they get the Medal of Honer for, I've heard alot of people call them "death medals" but either if they live or die they are true heros, a real life superman in my opinion.
John A. Lejune never received a Medal of Honor.
Sorry to burst your bubble but you can only win the MOH 1 time
You can only earn 1 for each act of bravery, but there are several with 2 MOH's i.e. Smedley Butler and Dan Daly, both Marines.
You csn only recieve one in your life period fuckin morons
Do not judge a man by the motives of men above him, but by his motives alone.
Whatever your beliefs about the United States or any other country, respect those who put themselves at risk for others.
this would have been terrifying, respect from Australia to our brothers in arms.
Fuck..talk about death valley, respect for those brave warriors. And for whoever the genius was that placed the FOB there, should be sent there himself.
For those of you condeming our heros i feel bad for you. These heros lay down their lives with no questions asked, with nothing gained as a reward. These people fight for your freedom and for your life. We should welcome people like these in the general public as heros because they went above and beyond to risk their life for others and im sure none of you little trolls out there would ever do that. If you are in the military thank you for your service.
i salute you welcome home and thank you for your service army vietnam vet 1969
totally overlooked that. what a crazy experience it must have been and now to be honored at the highest level. its like i want to congratulate him but i feel that military guys in that situation might not want to be in the spotlight, having lost friends and going through what they do. i just hope he everything is working out for him
I wish all boys after graduating would serve for 2 years. They come back men and appreciate our freedoms. God bless our soldiers. Heroes forever
I dont understand why 53 men are defending a "tactically indefensible" position ... Is this like in Vietnam when they'd say "go take that hill", then randomly withdraw a few hundred lives later.. I just hope these poor soldiers werent put in thid situation because of bad command and intelligence.. Just seems so stupid.
Are you serious? They deserve more than that for doing what they did for their comrades and for protecting the American people through this horrible war. Just one question: Is the government going to assist the veterans in everything they need and deserve when they come home? They cannot live and provide for their family off the medal of honor, even though they have earned it to the fullest, and beyond. We cannot forget that their rations and pay were reduced due to government decisions, among other things. Lets not desert them in their time of need once they come home. NOTE*** Lets not forget that these veterans have seen horrors and have been through horrors first hand. Something that we will never have to experience because of their bravery. And, unwillingly, will have to live with the horrors embedded in their memories for the rest of their lives. GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!!!
They get more than "just" the Medal. All Medal of Honor recipients get a $1,194 monthly pension. Plus there is a 10 percent increase in their retirement pay. They also get to fly on military aircraft at no cost, if there is space available, and they and their families can use military recreation facilities like pools, bowling allies and golf courses. And each Medal of Honor recipient's child, if they qualify, can go to a military academy without having to worry about the quota for his or her state.
Troublesome2008 you still have to be admitted to a military academy and it's not easy at all.
I've been trying to get a federal job for a while now and I think my 5 point veteran preference means nothing.
the military budget is the few ones that the govt changes every year so when the is a war the budget is given more no war they cut back that way if they want to cut back they can always screw the vets army disabled vietnam vet 1969
yeah, they're definitely screwing the veterans with the new COLA proposals and pension cutting.
Humans don't deserve this we can do so much better for ourselves. War is the greatest injustice we can do to ourselves.
WW2 should have ended all wars but nahh
HOORAH soldier, keep giving em hell
eric .farrar I’m 99.9% sure that was a army soldier lmao.
How do you change your name ? Still. Shut up
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Oh when a medal of Honor is presented it is the acknowledgement of a greatfull people for heroism already rendered in action. It is not won or given it was earned not as a reward but as a symbol of Honor to a man already possessing that character of service above and beyond the call of duty.
In that situation I would careless of the medal of honor. The highest award is seeing every single one of my men in safety. Medal is just a medal, comrades are family.
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Cnn is the least of News Organizations that should be reporting what real courage is.
what I want to know is... are the officers who chose that position for a base facing a Courts Marshal. MoH or not, those men fought and died for nothing unless the officers who chose and approved that position are not removed from command and imprisoned for incompetence leading to death or injury.
I know that I will sound awful especially since I have a son who as been in Afganistan but what the heck will a medal do for anyone??? Help them with PTSD but shove a medal.......well I think you know where that should go. Many blessings upon all soldiers, airmen, sailors....but for Gods sake....help the living!!!
They asked for it. It's not like they were drafted to fight against their will.
+bob loris
Yes we did.... Your welcome ass clown!
Judy Duckett you usually have no idea about people around you. A person passing by may be good or bad, coward or hero, you never know. This medal just indicates a person that is a hero so that everyone knew that this person is a hero and should be respected.
I know this is kind of late, but a soldier with the Medal of Honor is given respect among all other soldiers, including the president.
They also get an income for life, as well as a favor from the president, as long as it’s legal.
Is for ptsd and mental issues, a soldier has to deal with it in their own.
Who in God's name thought that post should have been stationed is a fool, and should be discharged.
The only thing i could come up with is that its secluded . I guess not
Congratulations Sgt. Carter.
Sorry you guys were hung out there like that...but the grunts, the boots, get it done.
All those deaths, for nothing now.
Did i ever say i supported the war? Because i don't.
I support the men and women who have been placed there and i wish them a safe return home.
the highest record is 21 Medals for the same battle..Saragarhi, 1897
Just watched the movie they made for this 👍👍
It was amazing
I just watched the film called Outpost based on this incident. They deserve this Honor.
i think the main thing is that the act isnt self preservation, so like a guy can kill 100 enemies, but if hes doing it to save himself he cant get the medal, the fact that the guy pulled out the soldiers from a vehicle shows that he was willing to lay down his life, because most people would have ran out of the vehicle as it was being bombarded with sniper fire
I watched the movie of this battle and I was really sad about their deaths.
They should have never been at that outpost... and it's not like they didn't know.. they knew when they were told they had to go there... and everyone one else knew too... they fought to stay alive.. and to keep their battle buddy alive....
It must have been a Frenchman who decided on the location of FOB Keating. Den Bien Phu.
What about SGT. Raphael Peralta; 1st BN 3rd Marines in Fallujah, Iraq 2004.
Anyone else think the nickname, “the bastards” sounds so badass?
Poor men and women get killed when rich politicians getting richer...
Poor Muslims live in slavery and get killed for a false religion
The bond-hood between a soldier is greater than anything gold or paper can produce.
If they didn’t do their part you wouldn’t live in a free safe country
damn. thats crazy, i did hear a little bit more about it. what an intense experience
I still say that someone should have been held accountable for putting them in a valley surrounded by enemy. That goes against every tactical scenario I was ever taught.
I would say most soldiers never wish one day to receive this reward in their lives, not because it isn't honorable but the price is too high. If he is rewarded then either his own live or a few of his friends' lives have to give away.... I used to know a man (in South Vietnam) received similar medal but he lost both arms, both eyes, both legs .... and of course with a few of his men. He just said "thank you for rewarding me this highest medal of honor but sorry i can not stand and have no hand to hold it, i could feel it but no longer seeing it". That was the shortest and saddest speech I have ever seen. By the way, whoever directed this camping should be fired, he did not follow basic things that Chinese warriors have used for thousand of years: good defensive location.
I'm not a military strategist but even i know that location.Was a gift wrapped golden egg for the taliban to attsck.Especially with them having the high ground which was virtually undefendable.And the poor soldiers were just sitting ducks.I know I'm late for the party but I hope heads rolled over this..RIP
Respect to the heroes who protect our country!
Too long to wait for the government to acknowledge the heroism of this man.
Now i have lost you completely. What are you talking about?
There is not enough ammo to defend such a base.
Not at all.... Hats off to those bad ass grunts!!!!
Salute....
Also, the fact that he, while in the line of fire, used a power saw to cut down a tree that was on fire near the aid station filled with critically wounded Soldiers who couldn't be evacuated.
Um, what about in 1993 when those two snipers received the Medal of Honor during the Battle of Mogadishu? That was less than half a century ago.
The snipers were killed in action, resulting in a posthumous reward of the Medal of Honor, and it was brought up
I've talked to a former Croatian colonel who had co operated with US forces toward the end of the balkan war. He pretty much straight up says that US forces are heavily dependant on their tech and more often that not throw common sense out the window due to technical/beurocratic reasons. He also states that Americans are incredibly naive when it comes to predicting the behaviour of the enemy.
Hell yeah, SSgt Carter deserved the MOH, 💯
there were three medal of honors issued for this battle. one to Carter, one to Romesha and also Swenson
Same as the Brit Victoria Cross. The VC is senior to any order of Knighthood. You will receive a salute from anybody in uniform including a Field Marshal. Only the reigning monarch would receive you without a salutation.
the M.O.H is an insult to soldier's in my opinion. to say one is more honorable than the other is just wrong. every soldier puts his/her life at risk when they join the military. anyone who serves should be honored in such a way as this.
All 53 of them should be awarded the Medal of Honor.... they should have never have been there how do you put a base / Outpost in a valley between 3 mountains. I would love to know who decided to put that Outpost there, and ask them why?
Every one of these troops deserve a medal for this incredibly indefensible location. WHY was this location used????? Who was the idiot?
A soldier should not be honored for doing what is expected.
how come, as i am watching his video, i am thinking of a place called Diem Bien Phu and the french amry? same difference.
Well to begin with i'm not an American so the FRN does not effect me.
Second, Edward Joseph Snowden is a hero to not just Americans but also to the world.
And thirdly, Supporting men in the field of battle is not the same as supporting there cause or there government.
Whoever assigned them to that outpost should be reprimanded and demoted.
If a country is to have allies and friends it becomes your job to help them if they need it just as it will be there job to make sure you are okay.
Otherwise you will have no friends and no allies and thus you will end up like North Korea.
Friendship comes to nothing if you are not willing to back them up in a fight.
I support the American troops and i wish them a safe return home and anyone who does not wish that is a sociopath.
The officers who decided to put this outpost in middle of the hornets nest in low grounds must be put behind bars.
+Scott Amon dont do that these guys died in combat and they died doing their duty dont try to take the bravery away from them
Matthew Alexander Dude are you out of your mind? they lives could have been saved if the planning was done correctly. Why the hell would you make your outpost in low grounds when there are mountains around you? It is not the soldiers fault, the higher officers give them the orders.
I recommend "American Patriots", The Story of Blacks in the Military from the Revolutionary War to Desert Storm- By Gail Buckley. It looks to be written on about a ninth grade level.
Why do they put firebases in spots like that...
I saw this on a soxumentery on netflix its called medla of honor
God bless our troops and God bless America. Whoever the officer was who commanded that base position should be peeling potatoes for the rest of his career.
I cannot believe all of the trolling. And, I wish all of the terds that troll would serve in life threatening combat for an extended period of time.
Vietnam War, 1968 and 1969, III Corps, 2nd Field Forces, far Western Tay Ninh province, War Zone C.
Ahh No thanks bro, WW3 Forsure
I love you brother. < 82nd abn div. operation just cause, operation desert shield, operation desert storm, operation grapple. HHB DIVARTY 319 AFAR.
That up to 400 Taliban attacked 53 Americans and only 8 Americans died, that's pretty amazing in itself.
salute to AMERICAN SOLDIERS. they are doing gr8 job. Risking their life for others now that's what we call a real heroes
"Defend the indefendable", what happened to the officer responsible for an tenable position? When you are told that the location presents itself to the onlooker as a deathtrap, how can anyone even temporarily set up a "base"/"camp" there?
They made a movie about it on Netflix
I just watched the movie
Paperchasin Haitian The Outpost
it must be bittersweet, because you can only get these high level medals from being on the receiving end of a massacre, i mean those guys go into operations absolutely own the taliban, no one dies and they get out, its a success mission, but they wont win medals, instead they have to live through an operation that went wrong, its weird
As a graduate of the Army''s Field Artillery Basic and Advanced courses, I continue to be unable to understand how the Army was unable to provide adequate fire support to soldiers in Afghanistan.
That's not my only choice im joining because thats what i want to do. Unless a huge war breaks out in the next 6 years the likely hood of me dying in the Military are very slim.
Who the hell thought it was a good idea to set up an outpost at the bottom of a narrow valley like that? That's waiting for an attack to happen.
no one believed that the Taliban will attack the outpost in a mass scale even after the afghan translator tried to warned them repeatedly. hence left the post more indefensible.
That must have been hell of a battle
Good to have a president after such a nightmare. That makes it worth.
I read the book. It is huge and long, but incredibly well researched. Tapper is a great writer IMO.
The movie is on Netflix u guys should watch
Let me clarify this for you since your intellect does not go further then this.
I support the soldiers in coming home, i support them in doing there jobs well, i support them when it comes to uphold order, be fair and just and things of that nature.
I do not support the part where some soldiers kill innocent people, steal natural resources and do something that is not within there legal job description.
P.S. I only respond to 500 character messages at a time.
We're going to leave Afghanistan and the same thing that's happening in Iraq right now will just happen there, what are we doing wrong?
Shughart and Gordan were the two killed rangers that was suppose to recieve the Medal Of Honor.
WHAT a Guy!
they made a movie of this , i remember the story
Barj Matal. COP Keating. They Forgot to add that the Afghan Army helped the enemy here.
Indeed they did and that is why they are heroes, everyone of them :)
Look up Blair paddy Maine he was one of the original SAS service man in WW2 but he didn't get the Victorian cross because he was Irish look him up on RUclips
ARMY BRAVERY! RIP WARRIORS!
I am enlisting into the Marine Corps. How can you say soldiers are stooges? There's very smart people in the military and not so smart. Just like there are in anything you do. You do have to take a test to get in they wont take anyone, the ASVAB is not hard but i do know people who've got under a 31 on it. As me i am not joining to fight in any way, im joining to get something worthwhile out of my life.
they dont all have radios?
This is why I realised the video from the medal of honour from Netflix
I watched the movie...I cried
Carter was in my unit
COP Keating was designed to work as a waypoint between 3 vally access points. That being said, It was too exposed and officers responsible for supplying the COP with much needed fire support, which was not given, were found guilty of failing to provide adequate support: By means of intercepting Taliban/ Al Qaeda patrols, or by coordinating airstrikes during the battle., and were promptly relieved of duty. 8 men KIA, 27 Injured, with another 4 ANA soldiers KIA.
The Taliban penetrated the base and caused havoc, looking ammunition stockpiles placed at that COP before airstrikes closed the COP after the Coalition evac'd. It was a shitshow.
I appreciate someone who finally knows what they are talking about.
Leave it to someone from CNN to write a book about something they did not experience.
" positioned so poorly", sometimes you wonder what is going on over there? I mean isn't it they're business to know these things? So did anyone got court martialed?