Forces Return Fire in Afghanistan", "World Briefing Asia: Afghanistan: U.S. Personnel in Afghanistan", "DefenseLINK News: U.S. Karzai said they were innocent and urged them to find jobs. Saturday, November 2: Tajik forces loyal to Ismail Khan, the governor of Herat Province, launched the attack in the Zer-e-Koh district, killing two civilians and injuring 15 in a crowded market. Brig Kamal Alam and Colonel Anwars Criticism of Chawinda and A.H Amin's Reply Defence Journal January 2002. The hole left by Zias retreat had to be plugged. In August 2016, a YouTuber posted a lengthy interview with a military . They found one-hundred and fifteen 107mm rockets, 14 rocket-propelled grenades, land mines, detonators and thousands of rounds of ammunition, some of it armor-piercing. As the helicopters returned safely to Bagram Air Base, the sprawling hub of U.S. military forces in Afghanistan, throngs of soldiers anxiously awaited their return.25, In addition to 7 U.S. dead, there were at least 40 wounded soldiers, of which 18 were treated and returned to duty.26 Another 9 Special Forces soldiers and 13 others arrived on 6 and 7 March at Germanys Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, all in good condition.27 As the smoke figuratively cleared, Franks estimated that U.S. and Afghan forces had killed from 100 to 200 al-Qaeda and Tali-ban fighters during the hilltop battle.28, Although the intensity of fighting slacked off on 5 March, allied Afghan commanders sent fresh platoons to the fight while troops in contact kept pressing forward with minesweepers clearing their way. Monday, February 11: Interim Afghan leader Hamid Karzai met with United Arab Emirates President His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. Scout sniper teams directly east of Marzak were watching two small canyons that ran out of the village. Wednesday, March 27: A U.S. soldier is killed by a mine outside of Kandahar. 1st Class Nathan Ross Chapman aboard a CH-53 in Pakistan . Ibid. In 2002, an elite tactical team was said to have killed the Kandahar Giant, a 13-foot-tall beast with flaming red hair, six fingers on each hand, and two sets of teeth. Tuesday, June 18: An unidentified group launches rockets within Kabul, and several rockets land in the vicinity of the U.S. Embassy. As an example, she cited the case of Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville, who, while deployed to Afghanistan with the 101st Airborne Division, was responsible for reconstruction. Unexpectedly Stiff Resistance Meets Coalition Forces Mount in Attack on Al-Qaida and Taliban, AP, 5 March 2002. Silver Cross Mother Proud of Son Nathan's Accomplishments. The Board further concluded that correcting deficiencies in air coordination and control and tactical planning might have prevented the accident: " as much as the F-16 pilots bear final responsibility for the fratricide incident, there existed other systemic shortcomings in air coordination and control procedures, as well as mission planning practices by the tactical flying units, that may have prevented the accident had they been corrected."[5]. Tuesday, February 12: Interim Afghan leader Hamid Karzai warned warlords to remove their check posts and chains on roads. Karzai reopened the Afghan embassy. Troops Recount Battle,, Warplanes in action after US suffers worst losses of Afghan campaign,, Kathy Gannon, New troops moving into front-line areas near Gardez, Afghanistan,, Christine Hauser and Stuart Grudgings, U.S. Gunmen fired at the U.S. base near the central Afghan city of. At 1200, a third Chinook was hit while inserting more special operations forces near the site of the first incident. Both units ran into heavy resistance. 2002. They had been held since the collapse of the Taliban one year earlier. A U.S. Special forces soldier was slightly wounded by gunfire in the incident. A list of notable incidents in Afghanistan during 2003 March 1: Two Afghan government soldiers were wounded in a blast in Kandahar. Wednesday, January 9: Seven U.S. Marines were killed when their plane hit a mountain while landing in Pakistan. Fight and fall back. . Two people had survived however, Omar Khadr and an unidentified man, one of whom threw a grenade killing Christopher J. Speer. Tribute was paid to the women who had played a crucial role in helping children survive. Operation Anaconda began before dawn on 2 March 2002. During a 24-hour-long battle on 34 March 2002, a handful of U.S. soldiers killed hundreds of al-Qaeda fighters while repelling waves of heavily armed mujahideen trying to overrun an isolated hilltop position in the Arma Mountains of southeastern Afghanistan. Sunday, March 3: Seven U.S. soldiers are killed when their helicopter is shot down during Operation Anaconda. Saturday, November 9: U.S. helicopters broke up a gun battle between Kuchis and local government forces over a land dispute. 5. TASK FORCE-AFGHANISTAN 26 March 2002 to 1 February 2006 GO 2009-15 1. I was just surprised at the intensity of what I saw on the valley floor.12 Sergeant First Class (SFC) Thomas Abbott, whose right arm was injured by shrapnel, added, Ive never been so scared in my life. A small team of U.S. soldiers was missing Friday in the same mountains in eastern Afghanistan where a special forces helicopter was shot down earlier this week . Sunday, February 24: Afghan interim leader Hamid Karzai arrived in Tehran, Iran to meet with reformist President Mohammad Khatami and his government and to exchange views on regional issues, including the future of Afghan refugees. Thomson, USA) - Bagram Airfield; U.S. national support element TF Dragon Slayer / 5-5 Air Defense Artillery (USA) - Bagram Airfield; counter-rocket and -mortar mission at bases countrywide 12 32nd Light Infantry Battalion (Georgia) - Bagram Airfield and Kabul; base security 13 TF EOD / 184th Ordnance Battalion (Lt. Col. Keith Rowsey . Monday, July 1: In central Uruzgan province, a U.S. B-52 struck suspected al-Qaeda and Taliban cave and bunker complexes, while an AC-130 gunship strafed several villages. Randy Watt led a group of the US soldiers to search the compound, in the belief that everybody had been killed. You save your resources from attrition to make sure you stay in power when its all over.46 Hagen-beck and Wiercinski said they did not know Zias experience or background, but commanders who had worked with Zia before had spoken highly of him.47, Other U.S. officers theorized that someone leaked the plan of attack to the enemy. The surrounding mountain peaks rise to 11,000 to 12,000 feet. They were told not to move. He took a couple of mortar rounds and took off.50 The soldiers had respect for the enemy: Theyre a helluva lot more fancy than people give them credit for. [27], Wednesday October 23 Mortar fire is directed at a U.S. encampment in Asadabad.[28]. Persian Gulf - August 2, 1990, through end of hostilities. Reconnaissance forces slipped into the mountains a few days before the main attack was scheduled to begin on 27 February, but the operation was postponed 48 hours because of rainy, blustery weather. A small U.S. Special Forces detachment ac companied local Afghan commander Zia Lodin as his men entered the valley from the south and headed to Sirkankel to flush out suspected al-Qaeda and Taliban forces.5. In November 2002, a Danish-German report would conclude that the explosives experts did not follow safety regulations while disarming two of the missiles. Daniel L. Douville, 33, of Harvey, Louisiana, assigned to the 96th Civil Engineer Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida , died June 26 in Helmand Province . A United States F-16 fighter jet piloted by Air National Guard Major Harry Schmidt dropped a laser-guided 500-pound (230kg) bomb on the Canadians, who were conducting a night firing exercise at Tarnak Farms. Play went on anyway despite the clash, and the international team won the game three to one. Tuesday, November 26: Several rockets slammed into the eastern edge of Kabul overnight, landing several miles from a base of the international peacekeepers. MG F.L. Monday, February 4: Yacine Akhnouche and two others were arrested near Paris. U.S. commanders reported that U.S.-led bombing attacks and ground assaults might have killed as many as 400 fighters of a total of perhaps 800.32 Sergeant Corey Daniel, who commanded an eight-man forward observation unit, told the press on 9 March that al-Qaeda resistance waned over the next few days as they ran out of ammunition and wilted under nonstop bombing.33, Coalition planes continued to hammer the terrorists. I think weve seen it in the past. May 2002: Combined Joint Task Force 180 becomes the most senior U.S. military headquarters in the country. The Task Force's presence allowed the Haitian legislature to reopen on 28 . One CH-47 went to the northern blocking position, which had a platoon-size element and two scout snipers set up as hunter/killer teams. Friday, November 8: Iran called for the second time in less than two weeks for Kabul to respect a water-sharing accord on the Helmand river flowing from Afghanistan into Iran. Sunday, July 2: A U.S. soldier is slightly wounded after a U.S. convoy came under fire near a hospital in Kandahar. As a family man myself with a wife and two young boys, I can only imagine how difficult it is for they and their families to grapple with the fact that these men volunteered to serve their country and were killed in a wartime accident. Meanwhile, a joint unit from the Army and Air Force . Japan extended its logistics support for the U.S.-led anti-terrorism campaign in and around Afghanistan for another six months. He is a correspondent for the Journal of Military Ordnance and www.strategypage.com. Monday, November 25 A 15-man U.S. special forces patrol seized a large cache of heavy weapons and armored vehicles near Bamyan. Because the initial grouping of 1,000 Afghan government troops committed to Operation Anaconda were ethnic Pashtuns, cooperation between them and the Tajiks could have been problematic. Jessica Lynch, missing since March 23 after an Iraqi ambush near Nasiriya, is rescued. It was Maj. Schmidt's right to roll in self-defense, even after the "hold fire" order. In Kabul, two Afghan children were killed when they picked up an unexploded mortar in the eastern part of the city. Major General Stephen T. Sargeant: A reasonable pilot never would have believed that the fire on the ground was a threat to his flight. In 1942 it was reorganized and redesignated as the 98th Reconnaissance Troop (less 3rd Platoon) and ordered into Federal service. According to Joint Staff briefer U.S. Air Force Brigadier General John Rosa, the helicopter was hit by machine-gun and RPG fire and either crash-landed or experienced a hard landing.20 Six soldiers were killed and five wounded in subsequent firefights, since the valley suddenly swarmed with enemy troops. Additionally, a U.S. infantry brigade will be positioned in Kuwait in the event it is needed in Afghanistan to help secure the airport. Traveling with Karzai were Afghan Ministers of Foreign Affairs Abdullah, Immigration Affairs Enayatullah Nazari, Commerce Sayed Mustafa Kazemi, Transport Sultan Hamid Sultan, Information and Culture Rahim Makhdoom, Agriculture Sayed Hussein Anwari, and Rural Development Abdul Malik Anwar. The soldier was evacuated to the U.S. military's medical center in Landstuhl, Germany, then transferred to a nearby German hospital for more specific neurological treatment, and a week later flown home to the United States. It was the bloodiest deployment of the Bundeswehr in Germany . Afghanistan's aviation and tourism minister. [17][18] Ainsworth Dyer Memorial Bridge in Rundle Park, Edmonton, was named in his memory. . Thursday, March 28: The U.N. Security Council voted to create a U.N. assistance mission in Afghanistan for one year. It was originally reported that they were ambushed. U.S. soldiers who were inside the air base, also came under fire. Ismail Khan, a former governor, took back control of Herat after the fall of the Taliban. Monday, December 2: Fierce clashes between forces of Amanullah Khan and Ismail Khan resumed in western Afghanistan. Several arrests were made. . I am a well recognized Consultant to the US Military, Law Enforcement . Support Platoon Leader Captain David Mayo of the 1/182d Infantry Regiment and his group provided security for the command and control element and conducted reconnaissance of potential resupply landing zones for the operation. Publishing Disclaimer: In all of its publications and products, Military Review presents professional information. Monday, June 24: U.S. forces fire mortars and call in close air support after coming under rocket fire near Jalalabad. Nov. 11, 2009. Tuesday, February 26: Accompanied by a strong 36-member delegation, which includes Foreign Minister Abdullah, Afghanistan interim head Hamid Karzai arrived in New Delhi, India to discuss efforts underway for rehabilitation and reconstruction. The 173rd Airborne Brigade ("Sky Soldiers") is an airborne infantry brigade combat team (IBCT) of the United States Army based in Vicenza, Italy.It is the United States European Command's conventional airborne strategic response force for Europe.. The Mail Star (November 10, 2003). About 400 U.S. troops returned to Bagram Air Base on 9 March; however, within hours of the withdrawal of one-third of the 1,200 U.S. troops involved in the 8-day-old operation, B-52 bombers had to return to the area.42, Some Afghan commanders in Gardez and Kabul asserted that the United States may have made the mistake of relying on a select few local commanders who gave wrong estimates of enemy troop numbers, then backed out on pledges to assist in the battle. Captain Kevin Butler watched in frustration as the enemy ducked into caves seconds before supporting jets dropped their bombs. The two boards shared personnel information. During a seven-month tour, they lost . Sgt. This noose of allied troops enclosed four specific combat zones. The Defense Department is sending three . On July 6, 2004, Umbach was reprimanded for leadership failures and allowed to retire. [18], August 1826: During Operation Mountain Sweep, 2,000 U.S. and Afghan troops detain 10 suspects, they come under fire twice but sustain no casualties. He would like feedback from veterans of Operation Anaconda and can be contacted at acarlg@aol.com. The soldiers claim Dan was killed by a blow from the sword before the giant was . 2003 in Afghanistan. The former Afghan government's elite commandos may be joining the British Army. It's an art.". Tuesday, December 10: A second prisoner died (the first one dying on December 3) at the makeshift prison in the United States compound at an Afghan base north of Kabul. Private Green's mother, Doreen Coolen, was chosen by the Royal Canadian Legion to be the Silver Cross Mother for the Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa in 2002. Wednesday, November 13: 2,000 students assembled outside the gates of Kabul University, refusing to attend lessons until their demands for improved accommodation and justice for those who died in recent protests were met. I had to make that decision with what I now know, with the acuity of 20/20 hindsight, was imperfect information My perception was that we had been ambushed, as we had been briefed that Taliban were expected to use ambush tactics in and around Kandahar. where well encounter very, very substantial resistance. By Thomas Gibbons-Neff. Frustrated and angry, Butler ran 45 meters uphill six times onto the peak and exposed himself to enemy fire to pinpoint the enemys position so he could call in an air strike. Served during one of the following times of military conflict: Afghanistan - September 18, 2001, through end of hostilities. On September 22, 2007, U.S. District Judge Jeanne Scott ruled against Schmidt, stating, "The release of Schmidt's reprimand gave the public insight into the way in which the United States government was holding its pilot accountable. We thought we were all going to die.13 The wounded were evacuated at around 2000. The U.S. State Department strongly warns U.S. citizens against travel to Afghanistan. Leading B Company's 3rd Platoon, Parnell and his unit were expecting an ill-equipped force in Afghanistan, but what they found was a war-hardened group of fighters who had been fighting -- or . Sandra Petersmann | Nina Werkhuser. Acting on tips 400 U.S. troops raided Naray and nearby Kot Kalay. Saturday, February 23: Two rockets are fired at the U.S. base in Kandahar, but don't inflict any damage.[3]. You dont want to take too many combat losses yourself. A . U.S. Special Forces Chief Warrant Officer Stanley L. Harriman was killed. Previously, all U.S. military operation had focused strictly on Taliban and al-Qaeda forces. However, whether Roberts was alive when he fell, was left on the ground, or was shot out of the helicopter is still unknown. Retreating under mortar and rocket fire, the Afghan column stumbled into a second ambush to the rear. Monday, October 28: Iran made an appeal to Kabul to respect a 1972 accord entitling Iran to at least 26 cubic metres of water a second from the Helmand River. Once troops took cover, organizing and returning fire, they hunkered down for the 18-hour battle of attrition. The 750 mile (1,200km) route, which runs fromKabul through Kandahar and then to Herat, was built in the 1960s with U.S. funds, but devastated during the 1980s Soviet occupation and the civil war that followed. Germany had 1,200 soldiers in the force, and the Dutch 240, but those figures would be boosted after the transfer of command. On a visit to the People's Republic of China by Afghan Foreign Minister Dr. A U.S. special forces soldier suffered head and hand injuries while rock climbing during a mission near. (Rahmat Gul/AP) Three infantry battalions are on their way to the Kabul . Aug 12, 2021. Forces Gain Edge in Afghan Attack,, Diggers in heavy Afghan fighting, Australian Associated Press (AAP) via. Two U.S. soldiers were injured when their sports utility vehicle rolled over while traveling in a three-vehicle convoy from the central town of Bamiyan to the U.S. headquarters at Bagram. Searching along the line of the patrol's known route resulted in them discovering discarded pieces of equipment, much of it broken. U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command, take a moment to . Thursday, November 14: Construction began on a key highway connecting Kandahar to Spinboldak, Pakistan. Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) is a large military operation, being carried . A 107mm rocket was fired at a U.S. base near, A U.S. special forces soldier was airlifted from a U.S. base near, A rocket-propelled grenade hit the south wall of the, A rocket was launched from a truck near the town of, Afghan authorities released 87 Pakistani prisoners suspected of fighting alongside the formerTaliban government. Tuesday, April 2: In Kabul, Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf met with Afghanistan's interim leader Hamid Karzai, in the first visit by a Pakistani leader in more than 30 years. Monday, March 11: Through his deputy, Qutbuddin Hilal, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar pledged support for Hamid Karzai. Troop levels. The findings of the four-member Canadian Tarnak Farm Board of Inquiry, chaired by General Maurice Baril, were released on June 28, 2002. September 11, 2001: Suicide attacks by Al-Qaeda take place in the United States. Hereafter referred to as DOD News Transcript. Saturday, November 30: In Moscow, Afghan foreign minister, Abdullah, and his Russian counterpart, Igor Ivanov, held talks focusing on security issues. In 2002 . I was pretty scared because I didnt feel no pain. Wednesday, August 7: At least 15 people were killed when suspected al-Qaeda gunmen attacked an army base in the southern outskirts of Kabul. The clash seemed like a last, defiant gesture. Wednesday, February 13: The United States Congress stepped in to find nearly $300m in humanitarian and reconstruction funds for Afghanistan after the Bush administration failed to request any money in the latest budget. He was around an 1100 pound guy.". I will always regret what happened that night. Wednesday, May 22: U.S. planes bomb a group of suspected militants near the Pakistani border.[7]. Al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders must have smelled blood, because the shift in U.S. tactics drew masses of them out of hiding and into combat. the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was not called in to assist. Later, the autopsies would label the deaths as homicides. [15] Camp Nathan Smith in Afghanistan was named after him. Tuesday, December 17: A grenade was thrown into a jeep carrying two U.S. Special Forces soldiers driving through Kabul, Afghanistan. The Tajiks were tasked with helping drive hidden Taliban snipers and fighters from the valley villages of Sher Khan Khel, Babal Khel, and Marzak.39. forces step up attacks; Paul Haven, Army: Major Anaconda Fighting Over,, Abdul Mateen Hassankheil quoted in Charles Clover, Afghan rivalries blamed for US defeat,, Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker, Retreat of Afghan Allies Forced G.I.s to Take Lead in Fighting,, Jonathan Ewing, Mud, Cold and Shells: A Trench-Level View of the War in Afghanistan,, Gerry J. Gilmore, Anaconda Battle Plan Sound, Franks Says,, Hauser and Millership, Mountain battle ranges.. Police fired into the air and used water cannons to break up the march. The fire was actually from a Canadian Forces anti-tank and machine-gun exercise, which was taking place on a former Taliban firing range. The First Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fourth Infantry Division, is deploying to Iraq for a nine-month tour of duty. May 2002: Combined Joint Task Force 180 becomes the most senior U.S. military headquarters in the country.. Wednesday, 1 May 2002, A U.S. Green Beret was wounded near Bagram. The commissions covered the provinces of Baghlan, Badakhshan, Kunduz and Takhar. Steven Quayle spoke of an occurrence, still classified by the US Government, in his popular Radio Show "Coast to Coast": the events allegedly happened in 2002 on a desert part of the Afghanistan, when a U.S. Army squad went missing. American forces in Afghanistan have suffered a series of setbacks during 2002, and a year after the fall of the Taliban the US army is under almost daily attack in its . Elsewhere, U.S. Special forces soldiers accompanied by 40 Afghan soldiers called in close air support after coming under attack near Skhin. The Corps function as regional commands and are deployed throughout the country. January 29. U.S. soldiers of B company, 4th Infantry Regiment patrol in Baylough in Zabul province, southeastern Afghanistan on April 1 . Air Force Tech. Troops Say Afghans Failed Them,, Gannon, U.S. During March 2002, the U.S. airlifted 1700 troops and 1,000 pro-government Afghan militia to take on between 300 and 1,000 al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters A 21-man Special Forces team was dropped off. The event occurred near the airport in Kabul, while the team was defusing Soviet-made SA-3 anti-aircraft missiles. A CIA operative was also wounded. This page was last edited on 7 September 2022, at 08:20. A U.S. special forces soldier was shot in the leg when his unit came under fire on a road outside, Two 107mm rockets exploded before dawn within 500 meters of, Pakistan turned over to U.S. forces 25 suspected, An emergency cabinet meeting was called by Afghan President. Items of concern included military operations, landmines, banditry, armed rivalry among political and tribal groups. 2002. Wednesday, August 28: U.S. Special forces kill an armed man who displayed "hostile intent" near Lwara.[20]. Brigadier General Duncan Lewis, commander of the Australian Armys special operations forces, told the press that about 100 Special Air Service (SAS) commandos had been inserted into remote observation points atop mountains near the towns of Marzak and Sher Khan Khel. July 1, 2005 / 7:16 AM / CBS/AP. Nathan Smith, members of the 3rd Battalion of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. February-March 2008 - The division leadership unit, an infantry brigade and aviation brigade deploy to eastern Afghanistan, and take command on the 101st day of the year. The border guard was taken into custody. This is not surprising given the nations culture.48, Several U.S. soldiers heaped derision on Zia, painting a picture of a well-prepared opposition that made ample use of advanced weaponry. Vietnam/Indochina - December 22, 1961, through May 7, 1975 The Tarnak Farm incident refers to the killing, by an American Air National Guard pilot, of four Canadian soldiers and the injury of eight others from the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Battle Group (3PPCLIBG) on the night of April 17, 2002, near Kandahar, Afghanistan. U.S. troops, who had been slated to block fleeing terrorists or hopscotch around the battle zone, were immediately dropped into the gap to await Zias return. Ten seconds later, the controller ordered the pilots to disengage, saying the forces on the ground were "friendlies Kandahar".[2]. 's Scour Old Qaeda Base, but Find Little", "DefenseLink News Article: Enemy Forces Fire on U.S. ; David Wood, Outnumbered U.S. force rakes al-Qaida forces,, Jim Garamone, Allies Aggressive in Fight Against Al Qaeda, Taliban,, Elliott Minor, Air Force Airman Killed in Afghanistan Remembered for Devoting His Life to Helping Others,, John F. Burns, U.S. Published Aug 31, 2016. Argent will develop a billing system for the GSM mobile network set up in June by the Afghan Wireless Communication Company, a joint venture between Telephone Systems International and the Afghan Ministry of Communications. . They had flown back and forth between Herat or Mashad, Iran and Ghor almost every day for five months, distributing 6,400 metric tons of food and seeds to more than 460,000 Afghans. He was fined nearly $5,700 in pay and reprimanded. Sunday, February 10: Interim Afghan leader Hamid Karzai released more than 300 captured Taliban soldier. Friday, December 20: A U.S. soldier is killed during a gunfight in eastern Afghanistan. Once they sit down, D'Angelo turns to the new guy, Pvt. The attackers left behind an unexploded grenade and several leaflets warning parents to keep their girls at home. As it turned out, the paratroopers basic load was enough for 24 hours, and resupply was unnecessary. Wednesday, November 27: A New Zealand telecoms company Argent Networks won a $4.5 million contract to develop cellular and internet services in Afghanistan. Four schools in Vardak Province were attacked the previous week in a deliberate and systematic attempt to stop parents from sending their daughters to school. [4], Sunday, April 14: A U.S. airbase is attacked by two RPGS. Nineteen-year-old U.S. Army Pfc. Hagenbeck, U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) News Conference, Tampa, FL, 4 March 2002. Time and time again, the 101st has kept that rendezvous and in so doing, acquired a proud history. I think about the men who were killed and the men who were injured. U.S. Marines attack Iraqi militia units in Nasiriya. I am no historian but some . As of 2 March 2002, Operation Anaconda was the largest combat operation in Afghanistan of the War on Terrorism that began after the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on 11 September 2001. Moments later, the enemy popped back out to wave, throw rocks, then fire their mortars and heavy machine guns at U.S. troops. Master Corporal Curtis Hollister, Age: 29. MCCLL note: Units operating in other areas of Afghanistan have stated that 29 Palms is not necessarily the best training terrain for the mountainous regions of eastern and northern Afghanistan. [22], September 15: Two U.S. soldiers are injured by an explosive device in eastern Afghanistan. Afghan officials characterized it as a "mistake". Schmidt's testimony at his Article 32 hearing was that he believed his flight leader, Umbach, was under attack. An A-10 fighter jet dropped a single bomb on the suspected launch site. On April 20, 1960 the unit was deactivated at Fort Riley, Kansas, and on Oct. 23, 1963 the unit was reconstituted as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Infantry Division (Forward) and . They also had two blocking positions, one in a canyon running from the southeast of the valley and one running directly south. At 9:25, the pilots' AWACS controller ordered them to "hold fire" and asked Schmidt for more information on the surface-to-air fire. Thursday, March 21: UNICEF completed a "Back to school" project, providing thousands of basic packs for the schools, students and teachers in Afghanistan. U.S. Marine Corps Major Ralph Mills said Roberts died of a bullet wound after surviving a fall from the helicopter. 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