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| Afghanistan |
| May 25 Battle of Do Ab, Nuristan, After Action. CAS Wins The Day In 7-Hour Battle. |
| 2011-07-03 |
| Approximately 40 U.S. service members, including two JTAC airmen, and about 20 of their Afghan counterparts went to Do Ab after intelligence reports indicated insurgents overran the district center. The airmen and soldiers from the 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, TF Red Bulls, fought through a massive ambush from an enemy force numbering in the hundreds, killing more than 100 insurgent fighters in an intense seven-hour battle. The service members involved said the most amazing part of the whole conflict, though, was there was not one coalition force’s casualty. The airmen from the Washington ANG were the key to the battle, they added. “If they hadn’t been there dropping bombs, I don’t know that we would have gotten out of that valley,” U.S. Army Sgt. Edward Kane, an infantry team leader from Portland, Ore., with the Reconnaissance Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 133rd Inf. Regt., TF Ironman, said. “The enemy was getting closer, and their shots were getting more accurate.” The geography of the valley made it extremely challenging for coalition forces. “This is a fairly remote valley, surrounded by high canyon walls. It had been a while, nearly two years, since any American forces had been there,” said U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Chris Adamson, 116th ASOS squadron commander from Tacoma, Wash. We received several reports indicating that the local Afghan Police had been overrun by 400-500 Taliban fighters, but the information was of questionable value. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #1 "They got us surrounded, just how we want them." Kudos to these brave men. |
| Posted by: Eohippus Phater7165 2011-07-03 00:52 |