At such time the platoon cleared the remaining areas of the outpost which members of 3-61 had not yet retaken. These subgroups were in turn divided into clans and sects, depending on lineages and the interpretations of individual religious leaders. Keating's November 26, 2006 death deeply affected his platoon, who wanted to honor his sacrifice and his selfless care for them. Yes. After an attack on October 3, 2009, where the base was nearly overrun, and 8 Americans and 4 Afghan defenders were killed, the base was abandoned and demolished by a bombing from an American B-1 bomber on the night of October 6th, 2009. Zorias Yunger), most of what unfolds in the movie is largely accurate. In my moment of being the listener to a war story I previously told, I realized that The Outpost was as honest as any war story. Once OP Fritsche soldiers gained control of their mortar pit, Sgt. The soldiers heard over the radio, "Enemy in the wire The enemy is inside the camp." In the end, we gaveThe Outpost movie a Historical Accuracy Score of 8.5/10. The first didn't take place at the camp. This was a re-deployment from the Cowkay and Korangal Valleys to Kamdesh. At 6 a.m., Oct. 3, 2009, Combat Outpost Keating in Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan, came under complex attack by an enemy force estimated at 300 fighters. He decided that American soldiers' "battle rattle" war gear gave the impression of soulless killing machines. The Battle of Kamdesh took place during the war in Afghanistan. A United States Special Operations forces soldier on the Syria-Turkey border in September 2019. Contained between the Landay River and steep mountains, Keating was attacked from multiple directions by 300 enemy fighters. Clint Romesha and Ty Carter, portrayed by Scott Eastwood and Caleb Landry Jones, were not present when Benjamin Keating died. I'll just quote this part from Staff Sergeant Romesha's Medal of Honor citation: Folks Media Madness is full of arguments over TLJ, we don't need to import that headache into the War Room. [8] Coalition forces responded with small arms fire, mortars, and by the afternoon, helicopters, heavy artillery, and airstrikes. As seen in the movie, the road in Kamdesh collapsed underneath the truck, throwing Keating from the vehicle as it rolled over a cliff, sending both himself and the truck down toward the Landay-Sin River. After Keating's death, the camp was renamed Combat Outpost Keating in his honor. "It is one of the most well-planned and carefully choreographed attacks in the history of the Afghan war," Tapper told NPR. View Video of Taliban Fighters in the Camp. One officer in Afghanistan who was familiar with the attack on COP Keating said he had mixed feelings about the criticism leveled against the camp's commanders. The other two mountains that surrounded the actual outpost were inserted with CGI. AAF operations were expanding, supported by Taliban organizations in Pakistan. [19] At 6:00 a.m, the fighters opened fire from all sides of the outpost with mortars and rocket-propelled grenades,[10] immediately putting the Americans' mortar pit out of action. Surprised they didn't frag him. At one point, he and his men came under heavy sniper fire. For his gallantry, he was awarded the Silver Star Medal *, the U.S. Army's third highest award for valor. Matthew McMurtrey a cyber systems operator was attached to the 61st Cav and woke at6 a.m. that day to the walls of his bunk shaking, alerting him to the attack. The attacks size and urgency may have had something to do with the US Soldier Bounty issued by the Ruskies. Died of his wounds after his legs were hit by RPG shrapnel. The shops name means house of culture.. Despite some condensing with regard to the timeline and a fictional character or two (Pfc. Over the years, I have learned that sharing the experience allowed many of us to put our emotions into words. To make amends with the woman and her family, Meshkin agreed to shoot a shaggy brown dog named Franklin. Meanwhile, back at the aid station, Cordova learned that the first medevac would not arrive until after 7:30 p.m. A critically wounded soldier needed a blood transfusion in order to survive. The 48N6 missiles of the S-400 (and why they were designed by flat-earthers), WI: Instead of a NATO pull-out, the bases/forces in Afghanistan are handed over to the UN Peacekeeping. As a result, the depot was looted by the Taliban. Mace survived long enough to be evacuated to a nearby medical facility. The U.S. soldiers killed in the battle were: Amy Davidson Sorkin, writing in The New Yorker, tried to answer the question why the base had not been moved, when it was found to be unsuitable. Please email thoughts and suggestions to atwar@nytimes.com. American military operations in Kamdesh were affected as soon as units began gathering for deployment in the area. It was one of many reasons Cordova was later awarded the Silver Star. So first and foremost: The movie is based off the book of the same name. A bus carrying employees of an Afghan television station was bombed in Kabul on May 30. are assisting Somali soldiers fighting Al Shabab, and by a health care system that utterly failed him, The case has irritated U.S. relations with a crucial military ally. A new counter-insurgency strategy seemed to offer a way around these problems. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? On Oct. 3, while Cordova was in the aid station keeping Mace alive, I was fighting to get back with a company of reinforcements. [30] In the report released to the public, the U.S. Army concealed the names of the four disciplined officers. [38], The battle of Kamdesh is documented in the 2017 book Red Platoon: A True Story of American Valor by Clinton Romesha, a former United States Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the battle for Combat Outpost Keating in Nuristan, Afghanistan. Keating was killed in November 2006 when he volunteered for a dangerous mission to drive an army truck loaded with supplies up to the camp, along treacherous 200-foot cliffs. The second incident happened in 2008 at Observation Post Fritsche. When it came to infiltration from Pakistan, and setting ambushes, HIG was regarded as the most skillful. [7]:1238,1368,18191,407, On August 8, 2006, 19 days after the first American landing, the PRT was attacked for the first time. Everything was so realistic that had the cameras not been there I would have thought my mind was playing tricks on me. [10], OP Fritsche was established to provide overwatch for COP Keating and was manned by a mix of US and Afghan national forces. The first soldier to arrive had profuse bleeding from the skull. It also showed Lieutenant Colonel Chris Kolenda (commander of American forces in Naray) with a crisis. He worked throughout the battle, calling in strikes on enemy positions, even amidst a winter storm that blew in right at the height of the battle. The logistical location of the outpost, which was located deep in a valley surrounded by three steep mountains, put the soldiers at an enormous disadvantage. Lurie, a West Point graduate and Army veteran, listened to what I had to say and agreed to let me visit the set. The movie is based on the 2012 nonfiction book The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor by CNN's Jake Tapper. [2] A day after, on October 7, Taliban fighters were seen among the ruins of the outpost. Keating's death, while mostly historically accurate, is pushed up in the film as a way to condense the storyline.Knowing the LMTV armored supply vehicle was too heavy for the road in Kamdesh, Keating volunteered against protocol to drive the truck, choosing to risk his own life instead of the lives of the men serving underneath him. Written by CNN journalist Jake Tapper, he tells the story of soldiers living in the remote mountains of Afghanistan and Combat Outpost Keating. You must log in or register to reply here. He was the last commander of Combat Outpost Keating. I support this diversion into a discussion of the operational art and command structure as practiced by the New Resistance under Leia Organa. Sylvanius Broward (1972-) was a US Army captain who served in the US 61st Cavalry Regiment during the Iraq War and the Afghanistan War.. History. The assassin was later found in Urmul and appeared to have the assistance of one of the Afghan day laborers at Camp Keating and the acquiescence of Urmul's elders. They should had just followed their fucking orders. | Trademarks and service marks of VFW. These troops were ambushed on the Naray-Kamdesh road and shot up badly enough to prevent their arrival in Kamdesh. The basic approach to victory by the PRT involved three steps: Nicholson hoped the PRT would seed a process to be developed by the Nuristanis rather than imposed from the outside. Eight U.S. soldiers were killed and 27 wounded; eight Afghan soldiers were wounded, along with two Afghan private security guards. -The New Yorker, "On average, we'd get hit three to four times a week," says Sgt. Killed by a single gunshot wound to the face while in the base mortar pit. [9], Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}352523N 711944E / 35.4231N 71.3289E / 35.4231; 71.3289 (Location of Combat Outpost Keating). Clint Romesha, portrayed by Scott Eastwood in the film. AAF would disguise themselves in ANA uniforms and set up fake checkpoints to extract taxes and tolls from local contractors, and allied themselves with smugglers transporting illegal timber and gems into Pakistan. During the day-long battle at Combat Outpost Keating last Oct. 3, the base was temporarily overrun by an estimated 300 Taliban fighters. "Reviewing and examining and improving are part of our process and when we do it from within, it is embraced," said the officer who asked not to be identified. It seemed like the entire COP was burning [70 percent did].. Keating saw these programs as producing mixed results. The note was signed "Mullah Omar". [37], Staff Sergeant Ty Carter (then Specialist) was also awarded the Medal of Honor for his courage during the battle. Urdu and Pashtun HIG warriors brought arms and ammunition from Pakistan. [4] She noted two claims the military put forward in its report: first, the resources to relocate the base had not been available because the brigade was concentrating on guarding a village that Hamid Karzai, president of Afghanistan, considered strategically important. Then tragedy struck again. Resistance in Nuristan revolved around a specific group of Islamic fighters known as Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin or HIG. Camp Keating Officers Disciplined for Attack That Killed 8 U.S. MAJ Porter talks about his first couple of days into country as he was getting set up and received direct attack resulting . Defense officials confirm that three other Army officers face disciplinary action for their role in the attack on the military outpost in Wanat in July, 2008 that led to nine dead U.S. soldiers and 27 wounded. Combat. Encased in armor, helmets, and weapons, Americans appeared to be looking for a fight. Two days before the attack, I was en route to a mountaintop observation post when the helicopter I was flying in was hit by enemy fire. It is a story about the battle to defend against a coordinated Taliban attack that later came to be known as The Battle of Kamdesh. The action takes place at Combat Outpost Keating, which was initially built to engage the locals in community development projects. The elder considers this to be a bad omen and demands that there be retribution. Regrouping there, they pushed out teams to retake much of the outpost. In 2006, Allied commanders identified the Kamdesh area to be key to denying anti-coalition militia the required access to supply lines crossing into and out of nearby Pakistan. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. [7]:803,945,11620, While attempting the pickup, a Chinook transport helicopter crashed in the darkness at 10:09 PM when the rear rotor hit a tree, and the helicopter slid down the slope and over a cliff, exploding in flames and killing all the crew and passengers. The initiating ISAF forces of 1-91 Cavalry had returned home, replaced by 6th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division. Aaron Dove, pilot and weapon systems officer of one of the F-15E aircraft coordinating close air support, were also awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. However, Army 1st Lt. Benjamin Keating's death actually happened three years earlier, in 2006, not 2009. Keating was killed in November 2006 when he volunteered for a dangerous mission to drive an army truck loaded with supplies up to the camp, along treacherous 200-foot cliffs. ' The Outpost ' is a 2020 war drama which tells the story of 53 US soldiers who battled some 400 enemy insurgents in north-eastern Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom. Yes. This seems to be displayed rather accurately in the movie, at least with regard to how it's described in Tapper's book. [20] Observation Post Fritsche was attacked simultaneously, limiting available support from that position. Capt. The Taliban surprised the outpost with mortar fire and a massive infantry assault which partly overran and nearly destroyed COP Keating, and, while the Americans and their allies held off several Taliban attacks on the base in the bloodiest battle in Afghanistan since the 2008 Battle of Wanat, the outpost was shut down shortly after and its depot Yes. The difference there being the writers seemingly supporting her reticence to explain anything. If they shoot from the hills, US troops can shoot at them without fear of hitting civilians in town, and it makes an enticing target. Captain Broward is a fictional character likely based on Captain Melvin Porter, the officer who commanded COP Keating before it was attacked and was reprimanded for its lack of preparedness. Capt. The village leaders elected a representative council of 100 members to form a shura that would produce a regional security plan and obtain an agreement with the American military and the Afghan Karzai government. Fallen Heroes 3-61 Cavalry, 4th BCT, 4th ID. A year later COP Keating would be the location for the fateful October 2009 Battle of Kamdesh for . Given that her reticence led to her subordinates acting on their own initiative resulting in her plan failing, not really. U.S. soldiers reported that none of the Afghan soldiers held their ground. A base at the bottom of a valley surrounded by hills which are. For their heroism, 2 Medals of Honor, 9 Silver Stars and 21 Bronze Stars were awarded. A recreated Red Platoon barracks bunk bed. Photo Courtesy of the U.S. Army.When the battle ended after more than 12 hours, eight U.S. soldiers were killed and another 22 wounded. Mawlawi Abdul Rahman was a local elder impressed with this new approach. The attack was the bloodiest battle for US forces since the Battle of Wanat in July 2008, which occurred 20 miles (32 km) away from Kamdesh. However that road itself was pretty poor in of itself. Wed love your feedback on this newsletter. The brigade was busy guarding another village, and numerous other resources had been consumed looking for Bowe Bergdahl, a U.S. soldier who was held captive by the Taliban after he deserted his post on June 30, 2009. [18], At about 3:00a.m. on October 3, over 350 Taliban backed insurgents ordered all Kamdesh villagers to leave the area. 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Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. AAF forces involved fit the pattern of the improved force, in that they were uniformed and equipped as Afghan Army and police forces, with the latest weapons and radios issued to government Afghan forces, along with ski masks. Nicholson and officers of his command believed that much of the flow of weapons and troops from Pakistan could be stopped at Kamdesh. [7]:28,41,908,123, The Kamdesh village and most of Nuristan is located in the Hindu Kush. "But it is very difficult for us when people who weren't there and weren't involved, question the decision of leadership in a fight, but sometimes it is also necessary.". In response to this, the local Afghan officials sent more government troops into the area. During the highly risky convoy, the road collapsed under the weight of Keating's vehicle. Harder, from Minnesota, just 29, was in charge of a small team of soldiers at the combat outpost, COP Keating. Set up new plants in Mirdesh and Gawardesh. The Outpost real story confirms that rocket-propelled grenades and mortars caused the camp to catch fire. An after-action report stated that within less than a few minutes of fighting, the Afghan soldiers serving at Keating, as well as the Afghan security guards, had fled their positions, allowing the enemy to quickly overrun the post. Brown would also note that it was a failure of leadership on Porter's part because of Porter's absolute refusal to explain to his troops why the mortars were being limited. He died when his truck fell off the cliff, and the outpost was later named Combat Outpost Keating in his honor. Known as COIN and refined by General David Petraeus, Commander of US forces in Afghanistan, the Army and Marine Counter-insurgency Field Manual FM 3-24 was to convert the population of Nuristan to American goals. It was treacherous and subject to enemy ambush. However, author Jake Tapper says that this is entirely untrue. U.S. soldiers reported that none of the Afghan defenders held their positions. Something had to be done to bring Nuristan on to the American side. "We're constantly under observation." The smaller U.S. force ultimately beat back the attack after a fierce hours-long battle where Apache helicopters, that raced to assist the besieged soldiers, made all the difference. As I neared the camp that evening, Cordovas voice crackled through my radio and asked for more blood donors. Keating died while serving at the base in 2006 and it was . On his way, he stopped to offer first aid to wounded troops. Combat Outpost Keating is best known as the setting of the Battle of Kamdesh which occurred on October 3rd, 2009.. After an attack on October 3, 2009, where the base was nearly . The Los Angeles gift shop Bunkado, at center with a fan on its sign, in the 1950s. [7]:1238,1368,18191,407, Combined with difficult conditions for air supply, and little support from the local population, supply to what was renamed Camp Keating on November 26, 2006, was wholly inadequate. They professed a Salafi version of Islam, and were hostile to any political rivals. Roller attended his next meeting with village leaders dressed in a T-shirt and shorts. Using the 120mm mortar means the base can command the entire valley. JT: First Lieutenant Ben Keating, who is the namesake of the camp, he was, he had Pressfield's book with him, and he was reading it, and it was a lesson to him. This agreement did bring down the level of combat in the Kamdesh area. Cordova continued to treat the wounded even after flames were within 10 feet of his location. [7]:21530, The closeness of the action, and coordinated fire from both sides of the valley indicated that the attackers in this ambush were different from the groups that had been using sporadic, long range, harassing fire. Within the first hour, the American and Latvian defenders had collapsed to a tight internal perimeter, centered on the two buildings that were not burning. Such attacks are not news to men like Capt. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/03/magazine/the-outpost-afghanistan-movie.html. On Oct. 3, 2009, the odds were against U.S. troops at Combat Outpost Keating in Afghanistans Nuristan province, located just 10 miles from the Pakistan border. These groups could clash violently over water rights, pasture, and religious beliefs. [7]:31214,371, The shura began to falter by October 2008. Their checkpoints[11] and "taxes" was used to finance AAF operations. Justin Gallegos' Silver Star was later upgraded to a Distinguished Service Cross. The AAF responded to this advance with a well-organized ambush on July 26, 2007, in the river valley at Saret Koheh. The outpost was manned by 54 American personnel from B Troop, 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, who faced greater than seven-to-one odds in the battle. "[5], On November 9, 2018, the Netflix series Medal of Honor featured two separate episodes for both Romesha and Carter's personal accounts of the events that took place at COP Keating during the Battle of Kamdesh. I'd have to look more into the specific situation to know more but from the general impression of the situation. These valley and road intersections combined with the political leadership in the area inspired the positioning of the Nuristan PRT. Who plays Nia on the outpost? When the battle was over, 16 tons of bombs had been dropped. Capt. Read more from At War here or follow us on Twitter. Copyright 2023 HistoryvsHollywood.com, CTF Media, Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, View Video of Taliban Fighters in the Camp. The Soviets had to contend with a rebel group known as the Dawlet of eastern Nuristan. Robert Yllescas. 8 killed 27 wounded[5] 4 killed 10 wounded. "We're surrounded, and we're sitting in a bowl," Porter said on "Good Morning America" today. Seven other Americans and one ANA soldier were wounded. It involved a small force of 54 U.S. soldiers (Bravo Troop 3-61), in addition to their Afghan and Latvian allies, at the remote Combat Outpost Keating in northeastern Afghanistan near the town of Kamdesh. The fire was so intense they had to toss smoke grenades for concealment, just to get . The transfusion was a radical move that brought Mace back to consciousness. Located near the border with Pakistan in the Afghan province of Nuristan, COP Keating was the scene of a coordinated attack by as many as 300 Taliban fighters who stormed the exposed base. Unlike the movie, The Outpost true story reveals that Keating was not alone in the truck. Eventually, supporting aircraft scattered the attackers; while air support provided decisive results. Air Force Staff Sgt. 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