On 13 July 2008, nine American Soldiers perished while fighting a
pitched battle in the village of Wanat in Afghanistan’s Waygal Valley. On
that day, the men of Company C, 2d Battalion, 503d Parachute Infantry
Regiment, endured four hours of intense close quarters combat and
mounting casualties. The contingent of 49 United States and 24 Afghan
National Army Soldiers valiantly defended their small outpost against
a coordinated attack by a determined insurgent force armed with rocket
propelled grenades and automatic weapons. Despite the initial advantage
of tactical surprise and numerical superiority, it was the insurgents who
ultimately broke contact and withdrew from Combat Outpost Kahler.
Read the full report at DefenseTech;http://defensetech.org/2010/12/30/lesso ... y-on-tech/
Lesson From Wanat: Don’t Rely on Tech
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Lesson From Wanat: Don’t Rely on Tech
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