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The first phase of the Australian Defence Force's operation in Afghanistan Operation Snipe: 2 May 2002: 13 May 2002: The remote Afghan mountains: A British Royal Marine search and clear operation over a significant area believed to be used as a base by al-Qaeda and Taliban forces Operation Sond Chara (Red Dagger) 11 December 2008: 26 December 2008
The Wrong War: Grit, Strategy, and the Way Out of Afghanistan by Bing West dedicates several chapters to the assault on Marjah, based on West's experiences while embedded with TF 3/4/205 with a focus on ODA 3121; Little America: The War within the War for Afghanistan by Rajiv Chandrasekaran. Rajiv was embedded with 2nd Marine Expeditionary ...
3rd Battalion 3rd Marines, Camouflage, Hospital Corpsman, MARPAT, Military camouflage, War in Afghanistan (2001–present) Creator United States Marine Corps (Cpl. James L. Yarboro, USMC) Support as nominator — Palm_Dogg 21:27, 20 May 2007 (UTC) Support It's free from any technical problems, has good composition, and is certainly ...
July 25: WikiLeaks releases 90,000 leaked documents pertaining to the war in Afghanistan. September 18: Afghan Parliamentary Elections are held, widely criticized as fraudulent, although with notable instances of electoral institution impartiality. October 17: A US soldier murders a Taliban prisoner.
Marines detonate a M58 MICLIC during clearing operations. From November 29 - December 6, Marines from Mobility Assault Company, 1st Combat Engineer Battalion began a major clearing operation of Route 611 towards the Kajaki Dam, an area which was known by most units to be the most heavily mined area in the region as well as one of the most insurgent-ridden districts in the south.
Ahmad Zia Saraj, who served as Afghanistan’s spy chief from 2019 to 2021, says there is a concern that the Taliban will be able to raise funds by selling off parts of former US military hardware ...
Alec Catherwood was a 19-year-old lance corporal in the Marine Corps when he was killed in combat in Afghanistan. Eleven years later, Alec’s mother watched the Taliban’s swift takeover of ...
In 2001, Afghanistan had been at war for over 20 years. [1] The communist People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) seized power in 1978, and its policies sparked a popular uprising. [2] The Soviet Union, sensing PDPA weakness, intervened in 1979 to support the regime. [3]