Yeah, the dab was so riddled with ieds it took months to even get trucks to our COPs. You nailed the small arms point too- the little bastards could herd their goats right past us, pick up an ak and empty the mag, hide it and continue herding.
KAF is a joke. I made a handful of trips there and all soldiers talked about was how their supervisors were jerks and how Tim Hortons was out of donuts. The soldiers from other countries were cool though, especially the Irish and Australians. There was this one time- rocket alarms were blaring and the pogies were running to the bunkers when a rocket hit a nearby office building. It didn't detonate but I guess it landed on a civilian and killed her. What are the odds of that?
I recall hearing about one landing on someone while they were on a treadmill.
Tim Horton's was the shit.
Started in KAF, branched out, Bastion/Leatherneck was were we were at the longest.
Marines were like, "Yo wtf these Army dudes doing here? You guy's are getting hit on OUR routes, getting them shut down."
But with the RCP deal we stayed where ever.
Kaf, Sangin, Farah, Gereshk, Lashkar Gah, Ram Rod, Wilson, Camp Price
Whatever shit hole we were staying out was usually fairly happy to have our support, minus a few guys bitching & moaning.
Going back to KAF was like, "f*ck yea!"
