3-61 CAV was our sister BN during that fateful day in Afghanistan. That was truly an intense firefight. It lasted about 8 hours. The craziness of it that it was fought by 2 LTs and sergeants which goes to prove greatness of our Army. The troop commander was back at the Squadron Headquarters because his helicopter was hit by ground fire the day before. The commanders switched out about 10-14 days prior to the assault. Both the old and new CDR worked for me as my assistant operations officer.

All of those men who fought that day were heroes. The Afghan Soldiers abandoned their posts from the very beginning which compromised about half of the main outpost. Our guys had to fight their way back through the Afghan side in order to secure the outpost.

The tragic part of it was that we were shutting that place down. Our guys were literally leaving the next week. The toll we put on the Taliban was tremendous. I was told that the stench of their bodies was pretty bad.

Anywho, I am glad to see another hero recognized.