Quote Originally Posted by Rucker61 View Post
Good to hear from you, sir. 8 hours of firefight? How do you manage ammo for something like that?
I wasn't there, I was at my TOC (tactical operations center) listening to the fight on the satellite radios. I did have the former commander in my TOC listening as this went on. I felt bad for him because they couldn't get to the KIA kids for hours and hours so they were initially reported as MIA until they were able to get to their bodies.

There was also an Apache Troop Commander (CPT) who flew the shit out of his birds that day. He would fly his Apache until he ran out of ammo or was full of holes, fly back and get in another bird. He did that for 8 hours straight.

The management of this fight was tremendous. This was a coordinated attack by over 200 Taliban. I believe that the troop had about 45 boots on the ground that day. One element was at the LP/OP with a mortar up top and the rest remained in the valley. The initial attack began with volley fires of RPGs which accounted for the majority of the KIAs. The LT in the valley was about as calm and professional as you could ask for. He was calling in air strikes and directing his troops. The troops fought like hell and drove the Taliban off the out post. It is reported that the outpost was overrun but that is a little inflated. They occupied the Afghan portion of the outpost but they never got to the US side.

The outpost burned to the ground that day/night. The boys lost everything in that fight.