I got up late this morning (Friday), and went to the chow hall and the fob got attacked. I ran from small arms fire, mortars and a vbied (vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, aka car bomb) that went off. Spent half an hour in a bunker, listening to weapons firing and explosions, F-15's and helos flying low, hoping no one had breached the base and were walking around looking for more targets. No American casualties, but Afghan guards badly injured and four enemy dead. Had to go to the scene and take photos. Pretty ugly. All happened around 1230 and lasted about an hour.That was the quick bulletin from the scene. News accounts of the action can be found here and here. Read the Task Force press release here.
A huge sigh of relief and a word of thanks from the Drover for the wife's safekeeping.
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