This video of a mortar and rocket attack on the FOB at Orgun-E, Paktika, is disquieting (there’s cursing, as you might expect, so careful if you’re at work).
Related Orgun-e reading:
Army surgeons remove an unexploded RPG from a soldier’s abdomen
Search and rescue
USFOR-A PAO tries to correct record about suicide attack on FOB at Orgun-e.
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How old is this video? They are wearing DCUs but I couldn’t make out unit patches.
Tintin,
At least three years old. I saw it in 2006. I suspect it was a bit old even at that point.