Ambush Alley

February 10, 2021 00:42:35
Ambush Alley
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Ambush Alley

Feb 10 2021 | 00:42:35

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Show Notes

In 2003, Dave Rittgers was in command of a Special Forces team deployed to Afghanistan. Partway through its tour, the team moved to a firebase in Orgun-E to undertake a new mission: helping to mitigate the threat of Taliban ambushes in an area where they were so frequent it earned the nickname "ambush alley." Lt. Col. Rittgers joins this episode to share the story of one of those ambushes.

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