Combat Outpost Keating

September 26, 2018 01:01:17
Combat Outpost Keating
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Combat Outpost Keating

Sep 26 2018 | 01:01:17

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Show Notes

On October 3, 2009, several hundred Taliban fighters attacked Combat Outpost Keating, an isolated outpost manned by B Troop, 3-61 CAV and a small number of Afghan National Army soldiers. The ensuing battle would become one of the fiercest fought during the war in Afghanistan. Three US Army officers who were involved in the COP's defense and relief discuss the battle and their roles in it.

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