literally pick out fighting positions everywhere. it s one of those things where you have to deny your frustration and push forward, because this is where we re at. this is where we re going to be. you re just going to have to deal with it. near the border with pakistan, cop keating was here to win over local villagers with american funded construction projects. and to shut down the route insurgents used to smuggle in weapons and fighters. were you accomplishing either of those tasks? from my eyes, no. in part, because even the area s roads were perilous. in 2006, when the road collapsed, a young officer was ejected from his vehicle and killed. lieutenant ben keating. the outpost was named in his honor. without safe roads, cop keating
bottom of three steep mountains. soldiers had been fatally attacked there before. in 2007, private chris pfeiffer. in 2008, camp commander captain rob yeskis. and near there a different camp commander, captain tom boss tick. as lethal as its position was the outpost s terrain. the camp was named for lieutenant ben keating, killed when his truck rolled over the treacherous side of the road leading to the camp. i knew it was a bad spot, and i knew that previous commanders had expired there. but to sit there and dig up every little detail on it, you know, it just it wasn t healthy for the guys to be exposed to that kind of information. so you r very first day at combat outpost keating there was an attack and a soldier with the
0 i did not think i would ever be guarding the tomb of the unknown soldier. we need to realize your freedom isn t free. it really isn t. thousands of soldiers have died for our country. i don t look at it just as three unknown soldiers i m guarding, i look all the soldiers that gave their live for this country. october 3, 2009. a storm of bullet s rockets, grenades and mortars rained down on a u.s. outpost in eastern afghanistan deep it in a valley. the taliban had found a perfect target, keating. studied by the enemy since it was set up three years before as seen in the taliban s own video. time and again since the post was kraicreated in 2006, its defenses were tested by the taliban. but on that october morning in 2009, the enemy staged its fiercest attack yet. the high ground and their vastly superior numbers gave the taliban a huge advantage. eight americans would be killed in a battle that lasted from dawn till dusk and would come to symbolize the end of a military strategy to
video. time and again since the post was created in 2006, its defenses were tested by the taliban. but on that october morning in 2009, the enemy staged its fiercest attack yet. the high ground and their vastly superior numbers gave the taliban a huge advantage. eight americans would be killed in a battle that lasted from dawn till dusk. and would come to symbolize the end of a military strategy to hold remote mountainous outposts constantly under attack. but from the blood and embers, these faces of heroism. soldiers laying down their lives for their brothers. bravery rarely matched in american military history. good evening. i m jake tapper. in the more than 11 years that the united states has been fighting in afghanistan, more than 2,000 americans have been killed in that war with more than 18,000 wounded. also during that time, presidents bush and obama have awarded six american service members the highest honor one can receive. the medal of honor for actions in that war.
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