The Battle for Marjah Page #4

Where's... Where's 6?

A firm hawk hold for now.

Abort for now.

F***.

Could have gone off in the smoke,

but we didn't definitely see it.

Did they miss? Huh?

Gunny and I will be in the rear

with our headquarters.

Give you EOD.

All right.

There's a nice sturdy wall here

we'll follow down.

There's a little trench here,

set up right here,

and this is where we were at.

- Right.

- Good?

I'm good, sir.

Any questions?

Rios?

You know what your job is?

How many...

Are bringing all three?

Empty, empty.

Leave it, leave it.

Same sh*t you did last night, man.

You're fine.

Leave it.

Just leave it.

You're pointing at people.

Leave it.

You're good.

Step time.

Is your boys ready, chart ready?

Yeah, we're ready.

Roger.

Be advised.

There is mass movements

around Buildings 29 and 15.

Copy?

Let's go!

Now get it.

Go, go!

Get in.

Go in that building.

So we need to get in there

and clear this building out.

Come on, let's go.

Let's go.

Look.

Over there.

I need three people up here for me.

They're on the back side

of that building somewhere.

Keep eyes in case they start

egressing to the west.

There they are!

There they are!

...the corner!

Hey, let's use them goddamn RPGs

right f***ing here, dude.

Hey, 240 gunner needs to scoot

up to the edge of the wall.

You're on target,

but scoot the f*** up!

I hit that front guy.

He's f***ing dead!

That's what I like to hear, baby!

I hit that guy

right in the f***ing head.

F***, yeah.

That was intense.

Man, those f***ing a**holes

were using those kids

and women as cover

to get out of there.

Horse sh*t, man!

Give me a 203.

Come here.

Here's what I want you to hit.

See those three trees right there?

Those big ones?

- You see those big tall ones?

- Yeah.

Just right on the other side

of that building,

I want you to pepper them.

Range is 300.

The next shot

that comes from Building 7,

you're gonna whip it through

that f***ing right window.

Do you understand?

That's the one

that's been shooting at us.

All from the Porkchop.

Holy f***!

Holy sh*t!

You got some ass.

Solid copy.

Again, were in Building 4

and pretty sure that 3 took contact

from either Building 10 or 11.

It was right on top of us.

Yeah, victory is achieved.

Okay. Spread out.

The eggs made it, yeah?

That's pretty impressive.

The eggs survived.

The eggs survive

and everything else goes.

Look out.

Look at our position from here.

That roof right there

is where we ambushed them.

That's the roof you guys were on?

Yep.

I was behind that little

triangle thing, standing up.

- Oh, yeah?

- Yeah.

As you can see from here,

it's a perfect position.

It totally isolates

the entire rest of the town.

They had nowhere to go.

We had them completely trapped.

You weren't that far, then.

These b*tches didn't have a chance.

NO.

And they had no idea we were up there.

- No, they didn't.

- No.

Huge moral victory for the company.

Oh, my gosh!

Those didn't work,

did they, motherf***er?

- Yeah.

- Oh, yeah.

He died right where he was laying.

He had his hand...

Rigor mortis had set in

around his... around the rifle,

so he was still gripping it.

I think

it's a 8-millimeter Mauser.

What are you gonna do with him?

- What, him?

- Yeah.

I don't believe we're gonna do

anything with him.

We're gonna just leave him there.

They say he was not Taliban,

but they force him to keep him there.

The Taliban force him,

give them gun to...

This is it.

We roughly knew where he was.

Perfect sniper position.

Look.

Look at our post.

Roger, COC, I believe we've identified

the sniper position. Break.

There's a vertical loophole

in the wall here. Break.

It has perfect side alignment

for the post

where the snipers were hit.

Break.

And we found 17 556 rounds.

Copy.

He shot from right about

where you're at.

And was one of

your men shot from here?

Three of them, actually.

Or four.

Three medevacs, for sure.

So he was probably sitting back

in the room in the shadow

where we couldn't see indication

of his weapon at all.

Shooting through the slit in the wall.

Perfect angle.

To know that he has to be

far enough back

so that his muzzle flash isn't seen,

and, certainly, to engage targets,

you know, he was hitting them

in the chest

and in the head from back here,

so he was probably

well-trained military.

- Absolutely.

- Yep.

What military would have trained him?

Possibly ours, at some point.

Probably using a weapon

that we supplied them

in some way or other.

But good to know we found

his spot and we own it now.

We're burning daylight.

This is done.

Yeah.

All right.

- Are we ready?

- Yeah.

All right, let's go.

Let's continue the game.

They're all wired in

with electrical wire,

daisy-chained to make them

simultaneously detonate.

Actually, the most complex one

I've done in country so far.

The intention was to catch

a hole to all of them at once

in the alleyway.

This is probably 150 meters.

Yeah, these are probably

the best-looking ordnance

I've seen in this country.

It's heavy metal.

The det cord goes off

and pushes everything out...

out the front of it.

It just works like a big cannon

with a bunch of crap stuffed in it.

Ooh, nice!

It's a bit like swimming in the ocean.

You'd never do it

if you knew how many sharks

there really were.

That's the money shot.

Down!

Take cover!

We would have been killed already.

Get in there!

Go, go. Stay here.

Sit.

Sit the f*** down.

Sit down.

Sit.

- Sit.

- Sit.

Sit down.

You sit down.

Sit down!

Sit down.

No, no, no.

There you go.

There you go.

Yeah. There you go.

See it?

Pretty much a cylinder with explosives

and a whole bunch of nasty frag

that they stick in it.

It's pretty much pointed

right at you right now.

Gonna try and burn this one out.

There.

A general says

U.S.-led forces control

the roads and markets

in the Taliban stronghold.

A battle going well.

Taliban finished.

Taliban go.

The next part is to hold

the area that we have.

Once we push the enemy out,

we have to hold security here

and allow the people

to start to move back in

and resume their daily lives.

And then from there, we have to...

You know, we build on,

you know, what we've established.

We help them, you know,

open their schools back up

and open their bazaars back up

and establish police stations

and the local government

and, you know,

allow the local government

to start, you know, building

their projects as well.

So that, you know,

in the grand scheme,

that's kind of how

counterinsurgency works.

Gentlemen, thank you all for coming.

My name's Captain Ryan Sparks.

We're very happy.

It's a great day that we can...

You know, the Taliban are gone

and we can finally start

to open your bazaar back up.

Get all of your stores repaired,

fix anything that's broken

so that you can start your life

again as soon as possible.

Hey, first store open, baby!

The Taliban will eventually lose

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