A well-made war film, a stage show showing why the export of military force has failed in contemporary American democracy

Benjamin 2022-01-17 08:01:41

The cooked meat came out. I watched it roughly. Although there were some errors, the subtitles were medium to high. In general, I feel that this film was really taken seriously, with great care, except for Orlando Bloom, there are no famous stars. Although the highlight of the film is the 53 US troops at the Keating Outpost on October 3, 2009 (Several Afghan National Army ANA and 2 Latvian instructors who trained ANA, the number of US troops and ANA given by the English WIKI is different from other introduction articles, it is estimated that it is due to statistical caliber.) The battle against 400 Taliban, but mainly shows The daily life of frontline soldiers and junior officers, and the absurdity of the war in Afghanistan, the overall style is very realistic.

For background knowledge of this battle, please see the English wiki, the link is here, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kamdesh

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2020.07.17 to add some content, the original work "The Forgotten Outpost", which I have been watching the movie Outpost these days, was published in 2017. It was blinded by the low cover designed by the American editor and was left on the shelf for a long time. After reading it, the translation of the book is indeed pretty good, but there are some minor flaws such as some numbers that are puzzling, and I have to go back and check the English information.

The time span described in the book was from the spring of 2006 to the fall of 2009 when the outpost was abandoned. It started from the establishment of an outpost by an infantry company of the 3rd Battalion of the 71st Cavalry Regiment under the 3rd Brigade of the 10th Mountain Division. After the 3rd Brigade of the 10th Mountain Division withdrew from the area of ​​responsibility. , The 173rd Airborne Brigade came to take over defense for one year. The 173rd’s main strategy was to promote the counter-insurgency strategy. The focus was to promote reconstruction, promote local cooperation and reduce hostilities. Pakistan imported a large number of new forces, and the parallel and effective counter-insurgency process carried out by the 173rd brigade in the past quickly overturned and the fighting became fierce again. In May 2009, the 6th Squadron B of the 4th Cavalry Regiment under the 3rd Brigade of the Infantry Division was connected to replace the outpost defense, and was scheduled to officially start withdrawing on October 4 of that year. Starting from the end of September, the US military learned from a large number of channels that the Taliban would attack. Outpost, and then the battle started in the early morning of October 3rd. For more than three years, four rotating troops stationed at the Keating outpost one after another. Everyone’s first reaction was that the location of this place was too bad to be defended. The outpost must be closed and evacuated as soon as possible, but it dragged on for more than three years. , Until the day before the scheduled start of the retreat plan, a large-scale attack by the Taliban made big news. The story told in the original book is the epitome of the US military's involvement in Afghanistan for nearly 20 years.

The original text is much more informative, and the characters are more complex and fuller. Compared with the highly condensed stories and characters of the movie, only the commanders of the main Keating outposts in the Kamedesh area are mentioned in the movie. The previous commanders of the Keating Battle Outpost actually integrated the four forces from 2006 to the battle on October 3, 2009, which was performed in the movie. The movie only appeared in the lines without specific characters. The first two commanders, Fenty and Bostic, were Lieutenant Colonel Fenty, the battalion commander who died in a helicopter crash of the 10th Mountain Division, and Captain Bostic, a company commander of the 173rd Brigade who was ambushed and killed in the film Riolando. . Bloom’s captain CO is the deputy company commander in charge of logistics and administration of the 10th Mountain Division. It is indeed as popular as the soldier’s role in the movie, and it is indeed the same as the movie, because of the battalion commander Michael Howard. The bastard order of the lieutenant colonel first drove a light tactical truck to the outpost, proving that the road was indeed impossible, and then ordered the LMTV to go back. He had a foreboding that the mission was extremely threatening, and he was unwilling to order his subordinates to die for himself. The accident fell to death. In the movie, Captain Iliskas, the second commander of the outpost, is actually Captain Iliskas, the commander of the 1st Infantry Division stationed at the Keating battle outpost. As shown in the movie, he was remotely controlled by IED while crossing the bridge. After Illikas died, the relationship and reconstruction task that the 173 brigade reluctantly established with the locals during the garrison was essentially over. When the 4th Division took over, the first commander, Captain Potter, the prototype of the black Captain CO Braward in the movie, was exactly as portrayed in the movie, because he was worried about his own safety and never left the combat command center and asked his subordinates. The request to fire back was also overly cautious. After Captain Porter was stationed at the post for three months, he was transferred and left normally, and then Captain Portis took over.

For the audience, why did the U.S. military deploy in such a bad terrain in the movie? (The terrain described in the original book is actually worse than the one in the movie. It takes almost 90 degrees to look up to see the top of the mountain). This problem is the epitome of the United States’ involvement in the war in Afghanistan. Nuristan Province is adjacent to Pakistan. And wisdom is, no matter who is bringing the gun to do, try to be as wise as possible. The U.S. military will cooperate on the surface when it comes, and the Taliban will cooperate on the surface. When they had to return to the camp, the Taliban and other armed factions often stayed behind and changed their clothes and even recruited new soldiers from the village. The villagers said very clearly to the US military. We know that you will leave after all, but the Taliban will not. Therefore, we help the Taliban out of helplessness. The implication is to hope that the US military will understand.

In order to pull the gangsters into their own camp, the US military prevented them from supporting the rebels (not only the Taliban, but also the two former Hikmatyar Islamic parties, and at least 4 local rebels that are hostile to each other and are ill-aligned. Factions). The main task is to promote the reconstruction process. The main task is to build bridges, build roads, and connect water and electricity. It is necessary to send troops to the hinterland to establish temporary outposts of companies and platoons, and then use funds to find villagers to sign contracts and bring in construction machinery and raw materials. , Hire nearby villagers for construction. Throw in a lot of dollars for the reconstruction project. According to the project design, it is necessary to fully arouse the enthusiasm of the people, let them participate in the reconstruction project, share the income from the sale of building materials, subcontract construction projects and part-time jobs, and finally enjoy the opening of traffic and water. The benefits of electrification, but the typical local vicious circle is that after the U.S. military has signed the contract and invested money, it is not clear how much the project has been done. Anyway, some of the best progressing projects will be destroyed by the Taliban when they are about to be completed, and then this process Repeatedly. What's more absurd is that the US military recruited ANA recruits from the locals, recruited project security, and distributed weapons and ammunition. These were all in vain. Many people came when the salary was paid, and most of them disappeared when the manpower was needed. The weapons were distributed. Ammunition is often transferred to the hands of hostile elements to hit the U.S. military.

The Keating outpost in the movie is to control the core outpost established in the Qamdish area. This outpost requires a garrison of at least 100 troops (the U.S. Prince and the ANA puppet troops). If it is located on the top of the mountain, it is of course easy to defend, but it must be completely relied on. Air transport supplies, while the US military has only one brigade in the local area, the available military helicopter resources are very limited, unable to meet the logistics needs of all air transport, and it is located on the top of the mountain. Due to terrain restrictions, some key areas have limited visibility and cannot be seen. If it is located at the foot of the mountain, the disadvantage is that it is easy to be attacked by militants on the mountain surrounded on three sides by the movie. The advantage is that it is adjacent to the road and is also close to the village of Qamdish. In theory, it can be supplied by car transportation from land. , This can greatly reduce the demand for air transportation (of course, because of repeated ambushes and poor road conditions, LMTV overturned and killed Lieutenant Ben Keating, which proved that land transportation was not feasible at all).

The first batch of garrison troops, after final comprehensive consideration, selected a site to establish a post at the foot of the mountain. However, it was soon discovered that the land was not accessible due to ambushes and natural disasters. It is commonplace for the outpost itself to be attacked by militants from the hills. The garrison troops have been required to evacuate as soon as possible since 2006. The first reaction after several waves of rotating troops came was this combat outpost. The location is too ridiculous, but the logic of the US military is that it is easy to build an outpost, and it is difficult to give up one. The former means that you are aggressive and KPI points are added. The latter is negative for KPIs for whatever reason, so everyone says This place cannot be stayed, it must be withdrawn as soon as possible, but it was delayed for various reasons, and could not withdraw until it was finally attacked by a large-scale accident.

In fact, in addition to the Keating outpost with more than 100 troops in the valley, there is also a small observation post on the top of the mountain, called the Frieche Outpost. There are more than 20 troops stationed, which can support each other with the Keating Outpost. The Frieche Outpost is in the movie. Did not show up.

The contemporary U.S. Army does not talk about advances in hardware, tactics, combat ideology, and training, even with advances in systems and management (full-volunteer military service, centralized personnel selection and evaluation system for officers, professionalization of non-commissioned officers, and overall rotation of the army instead of a single supplementary rotation) It has also brought about overall progress in the spirit, quality and status of personnel. In all aspects, it is much stronger than that of the Vietnam War. However, the bureaucracy and KPI in the army caused the incompetence or incompetence of the middle and high-level commanders, especially the brigade-battalion-level middle-level command. The phenomenon, as well as the strategic mistakes of high-level political-military decision-making from the White House to the Joint Council and the theater level (Is it fighting or rebuilding? The strategic purpose of the refuge in the tribal area of ​​Pakistan is not clear, and the political constraints on the rules of engagement are completely Repeating the disaster of Southeast Asia), but the progress in organization and management, technological progress, and the high quality of middle and lower-level officers and grass-roots officers and soldiers have indeed greatly curbed the malpractices of high-level military and political strategy and the incompetence of military bureaucracy. Otherwise, even in Afghanistan. With the gradual bloodletting fighting style, the U.S. military in Afghanistan would have already fallen into a greater disaster.

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Before the battle, the senior officials realized that in Afghanistan, this strategy of forward observation posts was absurd and planned to close. The first CO (played by Orlando Bloom) in the movie died in a car accident, and the second died in a battle. Later, the third black CO said very well that they can all be evacuated in July. The outpost has been planned to be closed in July, but due to the general election in Afghanistan, the closure plan was postponed to October 6. After the fighting took place on October 3, the U.S. military immediately closed this outpost and accelerated the closure of all similar outposts.

In the Afghan war, the company-level infantry units have to do, from daily internal management, daily work to combat tasks, this movie is basically expressed in a more detailed and realistic way. All the grassroots officers of the US military, except for the Lt Bangdeman (lieutenant), several Cpt (captain captain) have actual combat experience, Lt Bundy always sticks to the CP (commanding post) during the attack in the last scene. The inside guards the radio and plays the role of the command center issued by the upper communication. Generally, it is to report the progress of the battlefield at any time, let the higher-level chain of command understand the situation, arrange and dispatch air support, and the lower is controlled by several SSGTs (staff sergeant) at any time. The situation of each defensive point of the post, especially the casualties and the supply of ammunition, shall be arranged at any time for the reserve team and ammunition replenishment.

When the frontline enemy commanded several defensive points, it was the backbone of this post. They were 4 or 5 SSgt, E6 sergeant level. These people have experience in high-intensity close combat in Iraq. Very important, played a huge role, the movie also showed one or two E5, Sgt (sergeant, sergeant), for example, the first Hummer commanded the combat team, and the Latino sergeant who died later seemed to have no actual combat experience. , But the various abilities and experience are still much better than the lower-level soldiers in the same vehicle.

The movie shows the various ecology of the lowest-ranking soldiers in the United States. The soldiers of E3 and below are basically inexperienced and have mixed qualities. The best soldiers are preparing to take the alternate officer exam. The only thing they want is to join the army. The daily life in the post is monotonous and boring, and the lowly educated soldiers are generally depressed. The commander played by Orlando Bloom clearly said that a salary increase is meaningless to this group. Anyway, there is no place for money. Hua, besides being attacked every day, I don't know if there is any life left to go back and spend money alive. As soon as the gunshot sounded, most of the minions were not strong in fighting will. They were all kinds of immature in the battle, and many were panicked. Some people, such as one of the protagonists who got the MOH Pvt Carter, belonged to the small universe and broke out, running around on the battlefield. Fear afterwards.

The film is a good show of the secrets of the US military's combat effectiveness. Apart from the Apache which arrived 40 minutes after the call, the B1B bomber arrived two hours after the call, and the complete logistics supply system, it is the human factor. As mentioned earlier, the skills and will of the low-level big-head soldiers seem to be very ordinary, but the basic-level non-commissioned officers are usually experienced, have actual combat experience, and are skilled and firm. The abilities of several officers are also good.

As a basic-level company-level unit, this post is not a captain commander or lieutenant's second-in-command that maintains unit combat effectiveness and daily organization and management, but 5 or 6 sergeant and sergeant-level deputy platoon leaders, squad leaders, and firepower. Leaders. These veterans commanded properly, and brought the cohesion of the entire unit and the role of the combat team composed of veterans and small soldiers into full play. In this battle, there is a natural element of luck. If the CP or veteran is knocked out by the Taliban, the entire battle process will be difficult to say. Maybe the entire outpost will be fucked off by the US military.

There have been two or three such battles in the Vietnam War. A forward firebase with poor command and management and poor cohesion was killed by the Viet Cong after careful reconnaissance and preparation. The usual pattern is to launch a raid at a carefully chosen time. First kill the CP and RTO (radio troops), and then the U.S. troops in the isolated outpost in the front are called to the ground. Before the upper level of the chain of command noticed that something was wrong, he resolved the battle and evacuated in time, and disappeared without a trace.

Geographical advantage

Why should the US military be stationed in such a place that is easy to attack and difficult to defend and be beaten every day? Why didn't the US military plant landmines on a small piece of land halfway up the mountain in advance that would be easily selected by the Taliban as a firing position? The location of this post was very painful. After waves of stationed officers and soldiers arrived, they felt that they should be evacuated immediately. After the third black CO in the movie came, SSG Romesha introduced that the Claymore directional mines outside the base were all one mine. I am afraid that most of the arrangements made a year ago are invalid. The black captain CO said that there is no need to change and will leave in July, but the evacuation plan was postponed to October. In early October, the black captain was dismissed, but the new CO Cpt Potis did not come and took office. Before the evacuation, Lt Bondi was temporarily under the command of the agent, and then the last large-scale attack occurred at this stall. After the large-scale attack on October 3, several gatekeepers at the door saw a large number of Taliban on the platform of the mountainside. On the assembly, I pressed the detonator, and it really failed.

People and

Some viewers wondered what is the relationship between the fart people and the Taliban.

The relationship between the villagers, the Taliban, the Afghan employees (including translators) in the US military, and the ANA who was stationed at the post with the US military is very delicate. The last large-scale attack on the US military brought hundreds of Taliban with mortars. Before the attack, all the villagers ran away. In ordinary small attacks, the villagers do not care if the Taliban ran away in just a few minutes. The villagers are very sophisticated, knowing that the Taliban are going to do big things, and then staying in the village next to the outpost to beat the soy sauce may cause damage to the pond fish, so they all ran away in advance. Usually, before a large-scale attack, the Afghan employees in the US military and the National Army in the post can get some news in advance. Only the US military does not know. The US military itself says that as long as they see this group of cowards running off, it is a large-scale one. The attack is coming. Usually the news brought by the Afghan translator is not very accurate. It is reported once or twice a week that the wolf is coming, and the US army is also tired, but in the end it was the wolf who really came.

In the movie, the folks in the village are asking for money. They are swindling money. Through the Afghan plumbers and ANA who work at the base, they all know about the U.S. withdrawal plan. They also stepped up to blackmail them in remote areas and the local folks when they were about to leave. Friends who deal with must have a deep understanding of this. There was a scene in which an SSGT told the third black CO that the villagers came to carry the body and extorted the money and said that it was a girl who was killed by a U.S. mortar. Obviously, she was not killed during the exchange of fire the night before, but died for several days. , Maybe the villagers deliberately beat them to death to squander the money. The village elder is plausible. You will withdraw in October. Now if you don’t give money, you won’t have the opportunity to ask for it again. The U.S. military is helpless, and the black CO is also very decisive. They wrote checks, and there was a dog bite afterwards. May be blackmailed, but also decisively give money to settle things down.

This kind of thing is mentioned in some books, articles, and blogs about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. For the specific national conditions of Afghanistan, you can refer to the best-selling book "No Rules Game: Afghanistan Repeatedly Interrupted" by Ansali Tamim. "History", in short, this country is destined to fight civil war every day. The secularists who advocate embracing the modern world and say a little education have been tossed up in the turbulent Afghanistan for nearly 100 years after World War I, and the rest are those who don’t know much. Rural farmers, Pashtuns, who account for about half of the population, and other Uzbek, Tajik, and Hazara tribes kill each other.

The fundamental purpose of the US military in fighting this kind of security war is to stabilize the people, rebuild order, and establish a core value that is in line with contemporary Americans. To put it bluntly, it is to build pens that can enable CNN, NYT, WAPO, and elites from the East Coast Ivy League schools. West Coast entertainment stars are satisfied with a politically correct democratic regime. Therefore, they must comply with the various themes of BLM, LGBT equal rights, Muslims, women's rights, the Green New Deal, environmental protection and low carbon, and the promotion of the decolonization of the Third World. So it is not the purpose to find the Taliban to fight and kill the enemy. Besides, the Taliban are broken into pieces, without a trace, and can't be found.

In the US military’s security war, it is the goal to win the support of the people. In exchange for the support of the people, the Taliban loses a foothold. Therefore, giving money to the project. Building bridges and roads and building hospitals is the main method to win the hearts of the people. Of course, this is the strategy of the US military. And imagine, but from the Vietnam War to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, all these strategies have proved that all these strategies have failed. Besides, the core values ​​of the contemporary American set of the United States conflict with each other. You have to tolerate Muslims and LGBT. Yelling BLM, who said ALL LIVES MATTER who is fascist, but the Taliban straight men with cancer, besides firmly believe in Islam and like to cut off the heads of Christians, it seems that the skin is not dark, the misogyny is strong, and they like to kill gays. Big smoke is not in line with environmental protection and low carbon, right?

So in the face of this bizarre situation, Trump said that the United States has been involved in regional conflicts that have been fighting for thousands of years of civil war. It is better to evacuate quickly and let the shithole areas fend for themselves. The neighboring countries of the province don't expect to take advantage of the United States by taking advantage of it. They also scold the United States for occupying the moral highland every day. Of course, there are always a large group of bipartisan establishments in the DC decision-making circle. It is strange that they neither agree with the withdrawal of troops nor the increase of troops. They are neither willing to talk to the Taliban about peacefully confessing their departure, nor are they willing to come to the battlefield. Get rid of it all. It requires the United States to take on regional responsibilities, send troops and pay for war, and can't come up with smarter strategies to solve the problem. The United States has stayed in Central Asia like a zombie for almost 20 years, except for admitting to withdraw its troops and leave. Apart from acknowledging the status quo, there are no other options and possibilities.

Many of the Taliban who attacked the U.S. military were nearby villagers. When the Taliban attacked the U.S. military, they were basically involved in nearby villagers. The usual attack was to shoot a few shots a day and run away. The U.S. military knew that there were villagers who followed the Taliban to participate in the attack, but the superiors ordered it not to be allowed. Entering the village to sweep up the villagers intensified conflicts. Besides, the scale of each attack was small, and the level and number of attackers were low, and there was no real loss. Therefore, the US military has become accustomed to it.

One of the protagonists, Ssgt Romesha, who got the MOH, had a scene. Because the second CO was killed, he suggested that the black CO lead the team into the village to arrest people. The attack just happened, and the suspect who killed their former boss should be paid back. I didn’t run far in the village. As a result, the black CO said that General McChryst’s order was very clear and should not intensify contradictions. Their outpost was here to promote various bridge building and road reconstruction projects, arresting and attacking the US army to kill the second term. The CO suspects are not their task. The superiors will send a professional investigator to investigate. The black captain said that he was helpless. He knew very well that after a few golden hours, the suspects would disappear completely and could not be found, but they were all on bureaucratic machines. It’s ridiculous to know that this battle was wrong, but it must be run in accordance with the rules of the bureaucracy. In fact, Orlando Bloom’s first CO was also very helpless. He knew that the superior brass (the brim of the cap of the officer above the US military lieutenant colonel can be decorated with gold leaves, so it is called BRASS, which roughly corresponds to the level of my rabbit regiment and above) Driving the heavy transport vehicle LMTV back to the main base was a shit order, but I had to bite the bullet and drove the order in person. As a result, the road landslide and 6 people in one vehicle fell to death.

In the movie, Lt also said that the black captain is not afraid of death. He has participated in many close-range battles in Iraq. The 37-year-old came to this outpost as company commander. The commander of this outpost was before Orlando Bloom. Both terms died here, so the black captain was very cautious as the fifth term. Despite this, he still came to this ghost place. Usually (Captain O3 is about 27-33 years old, and the black CO is 37 years old. Obviously Progress is slow, but in any case, being able to come to this extremely dangerous place shows that this person is still responsible).

There is a fragment in the last scene. After the fighting ended on October 3, the widows in the village pulled the animal-drawn carts to the outpost to collect their corpses at sunset. The ground was all the Taliban corpses who were killed inside the camp after breaking into the cordon of the outpost. The U.S. military looked helpless at this scene. This is an allegorical expression of the relationship between the enemy and the enemy in the strange conflict of the Afghan War. The audience can imagine that after the Tuba Road and the armed forces in North China attacked the Guizi Artillery, the Taijun would raise his hand. Are the relatives of Balu allowed to collect the corpses calmly?

From a weapon perspective, this film is not like the nonsense that Barrett of .50 can't beat the SVD of 7.62 in "The Hurt Locker". The US military seems to be a .50 in the entire outpost, which is shooting on the opposite side. In the middle of the game, the receiver was broken and the receiver part could no longer be used. The M240, general-purpose machine gun, and M203 grenade launcher all played a role in combat. An interesting detail of the film shows two Latvian military advisers who trained ANA. Their camouflage uniforms are weird, like PLA camouflage. They carry SVD. The protagonist SSGT Romesha used this SVD to find and kill the Taliban. The sniper in China, this raises a question, why the US military detachment, the infantry squad, is not equipped with the 7.62 marksman rifle precision marksman rifle, regardless of the various versions of the M14 variant or the updated 7.62 caliber AR M110, in 2009 It is possible to be assigned to the first-line infantry unit by the end of the year.

After the battle, the acting commander LT Bundy received the DSC Meritorious Service Cross. It’s okay. This is the medal second only to MOH. Cpt Potis, who came with QRF (Rapid Reaction Force) to support, because he didn’t catch up after all. What kind of close-range combat, only got the bronze star without adding V. A bunch of deaths in this post and previous accidents but those who participated in close-range combat got V-added bronze stars, such as Orlando Bloom The CO who played the role and the CO who died the next day after taking over him, whether or not the Bronze Star Medal has a V, the seemingly inconspicuous little details, are actually very particular, but in 1993, Admiral Mike Burda, Secretary of Naval Operations The reason for the suicide was that some people accused him of not adding a V to the bronze star he got, but he had worn the V without his authority. V stands for valor, and the U.S. military stipulates that only those who have shown bravery in the first-line battle in the line of fire are eligible for the V.

Some viewers were amazed that there are cooking soldiers in such a small post. From the movie, this post is a cooking soldier. The kitchen facilities are very simple. It seems that besides heating the collective rations, it is a very simple way to make omelettes. In addition to some of the food in MRE, what they eat is the collective ration Unitized Group Ration, which is also the food in the B ration. Most Chinese military fans laugh at MRE every day. MRE is unpalatable. In fact, the US military MRE as a personal ration is just for unconditional cooperation. Or there is no small unit assigned to the cooking soldiers to be allotted.

Units with cooking soldiers and cooking facilities that can operate, according to regulations, can provide at most one MRE per day. A small box of modern B rations for collective use is more than ten people. The dishes are much richer than MRE. They are preset in composite trays. The appearance is similar to the box lunches sold on high-speed rail. It can be served by one person after heating with heating equipment. Dozens of people eat it. During the Second World War and the Vietnam War, there were no composite materials in flexible packaging. The B rations were all large cans. The large cans started at 5 pounds per can. Now they are also used in many western restaurants, navy ships and army units with cooking conditions. It’s just dispensed. This large-scale canned food needs to be processed by cooking soldiers and cooking equipment for consumption. After it is prepared, it is basically a buffet. The variety and taste of the dishes are better than the C rations for individual soldiers. The advantage of MRE and its predecessor, C ration, is that it can be carried by individual soldiers without any processing and can be eaten when opened. The disadvantage is that the variety and taste are worse.

This post is stationed with more than 50 U.S. princes and several Afghan puppets. It is up to the level of a company. If you need to follow the PLA organization and eating habits, you must have at least one cooking class manpower to ensure that our loveliest people eat three meals a day. Porridge, hot rice, steamed buns and hot soup, the ghosts are easy to eat. The pre-prepared food can be eaten by simply heating or opening a can and mixing. Much less than PLA.

After watching a little bit of mixed feelings of the movie, I watched it again. Some mistakes are inevitable, and I will share it with you.

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To add more details, the following content may be interesting to military enthusiasts.

1. In the original work, that is, under the mountainous terrain with large drops, lush vegetation, and frequent rainfall and snowfall as shown in the movie, from 2006 to 2009, the US military has only one infantry brigade unit, three infantry battalions and Related affiliated units, with the exception of aviation and army aviation, field artillery rarely appeared on the field and rarely saw the opportunity to use barrel artillery (only 105 howitzers were deployed during the 173rd brigade’s garrison, and 105 howitzers were actually called during the battle. ), almost all of them are mortars, 60, 120 mortars. The most common aviation firepower is Apache. In addition, according to the number of appearances, they are A10, F15 and B1B. The original book mentions that F16 has also appeared.

2. The conventional unit of the US military has been highly integrated at the first level. It is assigned a fire support coordination staff, military intelligence staff officer, who can be responsible for artillery and aviation firepower, and can handle signal intelligence interception, screening, analysis and real-time feedback to the CO. The commander of the first-level squad may be a sergeant, but the organization is capable of commanding and guiding aviation firepower such as Apache and A10, mortars at the rear base, and applying for and coordinating logistics support such as aviation supplies and first aid. Class-level squads can be organized to have professional soldiers that can share part of the fire support coordination tasks that senior non-commissioned officers and even military officers have the ability and qualifications to undertake in the past Vietnam War era. Soldiers in the US infantry squad basically have the ability to operate all weapons in the organization, and they can operate alternately. The weapons of M4, M203, M240, M249, and M203, the US military's conventional squad-level patrol missions, all integrate command and control communications, logistics, and the ability to coordinate the US military advisers of the Afghan National Army and ANA unit personnel. ANA does The ability is not high, and there are many undercover agents, which are unreliable, but many tasks cannot be kicked out of them to do it alone. Communication and coordination with allied forces and training and education are also capabilities that regular troops must have.

3. The first-level tactical classification of the conventional infantry company is more specialized. In the past, the infantry company was divided into reconnaissance platoons, infantry platoons, and fire support platoons. Now the reconnaissance and sniper detachments are more detailed. An infantry company of the 3rd Battalion of the 71st Cavalry Regiment under the 3rd Brigade of the Mountain Division. This company has a killing team and other types. It is composed of a highly synthetic squad-level squad of soldiers with professional qualifications for reconnaissance and sniper. Reconnaissance and cover missions are commanded by the sergeant level, and are staffed with professional soldiers such as reconnaissance, sniping, medical treatment, and fire support coordination. For example, if the company's main force is going to visit villagers in a high-risk area, if there is a Taliban there, it will send reconnaissance and strike first. The detachment, infiltrated the area on foot in advance, carried out reconnaissance activities, and seized the commanding heights of the area where the company's main force was scheduled to go, assumed cover tasks, and then took over the defense forces, and carried out scheduled visits to areas considered to be potentially conflicting. Excluding the reconnaissance-strike unit in advance, it seems that this is the standard SOP for the US military's counter-ambush tactical procedures.

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  • Mazie 2022-03-19 09:01:07

    I can see that the funding is not much, but the details are very careful and steady.

  • Hubert 2022-03-15 09:01:06

    Keating fights at the outpost. The filming is really average, just use the black captain not to dry the toilet to insinuate the failure of the army leadership? The Taliban can mobilize so many high planes and mortars to hit the Keating outpost is the problem.

The Outpost quotes

  • First Lt Benjamin Keating: So how do we do our jobs and stay safe? We need to keep a good relationship with the locals. Respect keeps us safe.