Comments on: US Pulls Out of Wanat; Base in Nuristan Not First to be Nearly Overrun http://www.battlefieldtourist.com/content/2008/07/16/us-pulls-out-of-wanat-base-in-nuristan-not-first-to-be-breached-there/ Afghanistan 2004, Iraq 2007 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:05:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: gail y http://www.battlefieldtourist.com/content/2008/07/16/us-pulls-out-of-wanat-base-in-nuristan-not-first-to-be-breached-there/comment-page-1/#comment-1317 gail y Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:36:14 +0000 http://www.battlefieldtourist.com/content/?p=230#comment-1317 David, thank you so much! I really appreciate your perspective. I'll go read "filling the void" right now. My son is with 1/6 infantry in Garmser so I am particularly interested in your perspective. David, thank you so much! I really appreciate your perspective. I’ll go read “filling the void” right now. My son is with 1/6 infantry in Garmser so I am particularly interested in your perspective.

]]> By: David http://www.battlefieldtourist.com/content/2008/07/16/us-pulls-out-of-wanat-base-in-nuristan-not-first-to-be-breached-there/comment-page-1/#comment-1316 David Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:12:51 +0000 http://www.battlefieldtourist.com/content/?p=230#comment-1316 Gail - Helmand's winter is not of any real consideration unless you're in the higher elevations. In Nuristan, things start getting nasty in October. As for who will hold Garmser: The British have added some reinforcements to the area and the coalition is working to get an ANA kandak in the area. There are also possibilities with an airborne battalion that is handing over their AO surrounding Kabul. However, this is all pure speculation that is almost unfair to attempt to predict. Earlier this month I posted an article called, "Filling the Void". It details my armchair general thoughts on this situation. Gail –

Helmand’s winter is not of any real consideration unless you’re in the higher elevations. In Nuristan, things start getting nasty in October.

As for who will hold Garmser: The British have added some reinforcements to the area and the coalition is working to get an ANA kandak in the area. There are also possibilities with an airborne battalion that is handing over their AO surrounding Kabul. However, this is all pure speculation that is almost unfair to attempt to predict. Earlier this month I posted an article called, “Filling the Void”. It details my armchair general thoughts on this situation.

]]> By: gail y http://www.battlefieldtourist.com/content/2008/07/16/us-pulls-out-of-wanat-base-in-nuristan-not-first-to-be-breached-there/comment-page-1/#comment-1315 gail y Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:39:44 +0000 http://www.battlefieldtourist.com/content/?p=230#comment-1315 Who will hold Garmser? Are the British ready to hold the whole area? When does winter really start in Nuristan and Helmand? I really appreciate your articles. I think you are very wise. Who will hold Garmser? Are the British ready to hold the whole area? When does winter really start in Nuristan and Helmand? I really appreciate your articles. I think you are very wise.

]]> By: tankerbablelc http://www.battlefieldtourist.com/content/2008/07/16/us-pulls-out-of-wanat-base-in-nuristan-not-first-to-be-breached-there/comment-page-1/#comment-1314 tankerbablelc Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:32:51 +0000 http://www.battlefieldtourist.com/content/?p=230#comment-1314 It is so refreshing to know that someone understands the war climate and operations over there. This is the FIRST article I've read that gives the details about areas in the Triangle of Death/Vally of Death. I personally know many of the men who were wounded at the Battle at the Ranch House in Aranas back in August 2007. The USA isn't abandoning the firebase near Wanat this week. They made the right decision to NOT put the lives of more of the Sky Soldiers (173rd ABCT) on the line by sending more in now. That area, just as the Ranch House will NEVER be abandoned and the ground consecrated with the blood of our Fallen Heroes will not be forgotten or given up. It is so refreshing to know that someone understands the war climate and operations over there. This is the FIRST article I’ve read that gives the details about areas in the Triangle of Death/Vally of Death. I personally know many of the men who were wounded at the Battle at the Ranch House in Aranas back in August 2007.

The USA isn’t abandoning the firebase near Wanat this week. They made the right decision to NOT put the lives of more of the Sky Soldiers (173rd ABCT) on the line by sending more in now. That area, just as the Ranch House will NEVER be abandoned and the ground consecrated with the blood of our Fallen Heroes will not be forgotten or given up.

]]> By: David M http://www.battlefieldtourist.com/content/2008/07/16/us-pulls-out-of-wanat-base-in-nuristan-not-first-to-be-breached-there/comment-page-1/#comment-1312 David M Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:29:22 +0000 http://www.battlefieldtourist.com/content/?p=230#comment-1312 The Thunder Run has linked to this post in the blog post <a href="http://thunderrun.blogspot.com/2008/07/from-front-07172008.html" rel="nofollow">From the Front: 07/17/2008 </a> News and Personal dispatches from the front and the home front. The Thunder Run has linked to this post in the blog post From the Front: 07/17/2008 News and Personal dispatches from the front and the home front.

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