Cop Keating Case Study
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COP Keating was established in a remote location near the town of Kamdesh of Nuristan province in North Eastern Afghanistan approximately 25 km from the Pakistan boarder along the only improved dirt road in the Kamdesh district. OP Fritsche was established 2.2 Km straight line distance to the southeast, non-line of sight with an elevation difference of 2150 ft. from Keating. The COP was surrounded by extremely rugged, mountainous high ground and is positioned to interdict historic trafficking routes to and from Pakistan.
We arrived in Country in June, and the temperature was already ranging between 110 to 115 degrees in Jalalabad. The turbines form the Chinook only added to the scorching temperature which did not help us out at all. Several of the guys were becoming hot weather casualties, but we pushed all the way through to Forward Operating Base (FOB) Bostic. All personnel we dropped off at FOB Bostic except the Commander, the Field Support Officer, half of second platoon, and I. We took a connecting flight out to COP Keating/ OP Fritsche in a Chinook helicopter, the only way in and out of our area of operation. The Platoon Leader (PL) and half of 2nd …show more content…
He informed us that the plans for the COP was for it to be closed down and that our main mission was to hold ground until the plans were complete. The first thing that was on our agenda was COP security. 1st PLT was assigned to conduct combat patrols first, since most of the patrols from the left seat, right seat rides were executed by us. We improved the COP security between patrols as 3rd PLT defended the COP from the fighting positions that were made out of the
COP Keating was established in a remote location near the town of Kamdesh of Nuristan province in North Eastern Afghanistan approximately 25 km from the Pakistan boarder along the only improved dirt road in the Kamdesh district. OP Fritsche was established 2.2 Km straight line distance to the southeast, non-line of sight with an elevation difference of 2150 ft. from Keating. The COP was surrounded by extremely rugged, mountainous high ground and is positioned to interdict historic trafficking routes to and from Pakistan.
We arrived in Country in June, and the temperature was already ranging between 110 to 115 degrees in Jalalabad. The turbines form the Chinook only added to the scorching temperature which did not help us out at all. Several of the guys were becoming hot weather casualties, but we pushed all the way through to Forward Operating Base (FOB) Bostic. All personnel we dropped off at FOB Bostic except the Commander, the Field Support Officer, half of second platoon, and I. We took a connecting flight out to COP Keating/ OP Fritsche in a Chinook helicopter, the only way in and out of our area of operation. The Platoon Leader (PL) and half of 2nd …show more content…
He informed us that the plans for the COP was for it to be closed down and that our main mission was to hold ground until the plans were complete. The first thing that was on our agenda was COP security. 1st PLT was assigned to conduct combat patrols first, since most of the patrols from the left seat, right seat rides were executed by us. We improved the COP security between patrols as 3rd PLT defended the COP from the fighting positions that were made out of the