Mortar fire at FOB Loyalty
I had a crew pulling cable on FOB Loyalty this week when they got hit.
I was en route at the time and didn't arrive until after the attack.
This is the result. Note the big green coils burning? That's my
cable!!!!
I was en route at the time and didn't arrive until after the attack.
This is the result. Note the big green coils burning? That's my
cable!!!!
posted by KAB at 7:01 AM
9 Comments:
Oh good grief. No one was hurt, RIGHT!?
Actually, I do not know. All of my guys are accounted for, but that's not our normal base and I arrived after the actual attack. But I didn't hear about anyone being hurt.
Personally - I am grateful for the timing of your arrival!!
Lisanne
Yeah, but it was a pretty ominous feeling going in. Sort of like the Admiral on the bridge of the aircraft carrier in Tora Tora Tora puling into Pearl Harbor the day after the attack and just looking around at all of the destruction.
I was there when we got hit. 3 died and 10 or 12 hurt. They hit us with 12 lob bombs if I remember right. Each had about 100 pounds of bang.
Most of the guys hit where from a route clearance team. 4 lob bombs droped right on the staging area.
We got pay back on haji for that
I was there also.
I think 4 where KIA, 1 succumbed to his injuries and about 14 WIA.
It was 100 ponds per IRAM. 14 where shot 12 went bang.
A lot of bad guys paid for that!
I was there too and worked in the AidStation, remembering that I think the fire burned for 3 days straight....................
I ran for my life that day, i was headed in to do a guard duty shift, if i was 1 min later leaving i would have been next to the convoy and the haji theatre snack shop that was hit. i walked right by them. heard em being launched, ill never forget them flying through the air like bowling pins.
I was one of the contract firefighters that was on base that day. I remember hearing the rounds being fired and thought that they were outgoing. Once the sound didn’t fade, I knew that they were incoming. I remember the ball-bearings that littered the street that was left from the rockets. We had a hard time containing the fires because the hit the fuel trucks and we didn’t have the proper suppression equipment and manpower. It was a long week for us.
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