Red Platoon

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The only comprehensive, firsthand account of the thirteen hour firefight at the Battle of Keating by Medal of Honor recipient Clinton Romesha, for readers of Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden and Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell It doesn t get better To us, that phrase nailed one of the essential truths, maybe even the essential truth, about being stuck at an outpost whose strategic and tactical vulnerabilities were so glaringly obvious to every soldier who had ever set foot in that place that the name itself Keating had become a kind of backhanded joke In 2009, Clinton Romesha of Red Platoon and the rest of the Black Knight Troop were preparing to shut down Command Outpost Keating, the most remote and inaccessible in a string of bases built by the U.S military in Nuristan and Kunar in the hope of preventing Taliban insurgents from moving freely back and forth between Afghanistan and Pakistan Three years after its construction, the army was finally ready to concede what the men on the ground had known immediately it was simply too isolated and too dangerous to defend On October 3, 2009, after years of constant smaller attacks, the Taliban finally decided to throw everything they had at Keating The ensuing 14 hour battle and eventual victory cost 8 men their lives Red Platoon is the riveting first hand account of the Battle of Keating, told by Romesha, who spearheaded both the defense of the outpost and the counter attack that drove the Taliban back beyond the wire, and received the Medal of Honor for his actions. New Download [ Red Platoon ] Author [ Clinton Romesha ] – kino-fada.fr After back to back tours of duty often demanded of a soldier, his her next mission may not get better, cushier or less dangerous, which fatally was the case for the Black Knight Troop, a mechanized armor unit whose sixty five men were spread across three platoons Red, White, and Blue deployed with the task of dismantling Combat Outpost Keating, the most remote American camp in Afghanistan Inside Red Platoon Barracks IT DOESN T GET BETTER the unnerving mantra etched in wood at COP Keating After back to back tours of duty often demanded of a soldier, his her next mission may not get b...I grew up with Clint and we were best friends for the better part of 18 years When I found out he was putting this book together I knew I would read it as soon as I got my hands on it, and that I would give it a high rating because of the bias created by our friendship I have to say though, now that I ve completed Red Platoon, I would have given any author of this exceptional book 5 stars It reads like an action movie, and then you stop and think oh wait, this really happened He does a gre I grew up with Clint and we were best friends for the better part of 18 years When I found out he was putting this book together I knew I would read it as soon as I got my hands on it, and that I would give it a high rating because of the bias created by our friendship I have to say though, now that I ve completed Red Platoon, I...It doesn t get betterWhy Why do we keep making decisions like this I understand the idea behind a line of outposts to disrupt the enemies sphere of control but how do you put an outpost hereIt doesn t get better To us, that phrase nailed one of the essential truths, maybe even the essential truth, about being stuck at an outpost whose strategic and tactical vulnerabilities were so glaringly obvious to every soldier who had ever set foot in that place that the name itself Keating has become a It doesn t get betterWhy Why do we keep making decisions like this I understand the idea behind a line of outposts to disrupt the enemies sphere of control but how do you put an outpost hereIt doesn t get better To us, that phrase nailed one of the essential truths, maybe even the essential truth, about being stuck at an outpost whose strategic and tactical vulnerabilities were so glaringly obvious to every soldier who had ever set foot in that place that the name itself Keating has become a kind of backhanded joke A byword for the army s peculiar flair for stacking odds against itself in a way that was almost guaranteed to blow up in some spectacular fashion, and then refusing to walk away from the table.The locatio...Red Platoon is easily the best first hand account of a military action that I have read There is a rare feel of honesty and nobility in Romesha s story and I think within the telling The reader gets a true sense of what it was like to be a soldier at an obscure outpost in Afghanistan.Keating was an outpost in an isolated area in the Nuristan province in Afghanistan near the Urmul village Red Platoon was one of 3 platoons sent to the outpost Located in an area that was almost tactically indef Red Platoon is easily the best first hand account of a military action that I have re...Received an Advanced Reader s Copy from Goodreads Give Away program.For me this was a very emotional read The book was very detailed, gave an excellent chronology of the events as well as introducing the reader to many of the individuals involved The book shows a great detail of research was involved in compiling the book.In ways it read like a novel, but then the reader realizes that this is real, very real, and it really did happen War and we are at war is extremely brutal It gave me a g Received an Advanced Reader s Copy from Goodreads Give Away program.For me this...I just finished Red Platoon by MOH winner Clinton Romesha With the recent announcement of the build up in Afghanistan, this is a very timely read I believe that military history buffs as well as people interested in current events will devour this narrative Red Platoon is about the defense of a command outpost COP called Keating in Nuristan Afghanistan in October of 2009 The COP was in the middle of a valley and it was indefensible due to plunging fire from the surrounding ridges The base I just finished Red Platoon by MOH winner Clinton Romesha With the recent announcement of the build up in Afghanistan, this is a very timely read I believe that military history buffs as well as people interested in current events will devour this narrative Red Platoon is about the defense of a command outpost COP called Keating in Nuristan Afghanistan in October of 2009 The COP was in the middle of a valley and it was indefensible due to plunging fire from the surrounding ridges The base was so indefensible that the Army was preparing to evacuate it The evacuation was delayed because the Army was short of helicopters due to some other emergencies including the desertion of the infamous traitor, Bowe Bergdahl The helicopters needed to evacuate this b...I read this book first because it was my job, and then I read it again because it blew my mind It s not the story of Navy SEALS or highly trained soldiers it s about young people who are barely old enough to vote or drink, or a...Where do I start This book exceeded my expectations and now has become one of my top favorite books of all time This book made me laugh, it made me cry, and sometimes I had to put it down due to what they were going through that I had to think about it.What I love about this book is that Romesha would talk about the guys in his platoon, their personalities, their ph...Difficult read Unbelievable that this Keating was set up to defend in its location in the first place It seems the incompetent directions are abounding And not only in how we perceive and name.In company language, some of the conversations are sometimes hard for me to grasp within their complete context, but nevertheless this writer has above average ability to detail And to achieve a living witness testimony that is accurate but at the same time well written You get to know all these soldi Difficult read Unbelievable that this Keating was set up to defend in its location in the first place It seems the incompetent direct...I am a fan of military books They are probably the number one type of nonfiction book that I read Most of the books however have been about the past wars Red Platoon is the most recent book I have read in a while focusing on acurrent war At first I was not into this book, which disappointed me due to the subject matter Yet, b...

Red Platoon
  • English
  • 26 February 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 378 pages
  • 0525955054
  • Clinton Romesha
  • Red Platoon