Video: 1/6 Marines under fire in Kajaki, Afghanistan
December 6th, 2011 | Afghanistan Infantry Kajaki | Posted by Dan Lamothe
There’s no sugar-coating this one: the Marine Corps just shared video footage of an ugly day in Kajaki, the district in northern Helmand province that has been the site of some of the Corps’ most violent fighting recently.
The following five-minute video was posted to YouTube, showing Marines with 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, out of Camp Lejeune, N.C., taking fire at Patro Base Georgetown. They’re shown engaging insurgent fighters armed with AK47s, sniper rifles and 30mm indirect fire. At least one Marine is hurt by an artillery shell exploding.
The base is on the far edge of the Corps’ area of operations, and faces threats that are more common in eastern Afghanistan. Chief among them: Marines take fire in Kajaki from mountain caves, something that doesn’t exist much in central Helmand province.
The bottom line: Kinetic activity in central Helmand has dwindled, but there’s still plenty of fight left in the Taliban to the north.
Tags: Kajaki, Patrol Base Georgetown
Comments
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Sally Girgis Says:
December 9th, 2011 at 2:45 pmwhy can’t I see this?
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Dan Lamothe Says:
December 9th, 2011 at 2:47 pmNot sure, Sally. It’s still playing fine on my computer. Could be your settings, or a firewall where you are?
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Lynn B. Jacobs Says:
December 14th, 2011 at 1:08 pmI think that was my nephew LCpl Christopher Levy that they loaded on the MEDEVAC Chopper. A good Marine.
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Battle Rattle - A Marine Corps Times Blog – RCT-6 Marines take over for RCT-8 in northern Helmand Says:
January 5th, 2012 at 3:58 pm[...] entrenched in Kajaki and other areas of northern Helmand. Fighting has been fierce as times, as this viral video of 1/6 at Patrol Base Georgetown [...]
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John Says:
January 20th, 2012 at 11:27 amsally are you from ohio?