Posted on Jun 7, 2015
Afghanistan vets: Have you seen "Battleground Afghanistan"?
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I have been watching the National Geographic Channels "Battleground Afghanistan" and comparing it to what Vietnam was like.
Is this a fair representation of operations over there?
Or are we looking through some "lens"?
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/battleground-afghanistan/
Is this a fair representation of operations over there?
Or are we looking through some "lens"?
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/battleground-afghanistan/
Afghanistan
Combat
Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) - Afghanistan
Posted 9 y ago
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I have only seen part of one episode. It was edited but accurate in what they did show.
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1SG Michael Blount
SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. - having been opcon'd to USMC while in Iraq, I suggest you isten carefully what's not said. If you've been deployed, you know that's just as important than what is said or the dialogue.
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Maj (then Capt) Ben Middendorf trained me at The Basic School. Tough but fair.
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I have not seen any episodes, so I can't say how accurate they are. I will try to catch it and see. What you saw and did there depends on where you were. In my year in Farah Province, I was in six gunfights and one IED. Guys in the Korengal, or Helmand Province saw that much action in a day. People assigned to Camp Phoenix or Bagram probably never saw any action. It also got more violent after 2009.
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SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S.
MAJ Ron Peery I saw both of the Korengal documentaries and as far as what I saw it was just like "back in the day". Slight difference in geography, uniforms and gooks ..
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