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This is a documentary about the mission I was on in Afghanistan 07,08. I worked with Able Company most of my deployment with 173rd Infantry
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Thank you for the reminder. Restrepo and the follow up movie Korengal are the best war documentaries that outline the difficulties of Afghanistan incredibly well. When I came back to my alma mater after a tour in the Jaji river valley, not far from Korengal, I was able to secure a screening of Restrepo on campus to anyone who wanted to watch. There wasn't a dry eye in the room by the time credits came up. I stayed an extra hour afterwards answering questions about Afghan culture.
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SGT Christopher Combs
Are they using this documentary Restrepo as a learning thing in the Army now??
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SPC Casey Ashfield
SGT Christopher Combs - Army wide? I have no idea. I get as many people as I can to watch it, including up and coming LTs.
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@SGT Christopher Combs How did you react to watching the film? No nightmares or flashbacks?
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SGT Christopher Combs
Yes it was not easy for me to actually watch the whole film. I did have a lot of flashbacks of things that happened on a daily basis that I didn't remember until watching it. I have nightmares to this day of some of the things I did and saw..
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SGT Christopher Combs
Thank you for your service and I just wanted to say the documentary Restrepo my job was to train Afghan soldiers along with the help of 2 Marines. We did most of our missions with the 173rd. One of the biggest missions was called Rock Avalanche. It was an everyday firefight on our fob. Day and night.
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