On May 29th, members of first platoon, 288th Sapper Company conducted a route clearance near the village of Kakarak in the Uruzgan province of Afghanistan. This B-roll footage was shot primarily from a GoPro Hero 2 helmet cam mounted on the top front of an MRAP Buffalo. There is also footage from inside the truck as the crane arm uses its water and air cannon to safely check a suspected IED site from inside the vehicle. Produced by SSG. Robert Souza.
Soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division move through urban terrain while under fire from opposing forces as part of the Joint Operations Access Exercise (JOAX) 12-02 at Fort Bragg, N.C., on June 6, 2012. JOAX is a two-week exercise designed to prepare Air Force and Army service members to respond to worldwide crises and contingencies.
United States - Exercise - Operation Monarch Fury II
The 124th Air Support Operations Squadron conducting their annual training in the central Idaho mountains with support from numerous other services and government agencies. Air National Guard Airmen of the 124th ASOS are conducting close air support, terminally guiding A-10 Thunderbolt II's from the 124th Fighter Wing and AH-64 Apache's from the 1-183rd. They also had support from the 1-214 General Support Aviation Battalion with CH-47 Chinooks, the 726th Air Control Squadron as oppositional forces and the U.S. Forest Service - 06.25.2012
Gran bel firefight video!Taliban rounds impact inches from the U.S. troops and the firefight is ended by 2 JDAMS dropping on the Taliban position.
U.S troops (on patrol) are just coming in a big firefight the only thing they could do is call air support and shoot back.