Canadian Troops move into Spin Boldak

[GAP]

These guys have to be getting some tired by now

Canadians toughen border security in Afghanistan
Updated Sun. Jul. 30 2006 10:34 PM ET   CTV.ca News Staff
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060718/afghanistan_border_060730/20060730?hub=TopStories

Canadians have begun what may be one of their riskiest missions yet in Afghanistan: opening a new front on the border with Pakistan, in order to stem the tide of insurgents and suicide bombers feeding the ranks of the Taliban.


The lawless region right across the border is also where the Taliban leadership, including al Qaeda's Osama Bin Laden, is believed to be hiding.


Coalition troops have been engaged in active combat in southern Afghanistan in recent months because of an escalation of attacks by Taliban fighters and their supporters. Violence in the region has reached its worst level since 2001.


Coalition forces say they have killed 620 insurgents in the latest offensive against the Taliban. Nineteen coalition troops have died, including three Canadians.
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[Good2Golf]

Good hunting, Patricias!

 

[Jammer]

The Pats are on thier way home...my BG is going in soon....

 

[Scoobie Newbie]

A favorite gateway for the militants.  Don't be surprised if they are tested and Gap yes the highers are worried about fatigue.

 

[Good2Golf]

The Pats are on thier way home...my BG is going in soon....

Rog that Jammer!  Holy crap, I'm blinking and BGs are just coming one after the other!  Good luck with the wiggly amps. 

Cheers,
Duey

 

[silentbutdeadly]

its the RCR thats going to be running Spin , they sent C coy to just check things out , no really missions in that area.

 

[MJP]

I'd say there are running missions in the same sense that A-Coy ran missions in the Northern part of khandahar province.  They are after in a FOB down there.

 

[GAP]

I'd say there are running missions in the same sense that A-Coy ran missions in the Northern part of khandahar province.  They are after in a FOB down there.

That's a huge AOR 

 

[Jammer]

Sound's like I'm gonna have a GREAT time there..

 

[HItorMiss]

Jammer Unless you with my Coy you probably wont be down near Spin at all.

MJP, keep your ear to the ground for me. Anything "Intresting" pop's up you think I would be intrested in that you cann pass along please do.

 

[Jammer]

Check the profile Hitormiss...I'll be evreywhere!!

 

[HItorMiss]

Sorry I should have said "Much" not "At all"

Your right you'll be down more then once, PM me contacts are good when dealing in the Sandbox.

Hit

 

[silentbutdeadly]

Missions meaning that Ccoy not going to do much in a short period of time there, but i am sure the RCR will be! Sorry for not being more informative MJP.

 

[HItorMiss]

Silent I was reffering to Jammer, I said "Jammer Unless you with my Coy you probably wont be down near Spin at all." and I should have said not down in Spin much or often, seeing as the job he does he'll likely be all over the place. As for the Pat's well I am sure they will be working very very hard right up until we get there and then we will be working just as hard as they did.

 

[GAP]

Silent I was referring to Jammer, I said "Jammer Unless you with my Coy you probably wont be down near Spin at all." and I should have said not down in Spin much or often, seeing as the job he does he'll likely be all over the place. As for the Pat's well I am sure they will be working very very hard right up until we get there and then we will be working just as hard as they did.

That was one advantage we had going in. With a 13 month tour, each Coy only got a few at a time, and were able to train the guys up prior to more new guys coming in. Not that they were nice about it, but there was a lot more individual tips, watch your step here, type thing....

....or maybe it was just me....gee...I wasn't really that dumb  was I???  : Nahhhh...

 

[Jammer]

With any luck at all we'll all get a good hand-over from TF Orion.
BTW being in K-Town and kind of seperated fm the rest of the BG, any word on whether we're going to continue the TF Orion handle, or go with something more inventive like... TF-3-06?

 

[Good2Golf]

Jammer, last time I was down at Comd's prayers before redpl, it was clear the TF Orion operational force package had the mandate while BGen Fraser was at the helm and we were operating under CJTF-76/CFC-A command.  TF-3-06 is just a way for the Army to keep track of its managed readiness system and doesn't really mean anything once you guys are generated, validated, certified and deployed.  I kind of lost track of the TFs out there, there were five related but separate aviation TF's alone, nested beneath CJTF-76.  I had understood TF Orion was the op task force in RC(S) that replace TF Bayonet, i.e. not CF-specific but the entire Regional Command - South entity, and that TFA was the Canadian contingent inside it.  I've seen an open source briefing (if think on the ISAF site, for some reason) that laid out the entire C2 structure for the next little while...will look for that link, wait, out.)

Cheers,
Duey

p.s.  Hit, have a good one, stay safe, and I'll give you a good ride when you get back.

 

[Jammer]

Duey,
I was there on a TAV Apr/May last and the way it is, is that TF Orion in the CA BG, TF AEGIS is the MNB, and TFA is the NSE/NCE componant.
Back to the drawing board
Who knows what it will be when in get there next week...

 

[Good2Golf]

Duey,
I was there on a TAV Apr/May last and the way it is, is that TF Orion in the CA BG, TF AEGIS is the MNB, and TFA is the NSE/NCE componant.
Back to the drawing board
Who knows what it will be when in get there next week...

Roger that, Jammer...and now that NATO is taking over command of (most) troops in AFG, there may be more changes.

So what command doe TF Knighthawk (the RC(S) Avn TF in KAF) fly under now?

Cheers,
Duey

 

[Jammer]

When I left in May it was still Nighthawk...('60s and '47s). Warlords was the '64 componant.
Not sure what the Aussie '47 guys were, but thier T-Shirts said Brahmans...(the Bulls)