Force Protection in Operation Khanjar
A very good report from Matt Sanchez . It’s the middle of the night at the east corner guard post of Fiddler’s Green, a Marine fire base in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province, along the border with Pakistan. Corporal Ryan Joseph Bernal is on perimeter security duty. Armed with an M-4, night vision binoculars and an array of high-powered automatic weaponry, the 22-year-old U.S. Marine and several others keep watch for activity just outside the concertina wire, which conveys the powerful messa