December 10th 2006

SFC Mac, my platoon Sgt, said he had found a video on the internet of us getting ambushed on route Chicken. I didn't believe him at first, but sure enough, there it was. The same guys who attacked us were filming it. This happened on our way back from FOB Mizon to FOB Lagman. The night before, a fuel truck, we were escorting from Lagman to Mizon was hit with a RPG and destroyed. So on our way back we thought something might happen and it did. In this attack Spc Bloom was hit by an IED (improvised explosive device) in the Huskey. Sgt. Halfmann and Sgt. Pierse were both shot. 6 out of our 10 vehicles were either disabled or destroyed. We were lucky not to have lost anyone, but the same wasn't so for the Taliban; we caused 13 casualties. We also captured one of the leaders from the Mizon province. We were stuck in the river bed for two days waiting for support to help us get our vehicles back home. The video only shows the last parts of the attack, so you miss the intense first half, but its still interesting to watch. Toward the end you'll see our CAS (close air support) A-10 flying over head, once he showed up the enemy disappeared. You'll also see the MEDEVAC (medical evacuation) black hawk and chinook come to get Sgt. Halfmann and Sgt. Pierse back to Lagman. This is the morning of the attack. Here's our five ton that later was blown up.
Here's the RG-31. You can see were an RPG hit above the front tire, good thing it didn't go off.
You can see the Huskey and the 5-ton in the background
This is my HUMMVEE. The rear windows mine, the front one was my squad leaders, SSG Hedgepath
This was also my HUMMVEE. This was Sgt.Resslers weapons mount, you can see were a round hit the post. This post is right in front of the gunner.

Here are the videos. If you want to watch.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=bc0_1184679239 long but hard to see

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=dc1_1184687663 short but clear