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Thursday, February 20, 2014
A new video posted on YouTube yesterday shows video footage of a U.S. blue on blue incident during a firefight in Afghanistan.
One of the soldiers in the Observation Post captured the video on a camera attached to his helmet.
It shows U.S. troops from the 1st Infantry Division at an undisclosed FOB engaging Taliban forces across the valley.
An air strike is called in to drop a 500 pound bomb on the enemy position. At the start of the video, the radio in the background can be heard saying “30 seconds to time on target.” About 15 seconds later, sounds of the jet flying over can be heard, along with the scream of the bomb that is about to hit just 15 meters from the OP.
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