It seems there was a rash of them a year or so ago. Now you don’t here of ANY (knock on wood). What have we done to quash this crap? Not sharing quarters/bases anymore? No joint patrols? What?
Don’t think it’ll cross any OPSEC lines as I’m sure it’s not a secret to the Afghans.
Media black-out?
Well, what my team did was whenever we had a principle meet with their counterpart, there would be a guardian angel in the room and then two sentinels just outside of the room. When we had civilians teaching classes, it was the same deal, one inside the room, two outside and then we would also have a few more that would just roam around. Although honestly, in the area that we were in, the risk of green on blue was probably the least in the whole country, we worked with the AUP and they were well paid, supplied and they were in the process when we left of getting them more and better training.
Add in, whenever something were to happen anywhere else in the country, we would be shut down for a day or two, green on blue up north, we didn’t meet with our counterparts that day or the following. A bit overkill in my personal opinion, but I’m back home now so I don’t really care anymore.
That’s my first thought.
Though they finally were letting soldiers carry their weapons with loaded chamber (while on base, which apparently wasn’t country wide this whole time), which might have helped too.
That sounds like a useful strategy. Something has been working.
ah statistics… #US troops co-mingling w/ host country vs a few months ago.
And possibly keeping your large mouth near asvab waiver sgts shutting their blustery cock holsters
That too I’m sure, but also the way they co-mingle when necessary (?).
10-13-2013
Quinn, Patrick H.
10-05-2013
SPC Lopez, Angel L.
9-26-2013
SSGT Baysore, Jr., Thomas A.
9-21-2013
SSGT Nevins, Liam J.
SSGT McGill, Timothy R.
SPC Strickland, Joshua J.
6-8-2013
MAJ Leonard, Jaimie E.
LTC Clark, Todd J.
5-4-2013
CPL Sonka, David M.
SSGT Christian, Eric D.
3-11-2013
SSGT Schad, Rex L.
CPT Pedersen-Keel, Andrew M.
That’s 12 US casualties from Green on Blue this calendar year across 7 incidents.
Last calendar year there were 29 Green on Blue in 15 incidents.
Media isn’t covering them as much and there are fewer incidents. Training plays a big issue I’m sure. There are actually roughly the same average number of casualties per green on blue incident.
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It’s a damn war zone… how is that not SOP to begin with!?
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Because for some people who are assigned to staff duty at PRT/RC and above levels, it isn’t a war zone. They never leave the wire, have all facilities available at all times, to include a proper DFAC, PX, training room etc. They worry about proper wear of uniform and head gear, and all of the other inconsequential stuff.
In every camp/FOB etc you will have what they call a Force Protection board, that lists threat levels, weapon readiness levels, vehicle movement codes, PPE requirements etc. The FP board lists these both for inside and outside the wire.
Wow. Didn’t hear about those, especially the ones this fall, and I’m one who makes myself read news blurbs about casualties (figure if guys are dying the least I can do is acknowledge it by taking the time to read). Guess there is something to the media covering it up, or at least downplaying it.
100% truth. Most times, you can’t even carry your weapon with a round in the chamber. Just a magazine inserted…and it took over a ****ing decade to even get that approved. The weapons handling and knowledge of our military is atrocious and embarrassing.