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1. ONE HOUR FLIGHT IN ON CH-47
2. 10 DAYS TOTAL UP TO 10,500' ELEVATION
3. 1K TOOK OVER 2 HRS
4. MOVED APPROX. 6 K FIRST DAY
5. MAPS WERE SOVIET AND HAD ALL DIFFERENT GRIDS. SOME STOLE BETTER MAPS FROM REAR UNITS. MAPS WERE BLOWN UP AND GRID LINES ADDED.
6.SAW GUNNERS CARRIED APPROX. 1600 ROUNDS
7. RIFLEMAN CARRIED 9-14 MAGS OF 30 ROUNDS
8. M240 GUNNERS CARRIED 1200 ROUNDS
9. MORTAR PLATOON MEMBERS CARRIED 5 MORTAR ROUNDS EACH
10. EVERYONE ELSE CARRIED 2 MORTAR ROUNDS
11. 125 MORTAR ROUNDS FOR THE COMPANY
12. SOME EOD PERSONNEL ATTACHED FOR CAVES
13. SOMETIMES MORTARS NEEDED SAND BAGS FOR SUPPORT-USED (RECOMMENDED M-9 BASE PLATE)
14. PROBLEM WITH HELOS NOT FAR FORWARD ENOUGH-1 HR FLIGHT IN
15. 2 TIMES PER DAY SCHEDULED MEDEVAC
16. SUPER COBRAS WERE GREAT (APACHES WERE GROUNDED OR COULDN'T FLY (HOVER)
17. 2 ETAC'S PER CO. (1 WAS RTO) WORKED GREAT BUT IF THEY WENT DOWN NO ONE ELSE KNEW HOW TO CONTACT CAS
18. A GERMAN SOLDIER WAS SEVERLY INJURED IN A FALL (?) AND FOR OVER 8 HOURS COULD NOT BE EVACUATED DUE TO TERRAIN/ALTITUDE
19. 2 NORWEGIANS HAD TO BE EVACUATED AT 12,000' DUE TO ALTITUDE SICKNESS
20. REPLACE M115 BORESIGHT WITH M45 ON MORTARS
21. CLOSEST KILLS 2200M W/MORTARS
22. M68 SIGHT ON M-4 SUCKS
23. AT LEAST ONE PERSON PER SQUAD NEEDS SOME LONG DISTANCE MARKSMANSHIP TRAINING.
24. ON M240 A RAIL SYSTEM THAT IS COMPATIBLE WITH PQ2 AND MGO IS NEEDED
25. MOST ALL HAD ROCKY BOOTS, POLY-P AND GORE-TEX
26. MOST ALL LIKED THE BLACK FLEECE OF THE SPEAR SUIT
27. MOST ALL LIKED THE NECK GATOR/BLACK WATCH CAP/FIELD JACKET LINER
28. MOST ALL LIKED THE NOMEX AVIATOR GLOVE
29. THE INTERMEDIATE COLD WX GORE-TEX GLOVE SUCKED
30. THE PLUGGER SUCKED (HEAVY,BULKY, USED TOO MANY HEAVY BATTERIES) MANY USED CIVILIAN MAGELLANS
31. NEED "SURE FIRE" LIGHTS FOR M-4 IN CAVES
32. LIKED HEAT TABS/HAND WARMERS
33. SOME ALSO TRIED SKED FOR HAULING GEAR. ONE PERSON WITH LOTS OF WINTER/MOUNTAINEERING EXPERIENCE (MANY TIMES AT NWTC AND STATIONED IN ALASKA) THOUGHT THE AHKIO WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER BECAUSE OF RIGIDITY AND TRACKING.
34. SAID PERSON ALSO THOUGHT AN SME ON MOUNTAINEERING WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL. MANY HAD PROBLEMS JUST WALKING.
35. MANY OTHER SQUAD MISSIONS INCLUDING 1 HR HELO TO FARP. MAPS ALL MESSED UP (WHERE FARP PLOTTED WAS SIDE OF STEEP MOUNTAIN) HAD ONE SQUAD WITH 2 M240MG'S. NO COMMS WITH BIRDS. SECURED FARP 24 HRS. TOLD IF BIRDS FIRE UP JUMP ON.
36. MANY WOULD RECOMMEND PT TO INCLUDE HUMPING HEAVY LOADS IN RUCK IN MOUNTAINS IN ADDITION TO VARIOUS STRENGHT TRAINING
37. UNITS NEED TO DEPLOY WITH ENOUGH TRAINING AMMO
38. TEMPERATURES DROPPED QUICKLY AT NIGHT WHEN SUN WENT DOWN OR IN SHADOWS.
39. USED DUFFLE BAGS WITH LOADED 30 ROUND MAGS TO RESUPPLY
40. NO FSPLT PREPING SLING LOADS TO PUSH FORWARD
41. NO FSB IN AFGANISTAN-COMPANY ONLY?
42. CENTCOM HAND PICKED CERTAIN COMPANIES AND PLATOONS-VERY PIECEMEAL AND HARD TO PLAN
43. INTEL WAS HORRIBLE, ESPECIALLY OPERATION GINGER-ENCOUNTERED HEAVY WEAPONS AND POSITIONS AND TRENCHES. NO SATELLITE PHOTOS AT ALL. AN SF TEAM WAS IN THE SAME AREA AND NO INTEL WAS GIVEN TO 10TH
44. EVERY MAN HAD PVS-14'S
45. NEED TO HAVE AID BAG SOP'S. EACH MEDIC HAD SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND IN A DIFFERENT SPOT IN AID BAG.
46. GOT ON THE HELOS AT BAGRAM AT ABOUT 6000'. STEPPED OFF HELOS AT ABOUT 8500' (ANACONDA) WENT UP TO ABOUT 10500-11000.
47. TEMPS ABOUT 40-50 F DAY AND 20'S AT NIGHT (SOME THOUGHT -20F)
48. CLEAR/WINDY/SUNNY CONDITIONS (NEED LOTS SUN-SCREEN/CHAPSTICK)
49. ICE FORMED ON THE TOP OF SOME CANTEENS. MANY HAD CAMEL BACKS. LIKED THE CAMEL BACK BLADDER SYSTEM (HATED HYDRA STORM DUE TO FALLING APART) BUT LIKED HYDRA STORM PACK
50. WORE DCU WITH POLY-P DURING DAY AND GORE-TEX AND POLY-P/PILE/FIELD JACKET LINER AT NIGHT
51. SLING LOADS NEED TO BE PREPPED IN REAR AND READY TO SEND FORWARD
52. A COLD WX CONTINGIENCY LOAD (CLOTHING, BAGS, FOOD) NEEDS TO BE PREPPED AND READY IN THE REAR
53. DIGGING IN FOR MORTAR ATTACKS WAS DIFFICULT-NEVER LEAVE HOME WITHOUT AN E-TOOL
54. LIKED FLYERS GLOVE
55. DESERT NOMEX GLOVE?
56. IBA (INTERCEPTOR BODY ARMOR) GOOD AT KEEPING IN HEAT
57. LIKED SPEAR SUIT COMPONENTS (ALL HAD DIFFERENT COMPONENTS)
58. LIKED DISPOSABLE HAND WARMERS-TAKE OUT OF GLOVE AND RE-SHAKE. ABOUT 50% DIDN'T WORK
59. CARRIED ABOUT 10 MAGS EACH (CARRIED IN RUCK OR IN CARGO POCKET)
60. 4 DAYS FOR FIRST RESUPPLY
61. 2,000 ROUNDS FOR M240 GUNNER
62.THE ENEMY KEPT ITS DISTANCE DURING THE DAY. HARD TO REACH OUT AND TOUCH. SEVERAL RECOMMENDED AT LEAST ONE HEAVY SNIPER RIFLE PER SNIPER PLATOON (CANADIANS HAD KILLS OUT 1800M)
63. M68 SUCKED. THE RED DOT DISAPEARS IN BRIGHT SUN AND COVERS TARGETS. HARD TO ENGAGE PAST 350 M
64. EVERYONE HAD PVS-14'S-SEVERAL HAD BROKEN MOUNTS
65. USED GAPHITE FOR LUBE-NO PROBLEMS
66. M23 MORTAR BALLISTIC COMPUTER NOT ABLE TO HIT LOW TARGETS-400M INCREMENTS MAKES IT DIFFICULT
67. TRIED DRAGGING MORTAR ROUNDS, .50 CAL, AMMO IN SKED LITTER. VERY HARD AND STOPPED AFTER ABOUT 400M. OVERLOADED AND VERY ROUGH TERRAIN.
68. M-GATOR NEEDS MORE POWER BUT OUTSTANDING. HAD SEVERAL FLATS
69. LATCH PIN ON M-8 BASE PLATE ON 60MM MORTAR BREAKS EASILY ON HARD GROUND. USE SANDBAGS.
70. MOST HAS MATTERHORN/ROCKIES.
71. SOME HAD COLD WEATHER BOOTS FITTED TOO SMALL TO ACCOUNNT FOR WHITE COLD WX WOOL SOCK
72. FEET WOULD SWEAT A LOT DURING THE DAY, WHICH WOULD CAUSE THEM TO BE VERY COLD AT NIGHT. THE BOOT POLISH NEGATED THE GORE-TEX. USE THE DANNER TREATMENT
73. WERE TOLD TO CLEAR CAVES BUT HAD NO TRAINING ON IT
74. REACT TO CONTACT DRILLS VERY IMPORTANT. AT ONE TIME CAME UNDER HEAVY MORTAR AND MG FIRE AT SAME TIME WITHIN 200M
75. STARTED WITH 3 DAYS WATER AND RATIONS (MISSION LASTED 10-12 DAYS)
76. 1 SKEDCO PER SQUAD. KEPT ROTATING PEOPLE OUT. WENT ABOUT 400M WITH 5000 LB LOAD
77. WOULD RECOMMEND USING SKED FOR VERY SHORT MOVEMENTS OR TO CACHE AMMO TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD LATER
78. WENT IN TOO HEAVY (90-110 LBS). WOULD RECOMMEND GOING IN WITH 24-72 HRS SUSTAINMENT AND MAKING SURE TO GET RESUPPLY
79. GOT 3-4 INCHES SNOW FALL ONCE. PEOPLE LEFT STUFF OUT AND GOT WET/FROZEN
80. GOT TO JUST ABOUT SNOW LEVEL
81. USED C-4 AND A FEW HEAT TABS (COULD HAVE USED MORE) TO HEAT WATER
82. PACKED FOR 3-4 DAYS SUPPLY OF BATTERIES, RATIONS & WATER. ENDED UP EATING ABOUT ONE MRE/DAY. SOME SAID THEY STARVED. ONE FIRE TEAM SPLIT ONE MRE/DAY
83. "A BUNCH" GOT AMS. HEARD ONE OUT OF NINE MAY HAVE HAD AMS. NO DIAMOX PRETREATMENT OR STAGING. CO AFRAID OF SIDE EFFECTS OF DIAMOX. THOUGHT THE HEAVY LOADS WOULD SLOW THEM DOWN ENOUGH TO HELP?
84. WATER PLENTIFUL SOMETIMES FROM STREAMS (NOT COUNTED ON AHEAD OF TIME). USED IODINE TABS
85. ONE TEAM OR SQUAD WOULD USE THE TERRAIN TO BOUND UP TO COVER OTHER SQUAD OR TEAMS
86. RE-ZEROED IN UZBEK. MOST NOTICED A DIFFERENCE (SHOT HIGH AT ALTITUDE) MOST IN 4-31 SAID NO DIFFERENCE BUT FORGOT TO ASK IF SHOT AT 25M OR LONGER
87. SYMPTOMS OF "A BUNCH" OF GUYS INCLUDED SHORTNESS OF BREATH, VOMITING, HEADACHES/DIZZINESS, COLLAPSING
88. THERE WERE 2 MEDEVAC AMS CASES?
89. EVERYONE NEEDS AN ASSAULT PACK TO HAVE WITH THEM. ESSENTIALS LIKE GLOVES, SNIVEL GEAR, A LITTLE FOOD, ETC. RUCKS WERE DROPPED AND HAD TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD LATER
90. ONE PERSON (IN OUR GROUP AT LEAST) HAD A WHISPERLIGHT STOVE FUELED WITH DIESEL FUEL. LIKED IT BUT MORE STUFF TO CARRY
91. SOME HAD THE BLACK SLEEPING BAG THAT THEY LIKED BUT HEAVY. SOME HAD THE GREEN PATROL BAG. SOME HAD A BIVY SACK/PONCHO LINER/SPACE BLANKET. THE LATTER FROZE BUT SURVIVED. SEVERAL SAID THEY COULD NOT SLEEP AT NIGHT AND COULD SLEEP ONLY DURING THE DAY
92. BLACK HAWKS FLEW "EMPTY" AT HIGH ALTITUDES. USED FOR MEDEVAC. CH-47'S FOR MOST EVERTHING
93. CLS A MAJOR PLUS (TRAINED IN UZBEK AND USUALLY 1/YEAR)
94. 1-2 CLS PER SQUAD (1 SQUAD HAD 3 EMTS)
95. GATORADE WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL
96. STRESS PT IN PREDEPLOYMENT
97. 6-8 MILE RUCK MARCHES PER WEEK WOULD HAVE BEEN A GOOD PREP
98. STRESS CARDIO FITNESS AND ENDURANCE
99. JAVELIN USELESS. CARRYING CASE SUCKS. (CONFIRMED BY THE ASSIST PROJECT MANAGER) NOT USED. HEAVY. SIGHT TRACKER GOOD FOR OBSERVATION. ONLY NEEDS 1 DEG. F TEMP DIFFERENCE FROM SURROUNDING AREA TO ENGAGE. FIRE AND FORGET. WEIGHTS APPROX 40 LBS (?) WITH SIGHT
100. STRESS M203 TRAINING AND M240 TRAINING. EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW HOW TO ENGAGE WITH M240. SOME BROUGHT TRIPODS AND SOME DIDN'T
101. TARGETS WERE HIT AT 9-11000 '
102. NO PROBS AT ALL WITH COMMS
103. HATED LBV (TOO HOT)
104. USED ALICE
105. SOME DRANK IV’s