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Clinton romesha red platoon pdf Continue NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The only comprehensive, first-hand account of the fourteen-hour shootout at the Battle of Keating Medal of Honor recipient Clinton Romesh, for Black Hawk Down readers Mark Bowden and Lonely Survivor Marcus Luttrell. It's no better. For us, this phrase nailed down one of the basic truths, perhaps even an important truth, about being stuck at an outpost whose strategic and tactical vulnerabilities were so evident to every soldier who ever set foot in this place, that the very name - Keating - became a kind of backhand joke. In 2009, Clinton Romesh of the Red Platoon and the rest of the Black Knight Squad were preparing to close Keating's command post, the most remote and inaccessible in a string of bases built by the U.S. military in Nuristan and Kunar in hopes of preventing the Taliban from moving freely between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Three years after its construction, the army was finally ready to admit what the people on earth knew at once: it was simply too isolated and too dangerous to defend. On October 3, 2009, after years of constant small attacks, the Taliban finally decided to abandon everything they had in Keating. The ensuing fourteen-hour battle - and ultimately victory - cost eight men their lives. The Red Platoon is a thrilling first-hand account of the Battle of Keating, said Romesh, who led both the outpost's defense and counterattacks that drove the Taliban back behind the wire and received the Medal of Honor for their actions. A vital story that needs to be understood by the public, and I can't imagine an account that makes it better justice that Rochesh. --Sebastian Junger, journalist and author of The Perfect Storm Red Platoon is sure to become a classic of the genre. --Hampton Sides, author of Ghost Soldiers and The Ice Clinton Roemesh in February 2013. 1981 (age 39)Lake City, California-1AllegianceUnitEd StatesService/branchUnited States ArmyYears of Service1999-2011RankStaff SergeantUnit61st Cavalry RegimentBattles/warsIraq WarWar in Afghanistan Battle of CamdesMedal HonorBronze StarPure2leSpouse (s)Tamara Romeps (s) 2000) - Former U.S. Army soldier rɔʋməʃeɪ who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Kamdesh in 2009 during the war in Afghanistan. Born into a family with a strong military background, Romesh joined the United States Army in 1999, and was stationed at various times in Germany, Korea and Colorado. Trained as a crew member of the M1 Abrams tank, Romesh has seen four deployments, including in Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan. In October In 2009, he was assigned to the 3rd Squadron of the 61st Cavalry Regiment, the 4th Brigade Combat Unit, the 4th Infantry Division deployed for the Keating combat outpost in eastern Afghanistan. When forces from 300 Taliban attacked the base, Romeshe attributed the cohesion of his comrades and the leadership of the counterattack, directing direct air support and providing a fire suppression to help the wounded at the aid station. Despite his injury, Romesh continued to fight during the 12-hour battle. Romesh left the army in 2011 to spend more time with his family. He later got a job in the oil industry in North Dakota. On February 11, 2013, he received the Medal of Honor from President Barack Obama. Rochesh was born on August 17, 1981, in Lake City, California, to a family with a strong military background. His grandfather, Auri Smith, is a World War II veteran who fought in the Battle of Normandy. Romesh grew up in Lake City, where he developed an avid love of hockey. His father is a Vietnam War veteran who later became a church leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Romesh is the fourth of five siblings, including two brothers who have also joined the army. He is a member of the LDS Church and attended seminary for four years during high school, but ultimately decided not to become a church missionary as his family had hoped. In 1999, Romesh graduated from Surprise Valley High School in Cedarville, California. Romeshi's military career while serving in the 2nd Infantry Division of Romesh enlisted in the U.S. Army in September 1999 and received basic combat training, and then underwent advanced individual training at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Trained to be a armored personnel carrier for the M1 Abrams tank, Romesh was first assigned to The Tank B, 1st Battalion, 63rd Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division and stationed at Rose Barracks, Germany. At the time of this publication, he was sent to Kosovo as part of the Kosovo force. His next assignment was a gunner/assistant to the tank commander of Company A, 2nd Battalion, 72nd Armored Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division at Camp Casey, Korea. After the former mentor was killed in Iraq, Romesh volunteered for a tour in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom when part of his unit received redeployment orders. Rhomes was then appointed Commander of The B Squadron, 3D Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division in Fort Carson, Colorado. There he took a long-range reconnaissance course, advanced leader and Air Attack Training. Trained as a cavalry scout, Romesh saw his second deployment in Iraq to that unit. In May 2009, Romeshi's unit was sent to Afghanistan for operation freedom. His unit was assigned to the Keating military outpost in Kamdesh district, Nuristan Nuristan In eastern Afghanistan. He replaced the outgoing Blackfoot Unit, the 4th Cavalry Regiment of the 6th Squadron, the 3rd Brigade, the Task Force Duke at a remote outpost in the mountains of the semi-autonomous region of the country. Keating was in a valley surrounded by steep mountains, and during the deployment he was regularly under attack. The United States Command decided to close the outpost by October 2009, deeming it unjustified. During the deployment, Romesh was nicknamed Ro by his comrades. He was marked by his sense of humor and calm temperament in a difficult deployment. Romesha Medal of Honor in Afghanistan in 2009 Main article: Battle of Kamdesh October 3, 2009, according to a report published by U.S. Army historian Richard S. Lowry, the Taliban launched a coordinated attack on the outpost on three sides around 06:00, seizing its ammunition depot. About 300 militants armed with recoilless rifles, grenade launchers, mortars, machine guns and small arms took part in the attack, far exceeding the number of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), about 85 members of the U.S. Army, the Afghan National Army and the Latvian Army, as well as 35 Afghan soldiers who fled their positions. It was later known as the Battle of Kamdesh. During the first three hours of the battle, U.S. troops remained under intense mortar and small-arms fire before Taliban fighters broke through the compound and set it on fire. Romesh came under heavy fire to fight back the area and gain reinforcements from nearby barracks, helping ISAF troops regroup and fight despite being targeted by a Taliban sniper. Romesh led a firefight to retake the depot, organizing a team of five men to counterattack while still under fire. He then neutralized one of the machine-gun groups of Taliban fighters. For a second, he took cover behind a generator that was struck by a grenade, and Romesh was hit by shrapnel in his neck, shoulder and arms. Despite his wounds, Romesh led the air support, killing about 30 Taliban, and then taking over several more Taliban positions. He provided a fire suppression to allow three other wounded U.S. soldiers to reach the aid station, and then recovered several U.S. casualties while still under fire. Romeshi's efforts allowed the troops to regroup and to retake forces larger in number. The battle lasted 12 hours and eight American soldiers were killed, making the battle one of the most expensive for ISAF during the war. Nine soldiers were awarded Silver Star medals for the fight. A few days later, ISAF resigned. 2013.712 He is the fourth living recipient of the Medal of Honor for the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq (after Salvatore Junta, Leroy Petrie and Dakota Meyer), and the eleventh overall winner of these campaigns. Ahead of the February 11, 2013, awards ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Clinton's son, Romesh Colin, investigates a pulpit that will later be used by President Barack Obama. Romesh was only able to contact his wife Tammy four days after the battle, and later noted that she was very upset to hear the full story of his actions in Kamdesh. In an interview later with Soldiers Live, Romesh said he felt he was selfish and not fair, volunteering so many deployments away from his wife and children. After deployment in Afghanistan, Romesh underwent an army career program and graduates in preparation for a separation from the army. On April 4, 2011, Romesh left the army to spend more time with his family. Romesh stands as he confesses during a ceremony at the Pentagon. After military service, Romesh moved to North Dakota, where his sister lived, to find work in the oil industry. He settled in Minota and bought a 100- year-old house damaged by floods, which he is rebuilding himself. He worked for KS Industries, a construction firm in an oil field. Initially the crew of the hydro-excavated truck, he underwent a driver training program and then began to manage the crews of six other trucks. He currently works as a field security specialist at KS Industries.