Staff Sgt. Rodrigo Arias-Hernandez poses for a photo taken during his 2009 deployment to Afghanistan. Arias-Hernandez earned a Bronze Star with "V" for leading a successful defense of Patrol Base Pashad against more than 100 enemy fighters in 2009. Courtesy of Brian Allis'Rambo Did Stuff Like That' -- Stars And Stripes
With only five weeks on the ground, the last thing three enlisted American servicemembers defending a mud-walled compound want to hear from a Special Forces commander is, “you guys are crazy for even being here.”
He had a point. If military strategists were building a base to test the skills of their fighters, they might devise something like Patrol Base Pashad.
Located just a few miles from the Pakistan border, the primitive compound is susceptible to fire from anyone who pops over the nearby mountain ridgeline.
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My Comment: The sense of loneliness that one must have when posted in such a location .... it reminds me of the movie Dancing with Wolves (with Kevin Costner) and the scene which shows his outpost in Indian country.