The battle for COP Keating has come to illustrate the war in Afghanistan, where the mission is often as misunderstood by the American public as the remote corner of the planet where it’s occurred. ... Lone Survivor, and the superb doc Restrepo. Combat Outpost Keating was a small American military outpost in Nurestan Province, in Afghanistan. Eight U.S. soldiers died during the Battle of Kamdesh and 22 more, including Rodriguez, were wounded. Clinton Romesha received it in February 2013. At a remote outpost in Afghanistan on Oct. 3, 2009, a handful of American soldiers held back an assault by as many as 300 Taliban fighters during the Battle of Kamdesh. Ed Faulkner Jr. died of an overdose on the drugs he had turned to in an attempt to deal with his trauma. Soldiers and injuries to an additional 25. Combat Outpost Keating is best known as the setting of the Battle of Kamdesh which occurred on October 3rd, 2009. Eight American soldiers died in the battle, and … Last year, Carter was the second survivor of the Battle of Kamdesh to receive the Medal of Honor for his defense of COP Keating, after former Staff Sgt. A survivor comes home. In September 2010, less than a year after the skirmish, Pvt. Along with the Battle of Wanat, COP Keating is a signature conflict of the war. On Oct. 3, 2009, during a year-long deployment to Nuristan province, Afghanistan, Carter was involved in the Battle of Kamdesh, when a force of … As the movie scrambled into production in Bulgaria in early 2018, Tapper introduced the filmmakers to survivors of the Battle of Kamdesh. Plans were drawn up in the summer of 2006 by the US Army's 10th Mountain Division as part of Operation Mountain Lion. Tragically, one of the Battle of Kamdesh survivors chose the latter. 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