toddpipkin Posted April 2, 2007 Report Share Posted April 2, 2007 This was forwarded to me by my brother. I checked it out myself. It is legit!!! I edited Capt. Hunt's e-mail address to protect his privacy and added the color to emphasize what the media will NOT tell you. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Hi everyone. I'm still alive but freezing my tail off. We got 8 inches of snow last week and it reached 5 degrees below zero that night. That's not why I'm e-mailing though. You may have heard about a suicide car bomb attack in Kabul last Thursday. It was at one of our FOB's (Forward Observation Bases) about 27 miles from here. But the real story is why no one was killed. We employ several thousand Afghans on our various bases. Not to mention the economy that is fed by the money these locals are making. Some are laborers and builders, but some are skilled workers. We even have one Afghan that just became OSHA qualified, the first ever. Some are skilled HVAC workers. Anyway, there is this one Afghan that we call Rambo. We have actually given him a couple of sets of the new ACU uniforms (the new Army digital camouflage) with the name tag RAMBO on it. His entire family was killed by the Taliban and his home was where our base currently resides. So this guy really had nowhere else to go. He has reached such a level of trust with US Forces that his job is to stand at the front gate and basically be the first security screening. Since he can't have a weapon, he found a big red pipe. So he stands there at the front gate in his US Army ACU uniform with his red pipe. If a vehicle approaches the gate too fast or fails to stop he slams his pipe down on their hood. Then once the gate is lifted the vehicle moves on the 2nd gate where the US Army MP's are. So he's like the first line of defense. Last Thursday at 0930 hrs a Toyota Corolla packed with explosives and some jerk that thinks he has 72 Virgins waiting for him approached the gate. When he saw Rambo he must have recognized him and knew the gig was up. But he needed to get to that 2nd gate to detonate and take American lives. So he slams his foot on the gas which almost causes the metal gate to go up but mostly catches on the now broken windshield. Rambo fearlessly ran to the vehicle, reached thru the window and jerked the suicide bomber out of the vehicle before he could detonate and commenced to putting some red pipe to his Heathen butt. He detained the guy until the MP got there. The vehicle only exploded when they tried to push it off base with a robot but no one was hurt. I'm still waiting for someone to give this guy a medal or something. Nothing less than instant US citizenship or something. A hat was passed around and a lot of money was given to him in thanks by both soldiers and civilians that are working over here. I guess I just wanted to share this because I want people to know that it's working over here. They have tasted freedom. This makes it worth it to me! JOHN W. HUNT, CPT , US ARMY [email protected] Operations Officer Bagram Afghanistan Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONe XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted April 2, 2007 Report Share Posted April 2, 2007 Re: E-mail from Afghanistan WOW! Thank you for sharing!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted April 2, 2007 Report Share Posted April 2, 2007 Re: E-mail from Afghanistan Cool story. The Liberals wouldn't want this one to get out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted April 2, 2007 Report Share Posted April 2, 2007 Re: E-mail from Afghanistan Wow, that is a great story. Have certainly not heard that story in its entirety on the news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddpipkin Posted April 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2007 Re: E-mail from Afghanistan wtnhunt, if you think this deserves the wider coverage it would get in the lounge, I would not object to copying or moving it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted April 2, 2007 Report Share Posted April 2, 2007 Re: E-mail from Afghanistan Really honestly think it probably belongs here, but you might put a link to it in the lounge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike Posted April 3, 2007 Report Share Posted April 3, 2007 Re: E-mail from Afghanistan thats cool!!!! the news won't tell ya that huh!?!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted April 3, 2007 Report Share Posted April 3, 2007 Re: E-mail from Afghanistan no, you'll never hear that kind of good story on the "news" media. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted April 3, 2007 Report Share Posted April 3, 2007 Re: E-mail from Afghanistan Wow!! Awesome story. It would be nice to get the whole story of what's really going on instead of just what the Media wants you to hear. Thanks for sharing it with us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianxt Posted April 5, 2007 Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 Re: E-mail from Afghanistan great story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan1990 Posted April 5, 2007 Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 Re: E-mail from Afghanistan [ QUOTE ] Really honestly think it probably belongs here, but you might put a link to it in the lounge. [/ QUOTE ]Done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted April 5, 2007 Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 Re: E-mail from Afghanistan Awesome story. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted April 5, 2007 Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 Re: E-mail from Afghanistan Wow, what a story, thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Huntergirl Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 Re: E-mail from Afghanistan What a story!! Thanks to all who keep me and my family and freinds safe!!!! Even Rambo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUGARKAHNE Posted April 7, 2007 Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 Re: E-mail from Afghanistan That's awesome! Thanks for posting it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig mack Posted April 7, 2007 Report Share Posted April 7, 2007 Re: E-mail from Afghanistan Awesome story!!! Thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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