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Afghanistan, Nangarhar Province, Mohmand Valley, 25 July 2018
A U.S. Army Operational Detachment Alpha Joint Tactical Air Controller (JTAC) (left) and an army chaplain sit on the roof of the team's main building at Combat Outpost (COP) Blackfish, in Nangarhar Province's Achin District, after a bomb was dropped on a ridge-line overlooking the base. The bomb, like several other fires deployed along the peaks around Blackfish, was dropped for the purpose of "terrain denial", which supposedly dissuades enemy fighters from occupying high ground from which to mount attacks against the base. Privately, however, the JTAC told me that the reason for requesting many of the strikes is more prosaic. Reasons include allowing inexperienced pilots to drop bombs in "combat", to keep the JTAC's own numbers up so as to avoid the retraining that is required if he doesn't drop enough.
Afghanistan, Province de Nangarhar, Vallйe de Mohmand, 25 juillet 2018
Un contrфleur du dйtachement opйrationnel de l'armйe amйricaine et un aumфnier de l'armйe de terre sont assis sur le toit du bвtiment principal de l'йquipe du poste de combat (COP) Blackfish, dans le district d'Achin de la province de Nangarhar, aprиs qu'une bombe a йtй larguйe sur une ligne de crкte surplombant la base. La bombe, comme plusieurs autres tirs dйployйs le long des sommets autour de Blackfish, a йtй lвchйe dans le cadre d'une opйration de " dйni de terrain " qui est censй dissuader les combattants ennemis d'occuper des hauteurs а partir desquelles ils peuvent lancer des attaques contre la base. En privй, cependant, le Comitй consultatif m'a dit que la raison pour laquelle on demande un grand nombre de tir ciblй est plus prosaпque. Les raisons donnйes sont de permettre а des pilotes inexpйrimentйs de larguer des bombes en "combat" et de maintenir les statistiques du JTAC afin d'йviter le recyclage qui est nйcessaire s'ils ne lвchent pas suffisamment de bombes.
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