Thursday 11 December 2008

42 Commando alongside the Canadians

clipped from www.modoracle.com

Commandos Lead Heli Assault

Royal Marines have pushed deeper into southern Afghanistan's rural Kandahar province with a helicopter assault directly onto insurgent positions, supporting a wider Canadian initiative to redraw the boundaries of ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) influence in the region.
Instead of employing conventional tactics of moving in from secured flank areas, Operation Janubi Tapu (Southern Vulture) has seen the Royal Marines of 42 Commando Group inserted by a number of helicopter waves straight into an area that has been regarded by the insurgents as a safe haven.
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Now get the helicopters from Iraq into this area and let the lads do what they are there for...

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