![]() ![]() Romesha spearheaded both the defense of the outpost and the counterattack that drove the Taliban back.ĭeal puts Espinosa back in business with Sony, which released the sci-fi thriller Life. While Romesha and his compatriots beat back the assault after 14 hours, they lost eight men in the balance. After a series of smaller attacks, the Taliban came with everything it had, on October 3, 2009. It took three years for military to understand what was instantly clear to the men guarding it: The outpost was too isolated and dangerous to defend. ![]() military in Nuristan and Kunar to keep Taliban insurgents from commuting between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The outpost was the most remote and inaccessible in a string of bases built by the U.S. Medal of Honor recipient Romesha was part of Red Platoon and the Black Knight Troop which in 2009 prepared to shut down Command Outpost Keating. ![]()
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