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KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan — Three weeks of relative calm was shattered when the first crack of gunfire whizzed across the combat outpost and was followed by a barrage of rocket-propelled grenades.
The explosions sent a handful of soldiers tumbling to the ground. U.S. and Afghan forces returned fire on the unseen assailants in the nearby mountains, launching dozens of mortar shells and firing numerous rounds.
The shadowy gunmen persisted until U.S. attack helicopters swooped in and unloaded heavy munitions into the jagged rocky slopes. The gunfire from the ridge stopped four hours after it began.
“This place is a shooting gallery,” Staff Sgt. Ryan Markle said after the fight, the latest of a dozen or so assaults on Combat Outpost Pirtle King since soldiers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, arrived here in March.
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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Cossairt, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Task Force Red Warrior, teaches English to Afghan Security Guard(ASG) members during a language class on Observation Post Mustang, Kunar Province, Afghanistan, May 3, 2012. The language class is a daily event that develops a stronger bond between the ASG and U.S. Army Soldiers. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jenny Lui/RELEASED) Photo by 55th Signal Company (Combat Came