Sergeant Brian Frost, leader of 1st Section, 2nd Platoon, 1st Company callsign Lancer Red, is one of those troopers embarking upon this counterinsurgency campaign, codenamed Operation Crimson Lance. I felt a paternal connection with them - I had to keep them safe: safe from those bastards, safe from the hills, safe from themselves. My lads were fresh - boys in every sense of the word.
Those hills were a sullen, lifeless mass of rock and dirt yet, they betrayed an ominous presence. The undulating landscape pulsated below our Wild Cat as we scudded over central Takistan. Upon arrival, the men of 2 PARA are flown directly to Central Takistan, a hotbed of insurgent activity. With the new civilian-led Takistani government facing severe pressure, NATO command has authorised the deployment of additional reinforcements.Īs part of NATO's transition to counterinsurgency duties, troopers from the British Army's 2nd Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) will help spearhead coalition efforts in putting a stop to the new threat.
Yet in spite of this, the remnants of Aziz' followers have banded together with their militia allies to wage an insurgency against the supposed "occupiers" of their homeland.įoxtrot-5, Lancer Red's transport inbound for FOB Arizona. The Takistani military has been broken and with Aziz' death, its leadership fractured and forces routed. Several weeks have passed following the invasion and downfall of the Takistani regime led by Colonel Muhammad R.
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