Combat Outpost Keating
American outpost in Nuristan, Afghanistan
Combat Outpost Keating
Combat Outpost Keating was a small American military outpost in Nurestan Province, in Afghanistan. It was originally constructed to be a Provincial Reconstruction Team, called PRT Kamdesh, but due to extremely high levels of fighting in the area it remained a fire base instead of a PRT. In December 2006, it was renamed Camp Keating after the death of ABLE Troop 3-71 Cavalry 10th Mountain Division's executive officer, Benjamin Keating, who died November 26, 2006, when his vehicle overturned in Kamdesh, Afghanistan. Plans were drawn up in the summer of 2006 by the US Army's 10th Mountain Division as part of Operation Mountain Lion. Combat Outpost Keating is best known as the site of the Battle of Kamdesh, which occurred on October 3, 2009; the base was nearly overrun, and eight Americans and four Afghan defenders were killed. Two Americans, Staff Sergeant Clinton Romesha and Specialist Ty Carter were awarded the Medal of Honor for their actions in defending the base. The American soldiers...
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