I’m just back from watching a documentary film, Restrepo, named after a fallen soldier and the outpost named after him on a mountainside in Afghanistan.
It was well made.
It let me know a little bit about life in that very steep valley for both our soldiers and the local residents.
They did gruelling work. Moved a lot of equipment and earth by hand. Some days, they were swapping back and forth between shovels and guns all day.
The cost they paid was communicated well by the movie. I’m in shock a little bit still.