Sorry, but this Washington Post headline — “U.S. commanders in Afghanistan face tougher discipline for battlefield failures”– misses the point. The story ...

The American Combat Outpost, Keating, better known as COP Keating, was a US military outpost in the Nurestan Province in Afghanistan in the late 2000s. Located near the town of Kamdesh, COP Keating ...

A Chinook helicopter lands at Combat Outpost Keating, Afghanistan, in March 2007. The Battle of Kamdesh stands as a harrowing testament to the valor and sacrifice of American soldiers amid the rugged ...

The Soldiers knew Keating was dangerous, but they could never have imagined just how bad it was, and Carter was surprised to learn that they would need to wear body armor all the time when they ...

"Why are you here?" That was the question that echoed when I visited COP Keating in 2009. Back then, it was just another American outpost stuck between two Taliban-infested hills in the middle of ...

Return to COP Keating: Second Soldier to receive Medal of Honor from desperate battle By Elizabeth M. Collins, Soldiers Live August 29, 2013 Then-Spc.