TF AEGIS REPORTED TIC 31 KM NE OF FOB ROBINSON. AT 0150Z TF AEGIS REPORTED A CONVOY RECEIVED SMALL ARMS FROM TB. THE ENEMY MOVED 400 METERS EAST INTO THE DESERT. THE PATROL WAS BELIEVED TO BE SURROUNDED BY UP TO 100X TB. THE CONVOY WAS MOVING FROM KAJAKI DAM TO FOB ROBINSON WHEN THE CONVOY TOOK SAF AND RPG FIRE. INITIAL CONTACT TOOK PLACE AT 41S PR 8967869912. 5X ANA RANGER VEHICLES WERE BURNING AND WERE LEFT BEHIND. THE CONVOY SPLIT INTO 4 ELEMENTS FOLLOWING THE ATTACK. CAS WAS REQUESTED AND 2XGR-7S AND 2X SUPER ENTENDARDS WERE DISPATCHED TO THE SITE. AT 0408Z, CJSOTF REPORTED RECEIVING SAF AND RPG FIRE NORTH OF FOB ROBINSON AND THE GROUND QRF WAS LAUNCHED ISO THE TF AEGIS TIC. AT 0445Z THE UNIT REPORTED THAT THEY HAD A MASCAL CONSISTING OF 4X ANA KIA, 12X ANA WIA, AND 1X FRENCH ETT WIA WITH THE CONVOY WAS STILL IN CONTACT AND TAKING HEAVY FIRE IVO OF 41S PR 7370044900. KAF QRF WAS APPROVED AND 1X AH-64 AND 1X UH-60 WERE DISPATCHED ISO CJSOTF TIC NEAR FOB ROBINSON. AT 0646Z TF AEGIS REQUESTED A MEDEVAC FOR 1X FRENCH SOLDIER AND 12X ANA WIA. MEDEVAC 05-20D WAS FLOWN BY UK CH-47AE AND DEPARTED FROM CAMP BASTION AT 0707Z. MEDEVAC 05-20D W/D AT BASTION AT 0823Z. IT WAS LATER REPORTED THAT A TOTAL OF 23X ANA AND 1X FRENCH SOLDIER ARRIVED AT CAMP BASTION. AT 0711Z IT WAS REPORTED THAT 12X ANA AND 2X FRENCH ETT SOLDIERS WERE MISSING WHEN THE TIC OCCURRED AND WERE SEPARATED WHEN THE CONVOY SPLIT INTO 4 ELEMENTS. THE 12X ANA WERE BELIEVED TO BE LOCATED ON A HILLTOP IN A DEFENSIVE POSITION BUT THEIR STATUS OF KIA/WIA IS NOT CONFIRMED AT THIS TIME. 1X OF THE 3X FRENCH ETT SOLDIERS WAS LOCATED AND RETURNED TO FOB ROBINSON. 1X FRENCH ETT SOLDIER WAS REPORTED AS KIA WHEN THE VEHICLES TOOK SMALL ARMS FIRE ALTHOUGH HIS REMAINS HAVE NOT BEEN LOCATED. THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE 3RD FRENCH ETT SOLDIER IS STILL UNKNOWN, HOWEVER INTERMITTENT LOCATION BEACONS WERE PICKED UP FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE. AT 0803Z THE TIC WAS DECLARED THE OVER. AT 1800Z 2XHH-60GS AND 2XAH-64S CONDUCTED PERSONNEL RECOVERY OPERATIONS IN AN ATTEMPT TO LOCATE THE MISSING FRENCH SOLDIER BUT AS OF 2100Z, THE A/C WHERE UNABLE TO LOCATE HIM AND RETURNED TO BASE. STATUS OF FRENCH ETT IS CURRENTLY LISTED AS MISSING. CURRENT STATUS OF WIA RECEIVED AT FOB BASTION: RECEIVED PRI 1, 1 X ANA, 2 X FRENCH; PRI 2, 3 X ANA, 1 X FRENCH; PRI 3,19 X ANA. TRANSFERRED 7 PTS AND 3 ESCORTS TO KAF VIA UK CH47 PLATFORM: ANA 1 X PRI 1, 2 X PRI 2, 5 X PRI 3; FRENCH 1 X PRI 2, 3 X NOT WOUNDED. AS OF 210102ZMAY06 PATIENT STATUS WAS AS FOLLOWS: 5 (ANA) OF THE 7 PATIENTS SENT TO KAF WERE TRANSFERRED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL IN KANDAHAR WITH ONLY MINOR INJURIES, ALL WERE RELEASED. THE REMAINING 2X WIA AT KAF ARE 1X ANA WITH GSW TO ABDOMEN, CURRENTLY IN STABLE CONDITION AND 1X FRENCH ETT WITH GSW TO KNEE, CURRENTLY IN STABLE CONDITION. MTF ON STATUS OF REMAINING WIAS FROM UK ROLE II AT FOB BASTION.




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