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In an unconventional war . The enemy

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may use tactics that can catch many off

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guard soldiers from the 525th

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Battlefield Surveillance Brigade

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experience these tactics during a

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routine mission at the wish border

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crossing point in southern Afghanistan .

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Army Captain eric Buzzard was part of

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the group and explains the incident .

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Local afghans were biometrics building

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to help with their customs process .

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And We were out there talking to the

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contractors and as uh about

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2-3 minutes in the conversation ,

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that's when the explosion happened .

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The blast came when a teenage afghan

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mill with explosives strapped to his

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chest , ran up to the group and

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detonated the bomb . Army captain

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christian johnson explains what

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happened next . You know , we we had

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the Afghan partners that were there

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that we're covering the area so we're

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able to use them kind of to provide

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security as we did CAS eVAC . This

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group of soldiers used their training

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and knowledge to react and save lives

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and earn the honor of receiving the

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Purple heart for the injuries they

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sustained that day . Very lucky that

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day . It's not often you hear about a a

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failed suicide bombing attempt . So I

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just , I'm very humble nothing that we

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do in the army you do for awards . So I

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don't really think any of that stuff is

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necessary . However , I am humbled as

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well . Commander of the Five 25th

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battlefield surveillance brigade Army

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Colonel James Edward said that this

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attack will not detour the mission at

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the border and I would point out the

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mission goes on That uh , the

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biometrics facility . These guys are

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out there to take a look at that day is

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continuing to be constructed . You know ,

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60 days from now , there'll be Afghan

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biometrics and rollers in there ,

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improving the security of Afghanistan

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Air Force staff sergeant , Joseph Vigil ,

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forward operating base spin boldak

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Afghanistan .