US Army 51738 Balancing kinetic effects of Airpower with Counterinsurgency objectives in Afghanistan

''Taking Fire'' is a documentary series produced for

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in which members of the

101st Airborne Division The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) ("Screaming Eagles") is a light infantry division (military), division of the United States Army that specializes in air assault military operation, operations. The 101st is designed to plan, coordinat ...

filmed their deployment in Afghanistan largely through the use of

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s and hand-held cameras. The filming took place in the

Korangal Valley Korangal Valley (alternatively spelled Korengal, Kurangal, Korangal; ), also nicknamed "The Valley of Death" is a valley in the Dara-I-Pech District of Kunar Province, eastern Afghanistan. Agriculture and forestry The valley is formed by a ...

; in order to avoid compromising mission integrity, the United States military reviewed all footage of the series prior to its publication by Discovery. The documentary captured video of American soldiers in combat against the

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in the

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan was a presidential republic in Afghanistan from 2004 to 2021. The state was established to replace the Afghan Afghan Interim Administration, interim (2001–2002) and Transitional Islamic State of Afghanist ...

as well as descriptions from members of the 101st Airborne regarding their comrades

killed in action Killed in action (KIA) is a casualty classification generally used by militaries to describe the deaths of their personnel at the hands of enemy or hostile forces at the moment of action. The United States Department of Defense, for example, ...

and the military operations in which the Division participated.

References

{{Reflist Discovery Channel original programming Documentary films about the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Film series introduced in 2016 Films set in the Korangal Valley 2010s war films