A Week in Binh Long - The forever AAR

[Jason Petho]

Turn 24 - 2d/28th
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At Firebase LOUISIANA 5, the A Company rifle platoon is preparing for the rest of the company to arrive while the dozers are almost at LZ LOUISIANA 4 to be picked up by Chinooks that should be on their way in a few turns.
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We moved our helicopters with the LRRP team within to the far western side of the map and scoped out a Landing Zone that we'll be dropping into. Hopefully it isn't hot!
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A platoon from B Company, performed an assault on Hill 171. The platoon that assaulted suffered a 1/2 squad loss and disruption. Unfortunately, the Hogs weren't as effective as I hoped. I will pull back next turn and wait for the rest of the company to show up to tackle the hill.
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C Company is faring a bit better, they were attacked by the reconnaissance unit, but only retreated. You can see they retreated south of the boundary near the Prek Tatee Hamlet. The gunships did take out the RPG team there though, so that's a start!
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The remainder of A Company is loaded in the highlighted helicopters and the last platoon is loaded in the trucks at the top of the map. They will drive to the empty Slicks on the tarmac and fly to the base for transport to the firebase.
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Here is the overall situation at Loc Ninh.
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And our Engineers are nearly completed to task in this sector. The road from An Loc to Loc Ninh is almost ready!
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