Mission to Joghatu

Ahhh! I FINALLY got back to the base after a 22 hour mission to the village of Joghatu. (The mission should have only taken half as long). The mission itself went just fine, but on the return trip all hell broke loose. 5 km outside of the village one of our vehicles hit an IED, which nearly blew the entire front end off. We then had to call the base for assistance, as we had no way of towing the truck home with the vehicles we had left. 5 hours later the quick response force showed up. Normally it should have taken no longer than 1.5 hours to get to us. The delay was due to the fact that the Explosive Ordinance Disposal unit that accompanied our reinforcements found 5 other IEDs en route! It took all of that extra time to dispose of them. By the time they arrived on the scene it was already dark (and we were in a particularly bad area). After hooking up the damaged truck to the tow truck and setting off toward the base we were ambushed by the Taliban. A gunfight ensued, and another one of our trucks was disabled by an RPG. We called in for a little air support while we hooked up the 2nd truck to a tow truck, and a F-15 fighter jet escorted us the remainder of the way back home.