firebases

I thought things were bad in Saigon, but once we start getting dropped off by Huey helicopter at firebases in the plains and jungles of South Vietnam, we have a new respect and a healthy yearning for the relative peace of the big city.

Late, Late at Night Rick Springfield 2010

The firebases generally resemble a really lethal camping ground: some central wooden structures surrounded by a grouping of army-green tents, surrounded by barbed-wire fences, surrounded by coils of razor wire, surrounded by rows of Claymore antipersonnel mines.

Late, Late at Night Rick Springfield 2010

I thought things were bad in Saigon, but once we start getting dropped off by Huey helicopter at firebases in the plains and jungles of South Vietnam, we have a new respect and a healthy yearning for the relative peace of the big city.

Late, Late at Night Rick Springfield 2010

The firebases generally resemble a really lethal camping ground: some central wooden structures surrounded by a grouping of army-green tents, surrounded by barbed-wire fences, surrounded by coils of razor wire, surrounded by rows of Claymore antipersonnel mines.

Late, Late at Night Rick Springfield 2010

The firebases generally resemble a really lethal camping ground: some central wooden structures surrounded by a grouping of army-green tents, surrounded by barbed-wire fences, surrounded by coils of razor wire, surrounded by rows of Claymore antipersonnel mines.

Late, Late at Night Rick Springfield 2010

Over the next two years, U.S. forces established two more large observation posts and two small firebases in Korengal.

U.S. Exits Afghanistan's 'Valley of Death' 2010

Bella was one of the firebases operated by Chosen Company in the Waygal Valley.

'War' 2010

In the single most substantive post-blast report on the CIA, Mark Mazzetti of the New York Times wrote that the Agency has “an archipelago of firebases in southern and eastern Afghanistan,” most built in the last year.

Tom Engelhardt: The CIA Surges 2010

Over the next two years, U.S. forces established two more large observation posts and two small firebases in Korengal.

U.S. Exits Afghanistan's 'Valley of Death' 2010

I thought things were bad in Saigon, but once we start getting dropped off by Huey helicopter at firebases in the plains and jungles of South Vietnam, we have a new respect and a healthy yearning for the relative peace of the big city.

Late, Late at Night Rick Springfield 2010