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At FOB Bostick, Stoney Portis was attempting to return to the COP by any means available, including two attempts on MEDECAC helicopters, and he finally, arrived with Miraldi’s QRF. At the COP, Andrew Bundermann and Cason Shrode were busy directing air strikes against enemy targets. As the attack intensified, the Brigade, Task Force Mountain Warrior (4-4ID), alerted the quick reaction force (QRF) led by Jake Miraldi. Soon after the attack started, much of the equipment for communicating with higher headquarters was knocked out, forcing the defenders to rely only on the TACSAT for contact with the outside world.
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The Troop Commander, Stoney Portis, was at nearby FOB Bostick, and command on the battlefield devolved to Andrew Bundermann, one of Stoney’s platoon leaders, supported by Cason Shrode, the fire support officer. On October 3, 2009, B TRP 3-61 CAV from 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division was occupying the COP when approximately 300 Taliban fighters attacked COP Keating, and another 85 simultaneously attacked OP Fritsche, in a complex attack beginning at approximately 0600. Contact generally lasted minutes to about an hour, and often included crew-served weapons, B-10 recoilless rifles, and RPGs. Both the COP and the OP had been subject to attacks on a weekly basis in the months leading up to the major attack. The OP was at a much higher elevation, but was still commanded by higher ground nearby. A river ran through the valley, and a small village was near the COP. The COP was in a valley, with steep mountains on all sides. OP Fritsche, a platoon-sized Observation Post that was about 2.2 kilometers away (straight line distance) from COP Keating, was tasked with providing indirect fire support to the COP with organic mortars. COP Keating was a company-sized Combat Outpost in the Nurestan Province of Afghanistan, about 5-10 miles from the Pakistani border, designed to observe and interdict Taliban supply and infiltration routes.