Name: Battleground Afghanistan
Released: 2013-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Brandon Unis, Keith David

NGC looks inside the latest chapter of the Afghan Conflict as seen by the American Marines in Afghanistan. Capt. Ben Middendorf and his men take the fight directly to the Taliban with a mission to locate, disrupt, and destroy the enemy.

Documentary · 2013 · 44 min

Starring Brandon Unis , Keith David

EPISODE 1

First Contact

Capt. Ben Middendorf and the men of Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, enter the most dangerous place in Afghanistan with two objectives: disrupt and destroy the Taliban, without losing a man.

43 min · Jun 30, 2013
EPISODE 2

Booby Traps and Poppy Fields

Golf Company must reach and clear a drug baron's compound, and under constant fire they have an even grimmer threat looming in the back of their minds: IEDs.

43 min · Jul 7, 2013
EPISODE 3

Fighting Ghosts

Golf Company continues their relentless surge, encountering civilians for the first time, and hunting for the enemy's command center.

43 min · Jul 14, 2013
EPISODE 4

Trapped By the Taliban

14 days into Golf Company’s mission, Capt. Middendorf has a bead on a Taliban command and control center. And with Taliban forces reeling under his Company’s attack, he hopes to land a telling blow before mission’s end.

43 min · Jan 1, 2013
EPISODE 5

Homeward Bound

On their last mission before their scheduled return home, Golf Company face one last hurdle while raiding a narcotics processing site: they are separated, and under fire.

43 min · Jan 1, 2013

Brandon Unis

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Keith David

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Ned Nalle

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