Never get complacent

This is an interesting story on a topic I have talked about several times. The shooting of Americans by Afghan soldiers and police is rare in the grand scheme of things, but it still happens and happens much more than it should.

The reality is that if they don’t have US ARMY on their chest then they need to be watched and suspect. I really hope our warriors deployed to Afghanistan keep that in the back of their mind while deployed. Never let your guard down, never get complacent.

The second shooting of Western troops by one of their Afghan counterparts this month has highlighted the potential hazards of a push to speedily expand Afghanistan’s army and police forces in the next few years.

On Tuesday, an Afghan army sergeant opened fire at an army base in northern Afghanistan, killing two American civilian trainers before being shot dead. That followed an attack in the south on July 13, when a soldier killed three British troopers, including the company commander, with gunfire and a rocket-propelled grenade in the dead of night.