Operation Asbury Park was a deployment, on June 2, 2004, and June 17, 2004, of taskforce 1/6 BLT of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit engaged Taliban and other anti-coalition forces in both Oruzgan Province and Zabul Province culminating in the Dai Chopan region of Afghanistan. This operation was characterized by atypical fighting on the side of the tactics of the Taliban and the other guerillas encountered.
During Asbury Park, the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit was faced with an opponent that frequently would dig in and engage the Marine forces, rather than the traditional hit and run (or "asymmetric attack") methods. As such, Marines, with the aid of B-1B Lancer, A-10 Warthog, and AH-64 Apache aircraft, engaged in "pitched battles each day,"[1] culminating in a large battle on June 8.
The last of the fighting which took place near Dai Chopan on June 8 was decisive in that enemy forces were depleted to such an extent that no further contact was made with the enemy for the duration of the operation. What was meant by the enemy to be a three pronged attack June 8, 2004 resulted in over eighty-five confirmed kills, with estimates well in excess of 100 enemy dead, an estimated 200-300 wounded, with dozens captured. While throughout the entire operation a "handful" of US forces and Afghan Militia were injured.
Asbury Park was followed by Operation Asbury Park II, which included Army personnel from the 25th Infantry Division, Afghan National Army troops, and attached Marines.
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operation, asbury, park, deployment, june, 2004, june, 2004, taskforce, 22nd, marine, expeditionary, unit, engaged, taliban, other, anti, coalition, forces, both, oruzgan, province, zabul, province, culminating, chopan, region, afghanistan, this, operation, ch. Operation Asbury Park was a deployment on June 2 2004 and June 17 2004 of taskforce 1 6 BLT of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit engaged Taliban and other anti coalition forces in both Oruzgan Province and Zabul Province culminating in the Dai Chopan region of Afghanistan This operation was characterized by atypical fighting on the side of the tactics of the Taliban and the other guerillas encountered Operation Asbury ParkPart of War in Afghanistan and Global War on TerrorismAn American AH 1 Cobra engaging the Taliban during Operation Asbury Park DateJune 2 2004 and June 17 2004LocationDai Chopan AfghanistanStatusAmerican Afghan victoryBelligerents United States Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Afghan National Army Various militia forcesTaliban al Qaeda possibly Anti Coalition Government forcesCasualties and losses5 injured100 killed200 300 wounded During Asbury Park the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit was faced with an opponent that frequently would dig in and engage the Marine forces rather than the traditional hit and run or asymmetric attack methods As such Marines with the aid of B 1B Lancer A 10 Warthog and AH 64 Apache aircraft engaged in pitched battles each day 1 culminating in a large battle on June 8 The last of the fighting which took place near Dai Chopan on June 8 was decisive in that enemy forces were depleted to such an extent that no further contact was made with the enemy for the duration of the operation What was meant by the enemy to be a three pronged attack June 8 2004 resulted in over eighty five confirmed kills with estimates well in excess of 100 enemy dead an estimated 200 300 wounded with dozens captured While throughout the entire operation a handful of US forces and Afghan Militia were injured Asbury Park was followed by Operation Asbury Park II which included Army personnel from the 25th Infantry Division Afghan National Army troops and attached Marines References Edit Asbury Park Archived from the original on 2021 04 21 Retrieved 2022 04 29 External links Edit22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit SOC homepage nbsp This article about a military operation in the history of the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Operation Asbury Park amp oldid 1085294192, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
