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Two killed in Afghanistan: 10th Group Special Forces operator and an Explosive Ordnance Disposal soldier

Specialist Joseph P. Collette, 29, of Lancaster, Ohio, died March 22, of wounds sustained when his unit encountered enemy fire while serving in Afghanistan. (Army/Courtesy Photo)

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On Friday, March 22nd, two American soldiers were killed by small arms fire in Kunduz Province, Afghanistan.

Sgt. 1st Class Will Lindsay, a Special Forces soldier with the 10th Special Forces Group (10th SFG), and Specialist Joseph P. Collette, an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technician with the 242nd Ordnance Battalion, 71st Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group, died in combat operations against Taliban insurgents.

Sergeant Lindsay was a veteran of numerous deployments in the Middle East, including one deployment to Afghanistan, one to Tajikistan in support of counter-narcotics operations, and five to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. According to the Special Operations Command, he graduated in 2006 from the Special Forces Qualification Course, a course that varies in length depending on one’s Military Occupation Specialty and that follows after the Special Forces Assessment and Selection.

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    Stavros Atlamazoglou

    Rick, The two incidents are unrelated. Sgt Lindsay was killed in Kunduz Province, while the airstrike on the Afghans took place in Uruzgan Province. As of now, the official narrative is that Sgt Lindsay was killed by small arms fire. But there's an ongoing investigation. Stay tuned for updates.

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    Rick C

    thank you!

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    Stavros Atlamazoglou

    Rick, Standby. Let me see what I can dig up.

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    Rick C

    I live 4 miles from Cortez, CO, Sgt. Lindsay's home town. Many people in this small, rural town in SW Colorado, knew him. I did not. Stavros, I've read some articles suggesting fighting between the Afghan army and US soldiers happened where Sgt. Lindsay was killed. Some articles have also said the US forces had to call in air strikes against the Afghan army to stop the fighting. Can you shed any light on those stories?

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    James Walper

    All I knew was that the SOFD guys had a lot of 18x certifications/qualifications... but that is probably because many of them came up through an ODA of sorts I'm guessing.