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Shepherds of Helmand
In 2008, an all-volunteer group of National Guard Soldiers from Oregon deployed to Afghanistan to train the Afghan National Army. Their mission was to be a first-of-its-kind 'counter narcotics' battalion sent into the deadly Helmand Province to interdict the opium trade. The mission quickly breaks down and the Oregonians find themselves split up and isolated on remote patrol bases along the Helmand river. At a patrol base called 'Attal' (Afghan for warrior) the men suffer daily attacks from a determined enemy committed to over running the base and killing everyone inside it. Relying heavily on footage and photographs taken by the men who were there, Shepherds of Helmand takes viewers deep into an Afghanistan rarely seen by the outside.
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LocationThe Lansing Center
333 E. Michigan Avenue
Lansing, MI 48933
United States
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