FORT CARSON, Colo.—Commanders at Fort Carson, Colo., say morale at the base is rebounding after word that eight soldiers from one unit were killed in a bloody weekend attack in Afghanistan.
Hundreds of insurgents armed with automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades attacked the soldiers at two U.S. outposts in Nuristan province Saturday, causing one of the highest U.S. death tolls in Afghanistan in a single battle in more than a year.
Maj. Daniel Chandler said the soldiers fought bravely and “there were a lot of heroes on that day.”
Fort Carson commanders offered their condolences to the soldiers’ families and said that support teams have contacted them. The commanders also said that the families of four of the victims were living in Colorado Springs at the time of the deaths but officials weren’t sure if they were still in Colorado.
Since 2003, more than 12,000 troops from Fort Carson have been deployed to Iraq, where 255 have been killed.
