Battleground Afghanistan
Follow the men of Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, as they bravely fight Taliban forces in Afghanistan.
- 2013-2013
- 1 season
- National Geographic Television
- Reality
Follow the men of Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, as they bravely fight Taliban forces in Afghanistan.
Season 1 Episode Guide
5 Episodes 2013
Episode 1
First Contact
Mon, Jul 1, 2013 44 mins
Capt. Ben Middendorf and the men of Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, enter the most dangerous place in Afghanistan with two objectives: disrupt and destroy the Taliban, without losing a man.
Episode 2
Booby Traps & Poppy Fields
Mon, Jul 8, 2013 44 mins
Golf Company must reach and clear a drug baron's compound, and under constant fire they have an even grimmer threat looming in the back of their minds: IEDs.
Episode 3
Fighting Ghosts
Mon, Jul 15, 2013 44 mins
Golf Company continues their relentless surge, encountering civilians for the first time, and hunting for the enemy's command center.
Episode 4
Trapped by the Taliban
Mon, Jul 22, 2013 44 mins
14 days into Golf Company's mission, Capt. Middendorf has a bead on a Taliban command and control center. And with Taliban forces reeling under his Company's attack, he hopes to land a telling blow before mission's end.
Episode 5
Homeward Bound
Mon, Jul 29, 2013 45 mins
On their last mission before their scheduled return home, Golf Company face one last hurdle while raiding a narcotics processing site: they are separated, and under fire.