Video: Canadians in a Helmand firefight

We see a lot more combat footage coming out of Iraq than Afghanistan, but this video is a reminder that coalition partners (especially Canadians & Brits) are engaged on a nearly-daily basis in close combat engagements.

According to the poster, it depicts"Troops from Alpha Company, 2nd Platoon, "Red Devils" from Edmonton, Canada are ambushed as they conducted battle damage assessment in the village on July 15, 2006 in Sangin, Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan." Copyright: Scott Kesterson

Watch the video here. It's intense footage, especially in the last frame: all drops quiet, the soldier lights a cigarette, and you can see his hands are still shaking.