This scenario does not make any sense! He was on an SF COP! Was security so lax that he could leave without being noticed? This was PANJWAII!!!! Panjwaii IS the hottest zone in all of Afghanistan!
Not only did he leave, he walked a mile in an area that has IED’s everywhere! And he made it to TWO villages???
The whole thing sounds very bizarre to me.
Very interesting questions, panthermom. Supposedly, he was noticed missing and a search was made for him on the base. Regarding the IED’s, I wondered the same thing.