Navigating the minefields of Kandahar   A civilian looks at a
DOK-KING MV-4 Mine Clearance System during a US Army patrol in
the Zangabad area of Panjwai district, Kandahar province,
Afghanistan on April 9. Photo by Bill Ardolino for The Long War
Journal.  On April 7, the members of Third Platoon of Comanche
Company, 4-9 Infantry set out from Forward Operating Base
Zangabad on a reconnaissance and security patrol of the area.
They were headed into a village the men had dubbed "Bringallzai"
(its real name is Korozai), the nickname a mishmash of the
surnames of Sergeant First Class Eric Brew, the platoon
sergeant, and First Lieutenant Aubrey Ingalls, the platoon
leader.  The soldiers left the main gate of the FOB, walked down
a paved road for roughly 100 meters, and cut onto a dirt path
that wove through the characteristic terrain of Panjwai
district: grape fields riddled with symmetrical ridges and deep
irrigation ditches, a series of mud-walled qalats, a Pashtun
graveyard flying colorful flags honoring the de