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Combat Studies Institute. Weapon of Choice: The Operations of U.S. Army Special Forces in Afghanistan
Weapon of Choice: The Operations of U.S. Army Special Forces in Afghanistan
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1
Prelude to Terror
Chapter 2
Awakening the Giant
“Subdue Without Fighting”: JPOTF, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida
Developing the SOF Campaign at SOCCENT, Tampa, Florida
Top Draft Choices: 10th SFG, Fort Carson, CO, and 7th SFG, Fort Bragg, NC
5th SFG = CJSOTF-North, Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Standing Up JSOTFs in Tampa and Fort Campbell
Committed to Middle East Exercises
3rd SFG Prepares for the Horn of Africa at Fort Bragg
Thinking Ahead: Senior Liaison Officers for Resistance Leaders
Civil Affairs to Islamabad, Pakistan
Of Vital Importance: PSYOP
Site Coordination With the Uzbeks at Karshi Kanabad
Uncorking the Bottled Airlift
All Credit Cards Accepted at K2 Gas Station
Air Campaign and CSAR Go Hand in Hand
Making Camp Freedom a Fully Operational Base: K2, Uzbekistan
Northern Air Campaign CSAR = MH-47Es
Building Camp Freedom at Double Time
The Universal Morale Booster at K2—Hot Food
Special Forces: CSAR Personnel Recovery and UW Preparation
Real Estate and Security at K2
Task Force Dagger = JSOTF-North at K2
Hot-Wiring the “Snake”: Rearranging JSOTF-North Communications
Building the JOC Inside the “Snake”: TF Dagger’s JOC
Staff “Battle Captain”: The Combat Operations “Pulse Monitor”
Different Intelligence Concerns for Air Planners
JSOTF-North Growing Pains at K2
We Don’t Fail
DAPs Set the Stage for UW in Afghanistan
Chapter 3
Toppling the Taliban in Afghanistan 19 October - 7 December 2001
Jumping Into the Dark: Seizing Rhino, 19 October 2001
Tactical PSYOP for Rhino
Showing American Power
“Look, We Have to Get the Special Forces Teams Into Afghanistan!”
On Horseback With Dostum
ODA 595 Begins BombingTalibanDefenses
Aerial Resupply From the Receiver
Aerial Resupply by SOCEUR
A “Bump” and Missiles in the Abyss
500 Afghans Can Die, But Not One American Can Be Injured
AAA = A Bad Night in the Hindu Kush
Getting a Handle on the Air Threat
Fostering Faith and Providing Solace
AAA Payback Time
Bastogne in Afghanistan
“Little Birds” of Prey
High Desert Rat Patrol
The Great Communications Terminus
Resupply From 10,000 Feet
PSYOP = Hard, Steady Work
A Supportive Populace
Getting PSYOP on the Ground in Afghanistan
Have Tools Will Travel
Mr. President
A significant Meeting With an Unusual Man
The Battle of Tarin Kowt
SOCCENT to Mazar-e-Sharif
Al-QaedaUprising—Qala-i-Jangi—24-29 November
ODA 583 Meets Gul Agha Sherzai
The Fight at Tahk-te-pol
Fighting at Arghastan Bridge
Plans Versus Reality
The Karzai Way to Kandahar
Charge to the Airport and Back Again
Attacking the Arghendab Bridge With Karzai
Who Dares, Wins
Death From Above
Another Reaction to Kandahar’s Fall
CA and Humanitarian Relief
CA Teams on the Ground
Tactical PSYOP to Mazar-e-Sharif
Emergency Casualty Evacuation at K2
Chapter 4
The Campaign in Transition 8 December 2001 - 28 February 2002
Old Glory Flies Again in Kabul
Tora Bora
One Army
The Answer is Out There
A New Twist on an Old Idea
Chokepoint
“60 Minutes II”
High-Altitude Rescue of a Marine CH-53
Taking Downal-Qaedaat the Mir Wais Hospital
The Raid at Hazar Qadam
SR Eyes on Target
From EMT to Special Forces Force Multiplier
Politics, War, and Rapport
GTMO Bound
CA Liaison Work
CJSOTF-West
End of Mission—Aerial Resupply in Afghanistan
“We’re Going for Sure This Time”
Be Prepared for SSE
Native Pashto and Dari Speaker Seeking PSYOP Assignment
Keep on Trucking
Rescue at 10,000 Feet
Date Drop at Khowst
ODA 394: The Next Mission
Chapter 5
The New War
Entering the Valley
Field Expedient Triage
Disaster and Frustration
Combat Multipliers
D-Day ANACONDA From the Viewpoint of Force Multipliers
ARSOF in Direct Support
On Again-Off Again
With the Aussies
Forty-Five Seconds Too Long
Never Leave a Fallen Comrade
Against All Odds
Joining the Fight on Takur Ghar
ODA 394 Climbs the “Whale”
Integrating Civil Affairs
Ambush at 80 Knots
Trail of Caches
Establishing CJSOTF-Afghanistan
Communications at Bagram
High Desert Automation Management
“Good Morrrrning, Afghannnnistan”
A Disaster Provides a Catalyst
The Communications Handoff
Better Communications
CJSOTF-Afghanistan and the Joint Air Component
CJSOTF-Afghanistan and “Zulu Time”
Command Guidance and VTCs
Rebuilding the Kabul Military Academy
Another View of the Kabul Military Academy Task
“Chiclets” and PSYOP Teams in Kandahar
Their Lucky Day
Dealing With Cryptographic Compromise
Caves and Graves
Vietnam-Style A Camp at Orgun-e
A National Army for Afghanistan
Observations and Reflections
Preparation for War
Driving theTalibanFrom Power: ARSOF in the Supported Role
Transition and Combat Operations
The CJSOTF-Afghanistan Era Begins
Glossary
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