Jacob Barnts English 101 Holly Maloney 11/01/12 Research Paper-United States Special Forces "Almighty God‚ who art the author of liberty and the champion of the oppressed‚ hear our prayer. We‚ the men of Special Forces‚ acknowledge our dependence upon thee in the preservation of human freedom. Go with us as we seek to defend the defenseless and to free the enslaved. May we ever remember that our nations‚ who’s motto is "In God We Trust‚" expects that we shall acquit ourselves with honor‚
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casualties were heavy and TFR lost 16 soldiers on between 3 and 4 October‚ and had another 57 wounded‚ with 1 other killed and 12 wounded on 6 October by a mortar attack on their hangar complex at the airport. The 2–14th Infantry‚ 10th Mountain Division‚ suffered 2 Americans killed and 22 wounded‚ while the Malaysian coalition partners had 2 killed and 7 wounded and the Pakistanis suffered 2 wounded. Various estimates placed Somali
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offensive operations. The first half of their task was to provide security to the American bases‚ facilities and citizens along the Panama Canal. The second half was to isolate and neutralize the Panamanian Defense Force to facilitate the entry of the US Special Forces providing the first wave of attack to secure and occupy vital
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Place of Death: * Rahwali Gujranawala cantt‚ Punjab province Allegiance: * Pakistani Service/branch: * Special Service Group (SSG)‚ Pakistan Army Years of Service: * 1960-1989 Rank: * Brigadier Unit: * Baloch Regimet‚ * Special Service Group Commands held: * 3rd Commando Powinda Battalion * Shaheen Company 1st commando battalion Special Service Group Battles/Wars: * Operation PAN-AM * Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 * Operation Gibraltar *
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John Doe Colonel Mustard MIL Battle Analysis March 2010 Operation Anaconda Battle Analysis In the mountainous Shah-i-Khot region south of the city of Gardez in Eastern Afghanistan‚ Operation Anaconda took place early March 2002. Operation Anaconda‚ to this day‚ stands as the largest reported ground action in the Afghan war. This 17-day battle led to eight U.S. casualties and over 50 wounded. Operation Anaconda is viewed as a success due to coalition forces being able to kill and root out several
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by the legendary Special Forces commando Colonel Charles “Chargin’ Charlie” Beckwith in response to numerous‚ well-publicized terrorist incidents that occurred in the 1970s. The unit was modeled after the British SAS (Special Air Service) one of the most elite special forces units in the world. Delta Force is a counter-terrorist unit specializing in hostage rescue and reconnaissance‚ and they are equipped with the most advanced weaponry and equipment available in the U.S. special operations arsenal
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According to the article “Blackwater (Xe): The Secret US War in Pakistan”‚ written by: Andrew Hobbs‚ Kelsea Arnold‚ Brittney Gates‚ Elaine Wellin and Peter Phillips‚ within a covert forward operating base run by the US Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC)‚ members of the elite division of Blackwater are at the center of a secret program in which they target suspected Taliban and al-Qaeda operatives inside and outside of Pakistan. They write about how the CIA doesn’t have the resources to have a secret
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intelligence regarding Taliban involvement in the attacks to the mainland. Utilizing Mission Command doctrine‚ MG Hagenbeck managed a task force consisting of “…about 2‚000 coalition troops‚ including more than 900 Americans‚ 200 U.S. Special Forces and other troops‚ and 200 special operations troops from Australia‚ Canada‚ Denmark‚ Germany‚ France‚ Norway‚ New Zealand‚ and Afghan allies.” (Geibel 2002). MG Hagenbeck’s was to report to Lieutenant General (LG) Paul Mikolashek‚ head of all land forces in the
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of Kunar’s provincial capital of Asadabad‚ in late June through mid-July 2005. Operation Red Wings was intended to disrupt local anti-Coalition Militia (ACM) activity‚ thus contributing to regional stability and thereby facilitating the Afghani Parliament elections scheduled for September‚ 2005. At the time‚ anti-Coalition Militia activity in the region was carried out most notably by a small group led by a local man from Nangarhar Province‚ Ahmad Shah‚ who had aspirations of regional Islamic fundamentalist
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in the United States‚ the American troops the located Osama bin Laden in the Tora Bora mountains of Afghanistan from where he managed to escape under their watch. This fight took place from December 5 to 17 2001. While members of the (SBS) British Special Boat Service team were listening in on the conversations of a captured short wave radio‚ they stated that they heard a voice which they believed to be of Osama Bin Laden. Further‚ two members from this team noticed a tall figure moving in camouflage
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