Combat Studies Institute, United States Department of Defense
Weapon of Choice: The Operations of U.S. Army Special Forces in Afghanistan
Awakening the Giant, Toppling the Taliban, The Fist Campaigns, Development of the War
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Table of Contents
“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
Site Coordination With the Uzbeks at Karshi Kanabad
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
DAPs Set the Stage for UW in Afghanistan
3. Toppling the Taliban in Afghanistan 19 October - 7 December 2001
Jumping Into the Dark: Seizing Rhino, 19 October 2001
“Look, We Have to Get the Special Forces Teams Into Afghanistan!”
ODA 595 Begins Bombing Taliban Defenses
Aerial Resupply From the Receiver
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