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The Northern Alliance followed this with a horse cavalry charge. When it looked like Dostum's cavalry charge would fail, several members of ODA 595 rode into action and helped win the battle. [30] Within the first two weeks, ODA 595 was joined by two more special forces soldiers, bringing their number to 14.
Trevante Rhodes [13] as Sergeant First Class Ben Milo, a Special Forces Weapons Sergeant in ODA 595; William Fichtner as Colonel John F. Mulholland, Commander of 5th Special Forces Group; Geoff Stults as Sean Coffers, a member of ODA 595; Thad Luckinbill as Vern Michaels, a member of ODA 595; Ben O'Toole as Scott Black, [14] a member of ODA 595
They were joined three days later by Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) 595 of the 5th Special Forces Group (United States) of the United States Army. One of the CIA officers involved was Johnny Micheal Spann.
On 19 October, [107] Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) teams 555 and 595, both 12-man Green Beret teams from the 5th Special Forces Group, plus Air Force Combat Controllers, were airlifted by helicopter from the Karshi-Khanabad Air Base in Uzbekistan more than 300 kilometers (190 mi) across the 16,000 feet (4,900 m) Hindu Kush mountains in ...
William "Chief" Carlson (1959 - 2003): joined Delta Force in the mid-1990s after serving in the 75th Ranger Regiment and Army special forces. While working with the CIA's Special Activities Center, he was killed in action on October 25, 2003, during a mission in Afghanistan, where he sacrificed himself to protect his team. [5] [6] [7]
Interviews and footage from CNN, ARD, and elsewhere (Dodge Billingsley and recovered interrogation footage) show Mike Spann and David Tyson moments before the uprising. Pelton's The World's Most Dangerous Places one-hour special "Inside Afghanistan" details his time with the U.S. Special Forces team (ODA 595) that fought with Dostum's troops.
One lesson the stars of Special Forces: World's Toughest Test have learned is that rough living conditions can be just as tough to handle as the challenges. Celebrities are pushed to their ...
The troops—two 12-man Green Beret teams from the 5th Special Forces Group dubbed Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) 555 and 595 [12] plus four Air Force Combat Controllers—linked up with the CIA and Northern Alliance. Within a few weeks, the Northern Alliance, assisted by U.S. ground and air forces, captured several key cities from the Taliban.