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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
Phonelines into the city were severed, [10] and American officials began reporting accounts of anti-Taliban forces charging Afghan tanks on horseback. [11] On November 2, 2001, Green Berets from ODA 543 and three members of the CIA's Team Bravo [12] inserted into the
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 ...
Special forces or special operations forces (SOF) are military units trained to conduct special operations. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] NATO has defined special operations as "military activities conducted by specially designated, organized, selected, trained and equipped forces using unconventional techniques and modes of employment".
ODA 574, callsign "Texas 12" (Texas One-Two), was a group of 12 U.S Special Forces soldiers from Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th SFG [2] under the command of Captain Jason Amerine. They deployed from Karshi-Khanabad Air Base (nicknamed K2 by the Special Forces) to just outside of Tarin Kowt on 14 November, accompanied by Pashtun militia ...
Most units were created to fulfil categorical obligations within a particular conflict, and were disbanded once that conflict ended. All branches of the United States armed forces – the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force have fielded special operations units. For subsisting special operations units, see United States Special Operations ...
On 9 November 2001, ODA 595 and ODA 534 and the seven members of the CIA's Special Activities Division [34]: 38–41 [35] [41] assisted about 2000 members of the Northern Alliance who attacked and liberated Mazari Sharif on horseback, foot, pickup trucks, and BMP armored personnel carriers. [34]: 41