On Tuesday night, as President Barack Obama was making his State of the Union Address, U.S. special operations forces were concluding a joint operation to free two captives held in …
With the surrender of the Taliban government at Kandahar in early December 2001, Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan (OEF-A), Rotation I began to wind down a bit. There was still the brutal …
In the immediate aftermath of 9/11, President George W. Bush and his military advisers came to four primary conclusions:…
The hijackers were members of Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda terrorist
Editor’s Note: Maj. Gen. Rich Comer, who is well known to our readers, wrote the following piece from memory and personal records, and as such it represents one of the …
“They established benchmark standards of professionalism, tenacity, courage, tactical brilliance, and operational excellence.” – Secretary of the Navy Gordon England, Presidential Unit Citation ceremony for Task Force K-Bar, Dec. 7, …
“[T]he Taliban launched a very large force with a lot of well-trained soldiers … We crushed them and sent them back to Kandahar.” – then-Capt. Jason Amerine, commanding officer of …
At 2:00 a.m. on Oct. 19, 2001, 39 days after al Qaeda terrorists attacked American soil, a special operations MH-47E Chinook helicopter touched down in a remote section of the …
From the moment that the terrorist attacks of 9/11 were realized to have originated in Afghanistan, there was a strong desire within the administration of President George W. Bush for …
“I can hear you. The rest of the world hears you. And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon.” – President George W. Bush, …
For most Americans of the present generation, the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, represent the benchmarks of time and consequence around which many will summarize their lives. That the …
