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Weapon of Choice
U.S. Army Special Operations Forces in Afghanistan: Awakening the Giant, Toppling the Taliban, The Fist Campaigns, Development of the WarBy United States Department of Defense, Combat Studies Institute
Length17h 34m
About this audiobook
"Weapon of Choice" presents a history of the U.S. Army special operations forces in Afghanistan from 11 September 2001 to 15 May 2002, during America's global war on terrorism. The purpose of the book is not to resolve Army special operations doctrinal issues, to clarify or update military definitions, or to be the "definitive" history of the continuing unconventional war in Afghanistan. The purpose is to demonstrate how the war to drive the Taliban from power, help Afghan people, and assist the Afghan Interim Authority (AIA) rebuild the country afterward was successfully accomplished by majors, captains, warrant officers, and sergeants on tactical teams and aircrews at the lowest levels. Contents: Prelude to Terror Awakening the Giant "Subdue Without Fighting" Developing the SOF Campaign Top Draft Choices Committed to Middle East Exercises Civil Affairs to Islamabad, Pakistan Site Coordination With the Uzbeks at Karshi Kanabad Uncorking the Bottled Airlift Toppling the Taliban in Afghanistan, 19 October-7 December 2001 Jumping Into the Dark Showing American Power "Look, We Have to Get the Special Forces Teams Into Afghanistan!" On Horseback With Dostum A "Bump" and Missiles in the Abyss 500 Afghans Can Die, But Not One American Can Be Injured Al-Qaeda Uprising—Qala-i-Jangi The Karzai Way to Kandahar The Campaign in Transition, 8 December 2001-28 February 2002 Old Glory Flies Again in Kabul Taking Down al-Qaeda at the Mir Wais Hospital Politics, War, and Rapport End of Mission—Aerial Resupply in Afghanistan The New War Entering the Valley D-Day ANACONDA From the Viewpoint of Force Multipliers "Good Morrrrning, Afghannnnistan" Driving the Taliban From Power Transition and Combat Operations
Audiobook details
GenreHistory, Literary Classics
Length17 hrs 34 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 14, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Weapon of Choice
70Another Reaction to Kandahar’s Fall
2Acknowledgments
71CA and Humanitarian Relief
3Introduction
72CA Teams on the Ground
4Chapter 1: Prelude to Terror
73Tactical PSYOP to Mazar-e-Sharif
5“Subdue Without Fighting”: JPOTF, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida
74Emergency Casualty Evacuation at K2
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6Developing the SOF Campaign at SOCCENT, Tampa, Florida
75Old Glory Flies Again in Kabul
7Top Draft Choices: 10th SFG, Fort Carson, CO, and 7th SFG, Fort Bragg, NC
76Tora Bora
85th SFG = CJSOTF-North, Fort Campbell, Kentucky
77One Army
9Standing Up JSOTFs in Tampa and Fort Campbell
78The Answer is Out There
10Committed to Middle East Exercises
79A New Twist on an Old Idea
113rd SFG Prepares for the Horn of Africa at Fort Bragg
80Chokepoint
12Thinking Ahead: Senior Liaison Officers for Resistance Leaders
81“60 Minutes II”
13Civil Affairs to Islamabad, Pakistan
82High-Altitude Rescue of a Marine CH-53
14Of Vital Importance: PSYOP
83Taking Down al-Qaeda at the Mir Wais Hospital
15Site Coordination With the Uzbeks at Karshi Kanabad
84The Raid at Hazar Qadam
16Uncorking the Bottled Airlift
85SR Eyes on Target
17All Credit Cards Accepted at K2 Gas Station
86From EMT to Special Forces Force Multiplier
18Air Campaign and CSAR Go Hand in Hand
87Politics, War, and Rapport
19Making Camp Freedom a Fully Operational Base: K2, Uzbekistan
88GTMO Bound
20Northern Air Campaign CSAR = MH-47Es
89CA Liaison Work
21Building Camp Freedom at Double Time
90CJSOTF-West
22The Universal Morale Booster at K2—Hot Food
91End of Mission—Aerial Resupply in Afghanistan
23Special Forces: CSAR Personnel Recovery and UW Preparation
92“We’re Going for Sure This Time”
24Real Estate and Security at K2
93Be Prepared for SSE
25Task Force Dagger = JSOTF-North at K2
94Native Pashto and Dari Speaker Seeking PSYOP Assignment
26Hot-Wiring the “Snake”: Rearranging JSOTF-North Communications
95Keep on Trucking
27Building the JOC Inside the “Snake”: TF Dagger’s JOC
96Rescue at 10,000 Feet
28Staff “Battle Captain”: The Combat Operations “Pulse Monitor”
97Date Drop at Khowst
29Different Intelligence Concerns for Air Planners
98ODA 394: The Next Mission
30JSOTF-North Growing Pains at K2
99Entering the Valley
31We Don’t Fail
100Field Expedient Triage
32DAPs Set the Stage for UW in Afghanistan
101Disaster and Frustration
33Jumping Into the Dark: Seizing Rhino, 19 October 2001
102Combat Multipliers
34Tactical PSYOP for Rhino
103D-Day ANACONDA From the Viewpoint of Force Multipliers
35Showing American Power
104ARSOF in Direct Support
36“Look, We Have to Get the Special Forces Teams Into Afghanistan!”
105On Again-Off Again
37On Horseback With Dostum
106With the Aussies
38ODA 595 Begins Bombing Taliban Defenses
107Forty-Five Seconds Too Long
39Aerial Resupply From the Receiver
108Never Leave a Fallen Comrade
40Aerial Resupply by SOCEUR
109Against All Odds
41A “Bump” and Missiles in the Abyss
110Joining the Fight on Takur Ghar
42500 Afghans Can Die, But Not One American Can Be Injured
111ODA 394 Climbs the “Whale”
43AAA = A Bad Night in the Hindu Kush
112Integrating Civil Affairs
44Getting a Handle on the Air Threat
113Ambush at 80 Knots
45Fostering Faith and Providing Solace
114Trail of Caches
46AAA Payback Time
115Establishing CJSOTF-Afghanistan
47Bastogne in Afghanistan
116Communications at Bagram
48“Little Birds” of Prey
117High Desert Automation Management
49High Desert Rat Patrol
118“Good Morrrrning, Afghannnnistan”
50The Great Communications Terminus
119A Disaster Provides a Catalyst
51Resupply From 10,000 Feet
120The Communications Handoff
52PSYOP = Hard, Steady Work
121Better Communications
53A Supportive Populace
122CJSOTF-Afghanistan and the Joint Air Component
54Getting PSYOP on the Ground in Afghanistan
123CJSOTF-Afghanistan and “Zulu Time”
55Have Tools Will Travel
124Command Guidance and VTCs
56Mr. President
125Rebuilding the Kabul Military Academy
57A significant Meeting With an Unusual Man
126Another View of the Kabul Military Academy Task
58The Battle of Tarin Kowt
127“Chiclets” and PSYOP Teams in Kandahar
59SOCCENT to Mazar-e-Sharif
128Their Lucky Day
60Al-Qaeda Uprising—Qala-i-Jangi—24-29 November
129Dealing With Cryptographic Compromise
61ODA 583 Meets Gul Agha Sherzai
130Caves and Graves
62The Fight at Tahk-te-pol
131Vietnam-Style A Camp at Orgun-e
63Fighting at Arghastan Bridge
132A National Army for Afghanistan
64Plans Versus Reality
133Preparation for War
65The Karzai Way to Kandahar
134Driving the Taliban From Power: ARSOF in the Supported Role
66Charge to the Airport and Back Again
135Transition and Combat Operations
67Attacking the Arghendab Bridge With Karzai
136The CJSOTF-Afghanistan Era Begins
68Who Dares, Wins
137About the Contributors
69Death From Above
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