Dozen SF troops pinned down in Afghanistan

[Forever_frost]

I'm seeing nothing beyond 2230 last night

[juiceweezl]

I am hearing they are out but not confirmed. 18 hours, 1 kia 2 wia

What I read said that is what got out but they left the spec ops behind. That's who was pinned in and surrounded.

[BP]

Does anyone have any info as an update on this? I am finding nothing

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/01/06/us-troops-embroiled-in-firefight-after-helicopter-crash-in-afghanistan.html

It's not over. The initial group is gone but there is a QRF on the ground still.

[Probie]

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/01...ghanistan.html

It's not over. The initial group is gone but there is a QRF on the ground still.

Hopefully the AC130 crew can wreck some shit

[BP]

We aren't going to get the entire story. There is some reason they have a QRF guarding a helicopter under hostile fire. A drone with some hellfires could have taken it out, it's not like they are going to repair it.

[KBScobravert]

it was 19th group attached to 3rd group. just saw an article posted on sofrep. says they got left with their dicks in their hands on Marjah. more information later




edited: was 19th

[Forever_frost]

We aren't going to get the entire story. There is some reason they have a QRF guarding a helicopter under hostile fire. A drone with some hellfires could have taken it out, it's not like they are going to repair it.

Same reason they took time with the chopper with Bin Laden. High tech bird with high tech gear that cannot be abandoned. If you don't have thermite with you, you have to destroy it the hard way while under attack

[big_tiger]

Is Obama writing the 13 Hours Sequel?

[Forever_frost]

This is why we need a man like Colonel West as president. These guys would have been out by now because West would have ordered the area leveled.

[Craizie]

Same reason they took time with the chopper with Bin Laden. High tech bird with high tech gear that cannot be abandoned. If you don't have thermite with you, you have to destroy it the hard way while under attack

You'd need a shit load of thermite to destroy an entire helo.

[no4njnk]

Still down, no help until night time.

http://sofrep.com/45772/special-forc...h-afghanistan/

It took so long to launch the Quick Reaction Force (QRF) to help out Green Berets pinned down and under fire in Marjah, Afghanistan that it would have been faster to deploy a team from another continent rather than wait for the theater commanders in Afghanistan to let a nearby Special Forces team go to help their team mates.

With a team from 19th Special Forces Group attached to 3rd Special Forces Group surrounded and under fire in Marjah, Afghanistan their QRF should have been launched far sooner. It wasn’t the fault of the actual soldiers, who were standing by and ready to go, but command would not let them leave their base, insisting that they wait for the next period of darkness before a team from 19th Special Forces Group was able to drive in and conduct a off-set infil to support their fellow Green Berets.

The 19th Group Team was there as part of a broader effort to re-take Marjah from the Taliban, and was coordinated with local Afghan units which were clearing adjacent valleys. Once pinned down, one team member was killed, another seriously injured. A Special Forces medic (18D) worked on the casualty for 12-hours, keeping him alive while receiving enemy fire. The casualty, “was alert and oriented” by the time he was finally evacuated according to one SOFREP source. The Department of Defense has not yet released the name of the soldier who was killed in action.

Worse yet, command would not authorize fire support from a circling AC-130 gunship due to fears of collateral damage. Recent events such as the hospital bombing in Kunduz probably resonate at command levels, but perhaps they should have been thinking more about another recent event, Benghazi, since their men on the ground faced the threat of being overrun. Eventually, the command allowed AC-130 to fire a whopping two 40mm rounds into an open field a weak show of force to the Taliban.

3rd Group Green Berets have often complained about the leadership failures experienced while in theater in Afghanistan. Part of the problem is that they end up working for NATO Special Operations Component Command – Afghanistan (NSOCC-A). “We have so many fucking Generals that don’t do shit,” one Special Forces soldier said in disgust. “Every base I go to I trip over 50 majors, 30 LTCs, and see 6 Generals.” Entire advisory teams and separate military commands are invented in Afghanistan simply so that officers can be deployed and hold a “command” which will get them promoted.

One spot of good news is that the Afghan Local Police (ALP), Afghan National Army (ANA) Special Forces, and Afghan Commandos have turned out to be strong allies in fighting the Taliban. “They are really doing their job…but you won’t read that in the news,” a Green Beret told SOFREP.

[helosailor]

What a (sadly) typical bunch of bullshit. SOCOM is so retardly brass-heavy, it's a miracle that anything ever gets done. That last paragraph is one small good point in all of this. Glad to see those guys finally coming around, even if only a little.

[Forever_frost]

It's about time to clear out the command structure.

[helosailor]

It's about time to clear out the command structure.

Pop a MK26 through the old tent flap?

[Forever_frost]

Pop a MK26 through the old tent flap?

I was thinking a Mk19 but either way.