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       Combat Studies Institute, United States Department of Defense

      Weapon of Choice: The Operations of U.S. Army Special Forces in Afghanistan

       Awakening the Giant, Toppling the Taliban, The Fist Campaigns, Development of the War

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      Table of Contents

       Acknowledgments

       Introduction

       1. Prelude to Terror

       2. Awakening the Giant

       “Subdue Without Fighting”: JPOTF, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida

       Developing the SOF Campaign at SOCCENT, Tampa, Florida

       Top Draft Choices: 10th SFG, Fort Carson, CO, and 7th SFG, Fort Bragg, NC

       5th SFG = CJSOTF-North, Fort Campbell, Kentucky

       Standing Up JSOTFs in Tampa and Fort Campbell

       Committed to Middle East Exercises

       3rd SFG Prepares for the Horn of Africa at Fort Bragg

       Thinking Ahead: Senior Liaison Officers for Resistance Leaders

       Civil Affairs to Islamabad, Pakistan

       Of Vital Importance: PSYOP

       Site Coordination With the Uzbeks at Karshi Kanabad

       Uncorking the Bottled Airlift

       All Credit Cards Accepted at K2 Gas Station

       Air Campaign and CSAR Go Hand in Hand

       Making Camp Freedom a Fully Operational Base: K2, Uzbekistan

       Northern Air Campaign CSAR = MH-47Es

       Building Camp Freedom at Double Time

       The Universal Morale Booster at K2—Hot Food

       Special Forces: CSAR Personnel Recovery and UW Preparation

       Real Estate and Security at K2

       Task Force Dagger = JSOTF-North at K2

       Hot-Wiring the “Snake”: Rearranging JSOTF-North Communications

       Building the JOC Inside the “Snake”: TF Dagger’s JOC

       Staff “Battle Captain”: The Combat Operations “Pulse Monitor”

       Different Intelligence Concerns for Air Planners

       JSOTF-North Growing Pains at K2

       We Don’t Fail

       DAPs Set the Stage for UW in Afghanistan

       3. Toppling the Taliban in Afghanistan 19 October - 7 December 2001

       Jumping Into the Dark: Seizing Rhino, 19 October 2001

       Tactical PSYOP for Rhino

       Showing American Power

       “Look, We Have to Get the Special Forces Teams Into Afghanistan!”

       On Horseback With Dostum

       ODA 595 Begins Bombing Taliban Defenses

       Aerial Resupply From the Receiver

       Aerial Resupply by SOCEUR

       A “Bump” and Missiles in the Abyss

       500 Afghans Can Die, But Not One American Can Be Injured

       AAA = A Bad Night in the Hindu Kush

       Getting a Handle on the Air Threat

       Fostering

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