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US ARMY
GREEN BERET IN
AFGHANISTAN 2001–02
LEIGH NEVILLE
PETER DENNIS
Authors
Leigh Neville is an Australian national who has written a
number of books on both modern conventional military
units and special operations forces serving in Afghanistan
and Iraq, their weapons and their vehicles including ten titles
for Osprey with several more in development. He has also
consulted on military topics for several wargame companies
and television documentary makers. He lives in Sydney with
his wife and two dogs. He can be contacted via his website at
www.leighneville.com.
Illustrator
Peter Dennis was born in 1950. Inspired by contemporary
magazines such as
Look and Learn
he studied illustration at
Liverpool Art College. Peter has since contributed to hundreds
of books, predominantly on historical subjects, including
many Osprey titles. A keen wargamer and modelmaker, he is
based in Nottinghamshire, UK.
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WARRIOR 179
US ARMY GREEN
BERET IN
AFGHANISTAN 2001–02
LEIGH NEVILLE
ILLUSTRATED BY PETER DENNIS
Series Editor Marcus Cowper
This electronic edition published in 2016 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
First published in Great Britain in 2016 by Osprey Publishing,
PO Box 883, Oxford, OX1 9PL, UK
PO Box 3985, New York, NY 10185-3985, USA
E-mail:
info@ospreypublishing.com
Osprey Publishing, part of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
© 2016 Osprey Publishing Ltd
All rights reserved. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private
study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright,
Designs and Patents Act, 1988, no part of this publication may be
reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by
any means, electronic, electrical, chemical, mechanical, optical,
photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission
of the copyright owner. Enquiries should be addressed to the Publishers.
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN: 978 1 4728 1400 5
E-book ISBN: 978 1 4728 1402 9
PDF ISBN: 978 1 47281 401 2
Editorial by Ilios Publishing Ltd, Oxford, UK (www.iliospublishing.com)
DEDICATION
To all current and former US Army Special Forces who have served in
Operation
Enduring Freedom
– all gave some, some gave all.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thanks to my wife Jodi, the US Army Special Forces Association and to
Marcus Cowper at Osprey for their support and assistance. Thanks also to
JZW for his wonderful images and advice.
ARTIST’S NOTE
Readers may care to note that the original paintings from which the color
plates in this book were prepared are available for private sale. The
Publishers retain all reproduction copyright whatsoever. All enquiries
should be addressed to:
Peter Dennis, Fieldhead, The Park, Mansfield, Notts, NG18 2AT, UK
Email:
magie.h@ntlworld.com
The Publishers regret that they can enter into no correspondence upon this
matter.
Osprey Publishing supports the Woodland Trust, the UK’s leading
woodland conservation charity. Between 2014 and 2018 our donations will
be spent on their Centenary Woods project in the UK.
Index by Mark Swift
Typeset in Myriad Pro and Sabon
Artwork by Peter Dennis
Originated by PDQ
www.ospreypublishing.com
MEASUREMENT CONVERSIONS
Imperial measurements are used almost exclusively throughout this book.
The exceptions are weapons calibers, which are given in their official
designation, whether metric or imperial; and measurements appearing in
direct quotes. The following will help in converting imperial measurements
to metric.
1 mile = 1.6km
1lb = 0.45kg
1oz = 28g
1 yard = 0.9m
1ft = 0.3m
1in. = 2.54cm/25.4mm
1 gal = 4.5 liters
1 pt = 0.47 liters
1 ton (US) = 0.9 tonnes
1hp = 0.745kW
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION: HISTORY AND TRADITION
RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION: BECOMING A MODERN
GREEN BERET; THE Q COURSE AND ROBIN SAGE
APPEARANCE: BEARDS AND BASEBALL CAPS
EQUIPMENT AND WEAPONS
BELIEF AND BELONGING
ON CAMPAIGN: OPERATION
ENDURING
FREEDOM
– AFGHANISTAN
EXPERIENCE OF BATTLE
AFTERMATH OF BATTLE: A MISSED OPPORTUNITY
AND THE BIRTH OF A MODERN LEGEND
BIBLIOGRAPHY
GLOSSARY
INDEX
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