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Title: Analysis of operation gothic serpent: TF Ranger in Somalia.(Task Force)
Author: Marshall V. Ecklund
Publication: Special Warfare (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2004
Publisher: John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School
Volume: 16 Issue: 4 Page: 38(10)Distributed by Thompson Gale
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On Oct. 3, 1993, the United States Task Force Ranger executed a raid into General Mohamad Farah Aidid's stronghold near the Olympic Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, seeking to capture two of Aidid's key lieutenants. (1) Although the task force captured 24 Aidid supporters, Somali clansmen shot down two MH-60L Black Hawk helicopters using rocket-propelled grenades, or RPGs. With the downing of the first MH-60L, TF Ranger's mission changed from capturing Aidid's supporters to safeguarding and recovering American casualties. From a tactical perspective, (2) the actions of TF Ranger members to defend the position of the downed Black Hawks and to retrieve the dead and wounded demonstrated their superb training, courage, initiative, individual Soldier skills and...
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