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It seemed like an impossible mission right from the start.
A Special Forces team planned to land in an enemy-held valley, scale a steep mountain in Afghanistan to surprise and capture a terrorist leader.
But before they found the target, the target found them...
The team was caught in a deadly ambush that not only threatened their lives, but the entire mission. The elite soldiers fought for hours, huddled on a small rock ledge as rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine gun fire rained down on them. With total disregard for their own safety, they tended to their wounded and kept fighting to stay alive.
When the battle finally ended, ten soldiers had earned Silver Stars- the Army's third highest award for combat valor. It was the most Silver Stars awarded to any unit in one battle since Vietnam.
Based on dozens of interviews with those who were there, No Way Out is a compelling narrative of an epic battle that not only tested the soldiers' mettle but serves as a cautionary tale: Be careful what you ask a soldier to do because they will die trying to accomplish their mission.
Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) 3336
Captain Kyle M. Walton
Master Sergeant Scott Ford
Staff Sergeant Luis Morales
Staff Sergeant John Wayne Walding
Staff Sergeant Dillon Behr
Staff Sergeant Ronald J. Shurer
Specialist Michael D. Carter
Staff Sergeant Seth E. Howard
Staff Sergeant David J. Sanders
Staff Sergeant Matthew O. Williams
Staff Sergeant Zachary Rhyner
Sergeant First Class Karl Wurzbach
Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) 3312
Master Sergeant Jim Lodyga
Staff Sergeant Eric Martin
Staff Sergeant Nick McGarry
Sergeant First Class Sergio Martinez
Staff Sergeant Dan Plants
Special Forces Commanders
Brigadier General Joe Votel
Colonel Christopher Haas
Lieutenant Colonel Lynn Ashley
Major Timothy Fletcher
Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddnin or HIG
Haji Ghafour
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
Kashmir Khan
Afghan Interpreters (TERPS)
Edris "CK" Khan
Blade
Bouya
Mustafa
Max
Noodles
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Posted April 26, 2012
This book will inspire you and really make you mad. Our Special Forces, and many other special operations units, are supreme Warriors. These soldiers willingly put themselves in harm's way to try to make this world a safer place, one bad guy or group of bad guys at a time. Unfortunately, they are sometimes victims of poor leadership above them. When our military commanders put politics and personal gain above the mission and the men, Operation Commando Wrath happens. Every single man in the 3 ODA units involved and the military aviators who risked their lives to get them out of that valley is a hero. These men fought and sacrificed because they were ordered to, eventhough they knew the plan and intel was flawed. Their objections were ignored by their commanders. Those same commanders and those above them used the media to tell the world about the great success of this operation conducted by the combined forces of the U.S. Special Forces and the Afghan Special Forces. This story, well researched and well written, tells the real story as lived and fought by the men on the mountain. I am proud of the men who fought and ashamed of those that made the plan and forced it down the throats of these good soldiers. As is usually the case, our soldiers come out on top in spite of the pencil pushers and political climbers above them!!!
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Posted March 25, 2012
This is a story of brotherhood - of one day for one team of ODA 3336 in 2008. Filled with grit and determination. If you were wondering about the young men who will be leaders of tomorrow, this will begin to answer the question. The authors have drawn in a bit about how these brave and daring young men established their moral foundation from their families, experiences and SF training woven through each individual's story. Having followed this story in and out of the newspapers since it occured April 6, 2008, reading the story in continuity was a ride. The YouTube videos of the bombing are terrifying to know the commander was calling the fire power down on to their position. The Congressional Record is bland compared to this description of the battle. This book takes one to each position and each soldier's thoughts as they try to stay alive in the face of overwhelming numbers of HIG (another 'tribe' of the Afghan terrorist groups). Many military books are a good read once - but I have already read this twice!
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Posted January 4, 2013
I've read a few books on the war in Afghanistan and this was the weakest. Just a choppy read from the viewpoint of the individual members of the team and a lot of repetition. I found myself saying.. yea you already said that. I lost interest.
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Posted November 19, 2012
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Posted August 5, 2012
Another best seller by M Weiss!
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Posted March 9, 2012
To many garratroopers comanding very skilled troops that survived due to their own skills and training. Very good read.
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Posted January 25, 2012
This book showed up under the more like this tab as by the author ofLions of Kandahar so I wonder if the book is related to the previous one or if it is about a different SF ODA Team? If the book is as well written and moving as the previius work, I will be buying it on its release date in March!
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Overview
It seemed like an impossible mission right from the start.
A Special Forces team planned to land in an enemy-held valley, scale a steep mountain in Afghanistan to surprise and capture a terrorist leader.
But before they found the target, the target found them...
The team was caught in a deadly ambush that not only threatened their lives, but the entire mission. The elite soldiers fought for hours, huddled on a...