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Hammerhead Six: How Green Berets Waged an Unconventional War Against the Taliban to Win in Afghanistan's Deadly Pech Valley
Two years before the action in Lone Survivor, a Green Berets A Team conducted a very different, successful mission in Afghanistan's notorious Pech Valley. Led by Captain Ronald Fry, Hammerhead Six applied the principles of unconventional warfare to "win hearts and minds" and fight against the terrorist insurgency.
In 2003, the Special Forces soldiers entered an area later called "the most dangerous place in Afghanistan." Here, where the line between civilians and armed zealots was indistinct, they illustrated the Afghan proverb: "I destroy my enemy by making him my friend." Fry recounts how they were seen as welcome guests rather than invaders. Soon after their deployment ended, the Pech Valley reverted to turmoil. Their success was never replicated. Hammerhead Six finally reveals how cultural respect, hard work (and the occasional machine-gun burst) were more than a match for the Taliban and Al Qaeda.
In 2003, the Special Forces soldiers entered an area later called "the most dangerous place in Afghanistan." Here, where the line between civilians and armed zealots was indistinct, they illustrated the Afghan proverb: "I destroy my enemy by making him my friend." Fry recounts how they were seen as welcome guests rather than invaders. Soon after their deployment ended, the Pech Valley reverted to turmoil. Their success was never replicated. Hammerhead Six finally reveals how cultural respect, hard work (and the occasional machine-gun burst) were more than a match for the Taliban and Al Qaeda.
382 pages, Hardcover
First published January 19, 2016
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Ronald Fry
4 books9 followersUS Army Captain Ronald Fry was born in Diamond Bar, California. He attended Brigham Young University and served as a missionary in France and Switzerland for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Fry entered military service in 1996. Fry is a third-generation veteran who served in the 82nd Airborne Division and as a Special Forces team leader in Afghanistan. The mission to the Pech Valley of Afghanistan, the subject of "Hammerhead Six", would prove to be most unique and successful. The lessons learned on that mission would serve as a model for success in unconventional warfare. Fry currently lives in California with his wife and five children. Fry is an entrepreneur and public speaker.
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February 10, 2016
Note: I received this free copy of Hammerhead Six: How Green Berets Waged an Unconventional War Against the Taliban to Win in Afghanistan's Deadly Pech Valley through the Goodreads Giveaway program, with the expectation that a review would follow. Here is my review:
This book gets a strong 4 Stars as an excellent textbook on Special Forces and Unconventional Warfare and on how an SF “A”-team conducted a successful UW mission in Afghanistan‘s Kunar Province, Pech Valley in 2003-2004. To show how dangerous a place this was (and is), within 10 miles of Hammerhead 6’s camp you will find the Korengal Valley (War), the site where Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 took place and where the The Three Battles of Wanat: And Other True Stories were fought. Hammerhead Six established the first SF “A” Camp since the Vietnam War. What is an “A” Camp?
You will follow how the team sets up the camp and starts to become a part of the local community. This was the most interesting part of the story. This is not a story of firefights and battle, it is more comprehensive. Civil Affairs is one way to demonstrate progress and support:
But our most significant CA project was the restoration, throughout that spring, of damaged mosques. Many of these had been riddled by Taliban or other gunfire and then, due to a lack of resources, fallen into disrepair. They were the spiritual centers for thousands in this isolated region, and their poor condition offered us both a vivid symbol of how the Taliban had distorted Islamic values and an opportunity to generate trust by restoring their dignity.
It took a little doing to convince my team that refurbishing Moslem mosques was the best use of limited resources. But once they saw the logic of the proposal, they embraced it eagerly. Scott saw its wisdom with special clarity. Reacting to the all-too-common perception among some of our countrymen that the enemy in Afghanistan was Islam itself, he saw the need to work with our Muslim neighbors and not to see all Afghans as undifferentiated hajiis.
“Islam wasn’t the problem,” he later reflected. “It was part of the terrain. Hating Islam was like being mad at a mountain or a river.”
Our adversaries had recently launched an aggressive PSYOP campaign, denouncing us as Christians attempting to a covert the valley. At first, this put village elders, wanting to support our efforts in a tough position. It took some doing to convince them that the propaganda claims—absurd on the surface to us—were false. The mosque plan helped us to set their minds at ease. It showed them that, far from trying to convert them, we were staunch respecters of their religion and customs.
Sometimes it is hard for the soldiers to understand the local culture. One punishment for failing to obey was to hold a child’s feet over a fire. The medic treats many kids for this and notices the Afghan soldiers on the camp also show these scars. But there are some positive aspects of the culture the soldiers come to understand. The main idea is that the SF team has to integrate and be accepted into the local environment to achieve the goals of the mission. There are some great vignettes where Cpt Frey has to solve problems…the “cow that wasn’t there” is very humorous. Also being offered the hand of a local shura leader’s daughter in marriage was fun. Cpt Frey is a Mormon (as are some others in the team-Utah Nat’l Guard) so the idea of multiple wives is dealt with in an interesting way.
The end of the book was very moving as Capt Frey, “the red-bearded commander”, is in a difficult position due to an accidental killing. The book also features multiple friction points between the rear echelon “planners” and the warfighters in the field. Wish this book had been published 10 years ago, it may have had an impact on the war. It is now aimed at future UW conflicts. Excellent book!
This book gets a strong 4 Stars as an excellent textbook on Special Forces and Unconventional Warfare and on how an SF “A”-team conducted a successful UW mission in Afghanistan‘s Kunar Province, Pech Valley in 2003-2004. To show how dangerous a place this was (and is), within 10 miles of Hammerhead 6’s camp you will find the Korengal Valley (War), the site where Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 took place and where the The Three Battles of Wanat: And Other True Stories were fought. Hammerhead Six established the first SF “A” Camp since the Vietnam War. What is an “A” Camp?
You will follow how the team sets up the camp and starts to become a part of the local community. This was the most interesting part of the story. This is not a story of firefights and battle, it is more comprehensive. Civil Affairs is one way to demonstrate progress and support:
But our most significant CA project was the restoration, throughout that spring, of damaged mosques. Many of these had been riddled by Taliban or other gunfire and then, due to a lack of resources, fallen into disrepair. They were the spiritual centers for thousands in this isolated region, and their poor condition offered us both a vivid symbol of how the Taliban had distorted Islamic values and an opportunity to generate trust by restoring their dignity.
It took a little doing to convince my team that refurbishing Moslem mosques was the best use of limited resources. But once they saw the logic of the proposal, they embraced it eagerly. Scott saw its wisdom with special clarity. Reacting to the all-too-common perception among some of our countrymen that the enemy in Afghanistan was Islam itself, he saw the need to work with our Muslim neighbors and not to see all Afghans as undifferentiated hajiis.
“Islam wasn’t the problem,” he later reflected. “It was part of the terrain. Hating Islam was like being mad at a mountain or a river.”
Our adversaries had recently launched an aggressive PSYOP campaign, denouncing us as Christians attempting to a covert the valley. At first, this put village elders, wanting to support our efforts in a tough position. It took some doing to convince them that the propaganda claims—absurd on the surface to us—were false. The mosque plan helped us to set their minds at ease. It showed them that, far from trying to convert them, we were staunch respecters of their religion and customs.
Sometimes it is hard for the soldiers to understand the local culture. One punishment for failing to obey was to hold a child’s feet over a fire. The medic treats many kids for this and notices the Afghan soldiers on the camp also show these scars. But there are some positive aspects of the culture the soldiers come to understand. The main idea is that the SF team has to integrate and be accepted into the local environment to achieve the goals of the mission. There are some great vignettes where Cpt Frey has to solve problems…the “cow that wasn’t there” is very humorous. Also being offered the hand of a local shura leader’s daughter in marriage was fun. Cpt Frey is a Mormon (as are some others in the team-Utah Nat’l Guard) so the idea of multiple wives is dealt with in an interesting way.
The end of the book was very moving as Capt Frey, “the red-bearded commander”, is in a difficult position due to an accidental killing. The book also features multiple friction points between the rear echelon “planners” and the warfighters in the field. Wish this book had been published 10 years ago, it may have had an impact on the war. It is now aimed at future UW conflicts. Excellent book!
January 23, 2021
Outstanding Memoir of What Real-World, Comprehensive SOF Looks Like; A Must Read - Captain Ronald Fry's memoir of his tour in Afghanistan as an A-team commander and A-camp "warrior king" is the best Special Forces Unconventional Warfare book to come out of the Afghanistan war. It is also, sadly, one of the most overlooked. My wife purchased my copy from an overstock store at a reduced price (hence, I am not a verified purchaser). It should have been a best-seller but sadly, ended up in the overstock book bin instead.
Let me state this plainly: Hammerhead Six should be mandatory reading for Special Ops military professional development courses and for counter-insurgency students and warriors in every branch of the US military. The reason it isn't or hasn't has much to do, I suspect, with the parochial attitudes of the conventional corporate leaders in the Department of Defense who have failed to recognize the book's value. And with the easily misled reading public that is convinced that Special Forces is Special Operations, and Special Operations consists merely of door-kicking, direct-action badassery of the Hollywood suspense thriller variety.
But Hammerhead Six is about Green Berets conducting Unconventional Warfare and employing comprehensive SOF (UW, CA, Psyop, and Direct Action) to bring a brief peace to what many consider the most dangerous place in Afghanistan, the Pech Valley. Fry's team of National Guard SF troopers from the 19th SFG(A) spent 8 months there building the war's only A-Camp (Camp Blessing) and creating an indigenous force of local Afghan's to secure the peace. This is how Special Forces is supposed to do things. With a comprehensive Special Operations capability provided by CA and Psyop augmentees and a platoon of USMC infantrymen all added to an SF operational detachment to complete the package.
Fry's team was so successful they became the focus of positive 60 Minutes II and US News and World Report news coverage during what was otherwise an unfortunate year for the US War on Terror (2003-2004). They attracted the attention of senior military leaders and left the Pech Valley as a model of US "hearts and minds" warfare success. Unfortunately, follow-on forces were unable to capitalize on this success and the valley descended into anarchy. But the brief period of success during the Hammerhead deployment showed the very real possibilities of how the war could have turned out had the Unconventional Warfare masters of Army Special Forces been allowed to replicate that success in other parts of Afghanistan. Alas, it was not meant to be.
Fry is a good memoirist and essentially pens a "warts and all" view of his team's deployment. He wrote the book to teach his team's lessons-learned. This makes it more than just a collection of war stories. It is an eminently readable, human-focused After Action Report that any student of counterinsurgency and UW would do well to study.
Fry is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS, Mormons) as were many of his teammates. While this would be unusual in a regular Army SF detachment, it is not so unusual in the Guard where all of the soldiers in a unit come from the same community as was the case with his unit, ODA 936. As this is a memoir, Fry sprinkles generous amounts of Mormon scripture, Mormon thinking, and Bible verses in his writing. This might annoy the secular elitist types who despise any references to faith. But Fry's religious references are appropriate as they reflect the religious ideals that influenced his leadership style. And from all I have read here, his religious convictions were an asset to how things played out in this remote corner of the world where he briefly became a "warrior king" in a cultural landscape very different from his own.
Hammerhead Six is highly, highly recommended. Especially for those interested in modern Special Forces (Green Berets), SOF, COIN, Afghan culture, The US Afghan war, OEF, military history, military leadership, UW lessons-learned, and US security policy.
Let me state this plainly: Hammerhead Six should be mandatory reading for Special Ops military professional development courses and for counter-insurgency students and warriors in every branch of the US military. The reason it isn't or hasn't has much to do, I suspect, with the parochial attitudes of the conventional corporate leaders in the Department of Defense who have failed to recognize the book's value. And with the easily misled reading public that is convinced that Special Forces is Special Operations, and Special Operations consists merely of door-kicking, direct-action badassery of the Hollywood suspense thriller variety.
But Hammerhead Six is about Green Berets conducting Unconventional Warfare and employing comprehensive SOF (UW, CA, Psyop, and Direct Action) to bring a brief peace to what many consider the most dangerous place in Afghanistan, the Pech Valley. Fry's team of National Guard SF troopers from the 19th SFG(A) spent 8 months there building the war's only A-Camp (Camp Blessing) and creating an indigenous force of local Afghan's to secure the peace. This is how Special Forces is supposed to do things. With a comprehensive Special Operations capability provided by CA and Psyop augmentees and a platoon of USMC infantrymen all added to an SF operational detachment to complete the package.
Fry's team was so successful they became the focus of positive 60 Minutes II and US News and World Report news coverage during what was otherwise an unfortunate year for the US War on Terror (2003-2004). They attracted the attention of senior military leaders and left the Pech Valley as a model of US "hearts and minds" warfare success. Unfortunately, follow-on forces were unable to capitalize on this success and the valley descended into anarchy. But the brief period of success during the Hammerhead deployment showed the very real possibilities of how the war could have turned out had the Unconventional Warfare masters of Army Special Forces been allowed to replicate that success in other parts of Afghanistan. Alas, it was not meant to be.
Fry is a good memoirist and essentially pens a "warts and all" view of his team's deployment. He wrote the book to teach his team's lessons-learned. This makes it more than just a collection of war stories. It is an eminently readable, human-focused After Action Report that any student of counterinsurgency and UW would do well to study.
Fry is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS, Mormons) as were many of his teammates. While this would be unusual in a regular Army SF detachment, it is not so unusual in the Guard where all of the soldiers in a unit come from the same community as was the case with his unit, ODA 936. As this is a memoir, Fry sprinkles generous amounts of Mormon scripture, Mormon thinking, and Bible verses in his writing. This might annoy the secular elitist types who despise any references to faith. But Fry's religious references are appropriate as they reflect the religious ideals that influenced his leadership style. And from all I have read here, his religious convictions were an asset to how things played out in this remote corner of the world where he briefly became a "warrior king" in a cultural landscape very different from his own.
Hammerhead Six is highly, highly recommended. Especially for those interested in modern Special Forces (Green Berets), SOF, COIN, Afghan culture, The US Afghan war, OEF, military history, military leadership, UW lessons-learned, and US security policy.
July 2, 2020
Captain Ronald Fry, leader of the Special Forces unit tasked to win over the hearts and minds in a huge swath of land in the Pech Valley, Afghanistan, ably recounts the experiences and lessons the team learned during their deployment in 2003 in remote and potentially dangerous place. I was unaware that Captain Fry is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints until I got into the book, and his unique perspective sheds light on several keys that made this mission successful to both the soldiers and the local Afghans. While not the graphic or violent genre that make up many veterans’ memoirs, this book is full of experiences and lessons that show how unconventional warfare and basic humanitarian principles can make for success for both Americans and the locals they seek to liberate from terror. Included is a difficult decision Fry had to make between a quarter-million dollar Humvee vs. the safety of his men and the consequences of his decision. And especially powerful was an experience Cpt. Fry had after a local Afghan man was accidentally killed towards the end of Fry’s deployment.
Lessons:
- Life-experienced and unconventional soldiers are important. “1 Green Beret = 100 soldiers.” “To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.” Sun Tzu. Community outreach or civic action programs (clinics, schools, mosque restoration) have significant impact on the populous and are a great return on investment. These worked best when following two principles: 1- spread the wealth, and 2- make your aid conditional on local support (i.e. not as a bribe but as a reward for loyalty or friendship already shown).
- Mistakes are opportunities. If you mess up, be honest and ask for forgiveness. A little humility will go a long way.
- “Give a damn.” Show you care about the locals. “Bullets cost money; kindness is free.” Respect the local people and cultures. Sincerely serve others.
“The US Military has done more to liberate people on this globe than any other institution that has ever existed in the history of the world.”
Lessons:
- Life-experienced and unconventional soldiers are important. “1 Green Beret = 100 soldiers.” “To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.” Sun Tzu. Community outreach or civic action programs (clinics, schools, mosque restoration) have significant impact on the populous and are a great return on investment. These worked best when following two principles: 1- spread the wealth, and 2- make your aid conditional on local support (i.e. not as a bribe but as a reward for loyalty or friendship already shown).
- Mistakes are opportunities. If you mess up, be honest and ask for forgiveness. A little humility will go a long way.
- “Give a damn.” Show you care about the locals. “Bullets cost money; kindness is free.” Respect the local people and cultures. Sincerely serve others.
“The US Military has done more to liberate people on this globe than any other institution that has ever existed in the history of the world.”
March 26, 2018
I give this 2.5 stars. Reading this is kind of like the story you get after you separate two kids who were fighting on the playground and you pull one of them aside to find out what happened. Everything is interpreted through his biased lens; this is probably best illustrated in the chapter ‘High Noon’ which he offers up as yet another example of how he undermined support for local insurgents through what I guess he classifies as psychological warfare. Anyone who has spent any time in this country will tell you this account was painfully embarrassing to read. My biggest gripe with this book, and something I frankly find inexcusable, was his assertion in the last chapter that if the Army had followed his model Afghanistan would somehow be different than the mess we are currently still in. This blissfully ignores the fact that since at least 2009 and probably before that, this exact model has been employed throughout the entire country up until the draw down in the last few years, and where are we? SOF has been doing this for almost a decade. How you can write this book in 2016 and just completely ignore that fact is utterly preposterous. In fact, just thinking about that now I’m downgrading this review to 2 stars.
December 13, 2017
The worst book on war I have read. The U.S. could have sent volunteers from the Peace Corps to do what these Green Berets did. It would have saved us millions of dollars.
June 6, 2017
Absolutely great read. The author makes it enjoyable and easy to read while also teaching relevant lessons about UW and leadership in the complex operational environment of today's world.
November 28, 2020
I really love this genre and there is no shortage of great books coming out of the Afghan and Iraq war experiences. That being said, this one is atypical. This is an account of unconventional warfare waged by Green Berets. It’s as much an account of the war to win hearts and minds, denying the enemy an apt recruiting ground, cultural understanding and ultimately human connections that go beyond simple encounters or humanitarian efforts. It wasn’t what I expected in terms of warfare, but its an intriguing look into waging and countering guerrilla war in unconventional warfare. It’s well written, engaging and draws you in. The end of the tour is as dramatic as any war experience could be. Great read!
February 10, 2022
Amazing Critique of UW Engagements in AFG
The author, having lived it, did an exceptional job of stating the strengths and weaknesses in the American UW approach in Afghanistan. His team did an incredible job aligning the to local standards and in doing so gaining support and repertoire from the indigenous they were trying to help. It is absolutely heartbreaking how the Pech Valley fell after their team left and how the overall occupation in Afghanistan was never able to do what his small team did in the Pech. Thanks for what you did and the lessons you attempted to pass along to future UW soldiers.
The author, having lived it, did an exceptional job of stating the strengths and weaknesses in the American UW approach in Afghanistan. His team did an incredible job aligning the to local standards and in doing so gaining support and repertoire from the indigenous they were trying to help. It is absolutely heartbreaking how the Pech Valley fell after their team left and how the overall occupation in Afghanistan was never able to do what his small team did in the Pech. Thanks for what you did and the lessons you attempted to pass along to future UW soldiers.
October 24, 2022
An important, informative, eye opening book about the roll of Green Berets in Afghanistan. Before reading this book I had assumed that Green Berets, Rangers, SEALS, and other special forces were all about the same. This book, written and read by the commander of a small group of Green Beret unconventional warfare fighters stationed at a remote outpost in Afghanistan, clearly explains the mindset and efforts they made to help, understand, respect, train,and protect the local Afghan population.
May 15, 2017
Telling it true
This isn't a book long on firefights and midnight raids. This is a book about how a Green Beret force won over the hearts and minds of "the enemy" by understanding where they were and who they were interacting with. These gents did what Green Berets are supposed to do, and multiplied the force strength of indigenous personnel through training and diplomacy. Hats off to Hammerhead Six for not seeing a world filled with nails. I think they were onto something.
This isn't a book long on firefights and midnight raids. This is a book about how a Green Beret force won over the hearts and minds of "the enemy" by understanding where they were and who they were interacting with. These gents did what Green Berets are supposed to do, and multiplied the force strength of indigenous personnel through training and diplomacy. Hats off to Hammerhead Six for not seeing a world filled with nails. I think they were onto something.
June 9, 2017
Fantastic account of how Special Forces (Green Berets) did what so many others in uniform could not. To get an area of operations under control by way of kindness, appreciation, respect, and a little gunfire in Afghanistan with only 60 Americans and 100 Afghans is monumental. It shows that fighting an unconventional war in an unconventional way works. They fought the war they were in and not the war they want. A great read!
August 23, 2019
PG-13: audiobook
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This is an amazing example of how unconventional warfare can be successful in building bridges for future relationships in contrast to conventional warfare (which is obviously necessary but with different outcomes).
Definitely not an easy read due to the military lexicon/acronyms, made for a choppy read.
Still really appreciate what a small force was able to accomplish under the direction of Captain Frye. Amazing what respect and relationship building can do.
Book club
This is an amazing example of how unconventional warfare can be successful in building bridges for future relationships in contrast to conventional warfare (which is obviously necessary but with different outcomes).
Definitely not an easy read due to the military lexicon/acronyms, made for a choppy read.
Still really appreciate what a small force was able to accomplish under the direction of Captain Frye. Amazing what respect and relationship building can do.
July 8, 2017
This was a great book! It provides some detail in to the early successes in the Pech valley. Understanding those early successes, and seeing the changes since then is telling. I think if we had kept with CPT Fry's strategy we would be in a much better position than we are now. I f you like military history, this is a great book.
September 16, 2021
The story of how a small group of Green Berets setup a outpost in Afghanistan's Pech Valley using unconventional methods. It shows how that learned about the people's culture and needs and how the two sides came to respect each other. The book details both the success and failures of the project. The story gives us a lot of insight and understanding for a troubled region of the world.
November 23, 2023
A thorough perspective from an ODA commander and his team’s success in the Pech River valley. When most conventional forces were beating their heads against the proverbial wall, this team was making inroads into one of the most volatile regions in all of Afghanistan. A classic study in counterinsurgency.
May 28, 2018
Simply …
Romans 12:20-21
20-On the contrary:
“If your enemy is hungry, feed him;
if he is thirsty, give him something to drink.
In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.”
21-Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Romans 12:20-21
20-On the contrary:
“If your enemy is hungry, feed him;
if he is thirsty, give him something to drink.
In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.”
21-Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
September 4, 2018
Excellent unconventional methods to win conventional wars. An absolute read and strategy for today and the future.
Excellent unconventional methods to win conventional wars. Should be a required read for military strategy for today and the future.
Excellent unconventional methods to win conventional wars. Should be a required read for military strategy for today and the future.
January 10, 2019
I received this book from a goodreads giveaway. Thank you! This book was hard to read for me because I'm not too familiar with all the military jargon and acronyms he was using. However, I thought it was a very interesting story about one group's experience in Afghanistan.
November 13, 2019
I loved this book. It illustrates the dynamic difference in terms of conventional warfare vs unconventional warfare and why it takes a different breed of soldier to do more than just kill the “bad guys” Green berets are the best the US has to offer to make the world a better place.
December 13, 2022
Love this book. Really got into detail what real unconventional warfare is. It was organized well. Humor injected here and there. Hopefully, the bigger organization learns and implemente the lessons shared in the book. Many lived will indeed be saved.
December 25, 2025
Must read on unconventional warfare and the lessons learned by this small team of Special Forces. How respect for culture and attitude makes all the difference in counter insurgency and how the SF platoon got accepted and respected by the local population.
March 3, 2017
I won this book through Goodreads. Wow. Really incredible group of soldiers. Beautifully written and so crazy, scary, heartwarming, inspiring. So glad to have read this.
July 20, 2017
A good reminder of how to fight unconventional warfare in a country as Afghanistan.
Vietnam is a classic example of WWII mentality of losing a conflict.
Vietnam is a classic example of WWII mentality of losing a conflict.
August 13, 2017
Fry writes with veracity and humility:
His expertise in-theatre and his frank, descriptive honesty make this a textbook must! What a patriot! What an honest-to-gosh hero!
His expertise in-theatre and his frank, descriptive honesty make this a textbook must! What a patriot! What an honest-to-gosh hero!
November 21, 2017
Excellent read for all current and future SOF operators. Also provides key insight from an unconventional perspective for those who are so interested.
March 3, 2018
Imagine where we’d be if this ODAs successes had been repeated....many years and lives later, we’re still in the same places where this SF A Camp had such success.......
April 7, 2018
An excellent account of modern Special Forced, and how they should be deployed...many lessons to be learned/ studied
April 10, 2020
A unique book about war, where the focus isn’t on body count, but building and protecting a community, and how that prevented the enemy from being effective.
November 29, 2020
This book was mandatory for my class in Global Health Engagement. A must read if interested in counter-insurgency and how to do it right.
January 25, 2021
Easy read. Compelling story.
Reading for a class in global health as a military example of how to engage with a community.
Reading for a class in global health as a military example of how to engage with a community.
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