Pale horse: hunting terrorists and commanding heroes with the 101st Airborne Division [First edition] 9781250072719, 9781466884571, 1250072719, 9781250116895, 1250116899

A "never-before-told true story of an army aviation task force during combat in the Afghan War, told by the command

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English Pages xx, 341 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 21 cm Year 2016

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Pale horse: hunting terrorists and commanding heroes with the 101st Airborne Division [First edition]
 9781250072719, 9781466884571, 1250072719, 9781250116895, 1250116899

Table of contents :
Surrounded by talent --
Pre-deployment site survey --
Wanat --
Air cavalry reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquistion --
A cavalry state of mind --
A hateful day --
Leaving --
It all begins --
Counterinsurgency --
Korengal --
Learning the hard way --
Cowboys and Indians --
Bari Ali --
Mountain warrior --
The plan begins to unravel --
The watapur --
Summer --
Ganjgal and Shuryak --
Getting out of Nuristan --
COP Keating --
COP Lowell --
Bittersweet goodbye.

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