Seems all to often that the main stream media slams the military. This story is an exception, and tells the real story of just what it is that the Airborne Special Forces mission is, and how it is proceeding.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24208944/
Most of the operators that I know are from Fifth, and Seventh Special Forces Groups. Most have been deployed for years. None of this six month stuff. The mission demands more. One thing that stood out in this story is that they will have many more soldiers trained up to Ranger level in the Afghan Army than we have in the U.S. Army.
This sort of thing is so seldom reported that it brings to mind the saying; Navy Seals leave craters, you never knew the Special Forces were there.
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