· Air Force Maj. Gen. Chad P. Franks, commander of the 15th Air Force, pins a Silver Star Medal to the chest of Staff Sgt. Nicholas Brunetto, a pararescueman with the 38th Rescue Squadron, during a ...

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 · No friend left behind: US special forces heroes stay on in Afghanistan to help. 'Task Force Pineapple' has rescued 700-750 locals from Afghanistan while another ex-British soldier plans to rescue some 400 more through land routes. By Alakananda Bandyopadhyay.

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 · US Announces $308 Million in Aid for Afghans as Crisis Grows. WASHINGTON — The United States on Tuesday announced $308 million in additional humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan, offering new ...

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 · Veterans of the United States special forces have "secretly rescued" hundreds of members of Afghanistan's Special Forces and their families in recent days — allies who had been "left for dead" by the Biden administration, according to the Daily Mail. The operation, codenamed "Pineapple Express" involved a "group of special op soldiers including retired Green Berets …

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 · Two harrowing US military rescues offer haunting portrait of Afghan war. Rescue pilots in Afghanistan describe flying five to 10 combat missions a day, on constant alert. Describing one mission ...

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 · The retired United States Army Green Beret who ran a daring rescue mission that likely saved the lives of at least 500 people who would have been trapped in Kabul by the Biden administration's disastrous withdrawal told Fox & Friends on Monday that there are Americans and Afghan allies trapped behind enemy lines — including children — and that at least one …

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 · The Green Berets. While the Green Berets' history is far shorter than that of the Rangers, they too have a certain amount of overlap with the British military. In fact, the green beret was adopted by US Army Special Forces when they were formed in 1952 as a throwback to the wartime Commandos (who wore, and still wear, green berets.)

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 · The men on the napkins' War," Kirk writes in his first book, The Hill: A Memoir of War in Helmand Province. The Hill is the story of that war. The war of poppy fields, canals, and pressure plates — the grunts' war in Afghanistan's Helmand province. A rifleman with 2/9 takes cover from enemy fire in Marjah, Afghanistan, Aug. 16, 2010.

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 · David Axe found that out the moment he stepped into the secret base-within-the-base in eastern Afghanistan. Save this story for later. U.S. Army Soldiers, from 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces ...

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 · 6) US Army Special Forces – "De Oppresso Liber". De Oppresso Liber figuratively translates to "to liberate the oppressed.". Army Green Berets (Special Forces) were formed in …

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 · The Green Beret Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt national nonprofit charitable foundation. Tax ID #27-1206961

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 · On the eve of the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S., Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta visits the Flight 93 Memorial Plaza in Shanksville, Pa, Sept. 10, 2012. They are and always will be our first heroes of the Afghanistan War.

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 · "The group of special op soldiers includes retired Green Berets and SEAL Team commanders who launched the mission, which they are calling Pineapple Express, after one of the Afghan commandos they served with contacted them to say he was on the run from the Taliban," the Daily Mail reported.. "His visa had not been approved when the Taliban took over …

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 · [Credit: US Marines/ Twitter] The special operations group was initially formed to rescue out the ex-Afghan commandos getting death threats from the Taliban for working with US special forces and elite SEAL Team Six, but the task force then resorted to helping the Afghan allies as they risked getting at least 630 discreetly through the dangerous ring of surveillance …

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2  · U.S. Marines salute during a formation to recognize Marines being awarded and promoted on Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Sept 4, 2012. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jamean Berry) 19 ...

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 · The group have dubbed their mission 'Pineapple Express' Credit: Courtesy Capt. Zac Lois The group is made up of volunteer US troops including retired Green Berets and SEAL Team commanders who have dubbed the mission Pineapple Express, having launched it after one of the Afghan commandos they served contacted them to say he was on the run from the …

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 · According to The Daily Wire Veterans of the United States special forces have "secretly rescued" hundreds of members of Afghanistan's Special Forces and their families in recent days — allies who had been "left for dead" by the Biden administration, according to the Daily Mail. The operation, codenamed "Pineapple Express" involved a "group of special op […]

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 · GREEN BERETS Williams, Matthew O. SURNAME Williams FORENAME Matthew O. UNIT 3 SF Group (Det A-3336,Company C,3 Bn) RANK Staff Sergeant NUMBER AWARD Medal of Honor, Bronze Star with two Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters, Army Commendation Medal PLACE Afghanistan 2008 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 03.10.1981, Boerne...

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 · Operator, 20th SFG, US Army Special Forces ("The Green Berets"), Afghanistan, 2011-2012. 1/35th scale resin kit. $17.99. AM35018: US Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) Afghanistan, 2014 1/35th …

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 · Infantrymen with 1/6 take cover in Helmand's Garmsir district, April 29, 2008. Photo by Alex Guerra, courtesy of DVIDS. Kirk served in the Marine Corps as a Marine assaultman from 2008 to 2012. He deployed twice to Helmand province, where almost 1,000 coalition troops were killed in action.The vast majority of those deaths were US Marines killed during the years Kirk …

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 · Air Force F-16 pilot Lt. Col. Michael Coloney received a Distinguished Flying Cross on Dec. 5, 2021 for providing life-saving close air support for a …

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 · Green Berets' work to free Afghans comes with a personal cost For a small group of Green Berets at Fort Bragg, working to help rescue American citizens and Afghan allies has taken a great mental ...

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 · The US military's special operators are the most elite in the world. Depending on the unit, special operators are charged with a variety of missions: counterterrorism, direct action (small raids and ambushes), unconventional …

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