09-14-2020, 09:50 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-14-2020, 09:53 PM by projectvxn.)
I had completed so many missions with ANA special forces as well as their coalition partner forces (USSOF teams, SAS, Lithuanians, Australians, Italians, etc.) and had gained a lot of respect for them. I wrote PART II a few months after a firefight in Tarin Kowt we were in and the ANA soldiers there took the fight to the enemy and defended their base right alongside the Australian SF units I was there to support.
I went on several air assault missions against the Taliban with ANA commandos who were every bit as professional as the SAS who trained them.
Long story short, I got to know the ANA both their conventional forces stuck on guard duty the same as me and the special operators taking the fight to the enemy - coming out of the sky like dirty and tough as # valkyries.
I understand now that my experiences with the ANA were not typical. Most ANA units are disjointed garbage units filled jihadists and undisciplined people.
But the ones I was with were generally pretty solid.
It is very clear how deeply my perspective has had to change over time for me to have gotten to this point.
I went on several air assault missions against the Taliban with ANA commandos who were every bit as professional as the SAS who trained them.
Long story short, I got to know the ANA both their conventional forces stuck on guard duty the same as me and the special operators taking the fight to the enemy - coming out of the sky like dirty and tough as # valkyries.
I understand now that my experiences with the ANA were not typical. Most ANA units are disjointed garbage units filled jihadists and undisciplined people.
But the ones I was with were generally pretty solid.
It is very clear how deeply my perspective has had to change over time for me to have gotten to this point.