Night After Night Research Paper

“Silent Professional” is a term used often when referencing the Special Operations community. It means do not brag about what you have done or where you have been, because secrecy is your only true ally. Every night since the World Trade Center towers fell, there have been Soldiers overseas taking the fight to those responsible. Night after night, these nameless warriors have been planning and conducting covert operations in hostile areas all over the world without fail. The only time the public hears about one of these elite units is usually when something has gone not according to plan. One thing that always holds true is war nothing ever goes as planned and the enemy has a “vote” and this operation was no different. Another thing that holds true is that even the most elite of America’s warriors make mistakes. Multiple mistakes made on this day, added directly to the loss of life that took place. On March 4, 2003, critical mistakes and unforeseen events lead to one of the most fierce firefights and greatest concentration of heroic acts in the entire war on terror. When it was over, and everyone came off the mountain, …show more content…
TSGT Chapman, who was an Airforce combat controller embedded with the SEALs, immediately got on his radio, and contacted a nearby AC-130 gunship to aid in securing Razor 03’s crash site. Razor 03’s sister ship Razor 04 landed nearby the crash site to exfil all the passengers, crew of Razor 03, and flew them directly to Gardez to treat for wounds sustain in the crash. Once reaching Gardez, all the remaining team members that were not hurt during the crash were trying to do everything in their power to go back out and retrieve Neil Roberts. After an hour passed, Razor 04 had received approval to return to the summit of Takur Ghar to retrieve