Col. Christopher Barnett, then commander of the 34th Weapons Squadron. US Air Force
Two Harrowing US Military Rescues Offer Haunting Portrait Of Afghan War -- Christian Science Monitor
Rescue pilots in Afghanistan describe flying five to 10 combat missions a day, on constant alert. Describing one mission, for which he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with Valor last week, Col. Christopher Barnett says: 'It was like the Alamo.'
Special Operations Forces were pinned down in the violent southern region of Kandahar when Air Force pararescuers got the call to come to their aid.
The Air Force’s 34th Weapons Squadron’s Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) team, comprised of experienced helicopter pilots and combat medics known as pararescuers, had just arrived in Afghanistan.
But over the course of the next 24 hours, it would be in the midst of combat operations, after receiving a desperate call for rescue.
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My Comment: These are brave men and women .... but what strikes me is what will happen to the war when these soldiers are gone. Can the Afghan military be sufficiently organized and supplied to take on the Taliban by the time that NATO leaves. Hmmm .... my gut is telling me no.
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