• Operation Red Wings (often incorrectly referred to as Operation Redwing or Operation Red Wing), informally referred to as the Battle of Abbas Ghar, was...
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    Heart for his actions in June 2005 against Taliban fighters during Operation Red Wings in which he was the lone survivor. Luttrell became an SO1 by the...
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    from a close friend of his who had been assigned to the station. Operation Red Wings was a counter-insurgent mission in Kunar province, Afghanistan, involving...
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  • 2005, just weeks after the disastrous Operation Red Wings. Like Operation Red Wings, the objective of Operation Whalers was the disruption of Anti-Coalition...
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    Warfare Squadron TEN in the Global War on Terrorism. Operation Red Wings was a counter-insurgency operation by the United States Armed Forces to kill or capture...
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    Afghanistan. Serving as a sniper in the operation, Axelson was killed in action during the firefight phase of Operation Red Wings. Axelson was born on June 25,...
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  • for the SEALs, killing a total of 19 U.S. special operations personnel during Operation Red Wings. In the fire fight with the four SEALs, his group had...
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    of the United States Navy SEALs who was killed in action during Operation Red Wings. He and several other SEALs set off as part of a search and rescue...
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  • unsuccessful United States Navy SEALs counter-insurgent mission Operation Red Wings, during which a four-man SEAL reconnaissance and surveillance team...
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  • The Detroit Red Wings (colloquially referred to as the Wings) are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit. The Red Wings compete in the National...
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    propelled grenade). They were sent out to look for Luttrell after Operation Red Wings, in which he was involved with three other SEALs, was compromised...
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  • Victory Point: Operations Red Wings and Whalers - The Marine Corps' Battle for Freedom in Afghanistan is a nonfiction book by author Ed Darack published...
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    List of United States Navy SEALs (category Special Operations Forces of the United States)
    Member of SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team One, killed in action during Operation Red Wings. Recipient of the Navy Cross. Harry Beal – Underwater demolition...
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  • in Afghanistan and was killed in action on June 28, 2005, during Operation Red Wings to rescue a four-man Navy SEAL team. Reich was one of 16 troops (eight...
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  • sometimes called "redwings" Operation Redwing, a nuclear test series conducted by the United States Operation Red Wings, a 2005 US counterterrorism mission...
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  • E. Patton, for whom Danny Dietz was substituted. Their mission, Operation Red Wings, was to capture or kill a leading Taliban member thought to be allied...
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  • charter airline Blue Wings, which was to become Red Wings's sister company. However, on 13 January 2010, Blue Wings ceased all operations and filed for bankruptcy...
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  • The Adirondack Red Wings were a minor professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They played in Glens Falls, New York, United States...
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    2005 helicopter crash during Operation Red Wings, Goggins began long-distance running to raise money for the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, which...
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    E. Dias, USMC, Medal of Honor recipient Danny Dietz Navy SEAL in Operation Red Wings Bob Dole, Army, 2 awards, former U.S. Senator and Republican presidential...
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    Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) MH-47 helicopter, during Operation Red Wings on 28 June 2005. In March 2009, the U.S. 10th Mountain Division established...
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  • U.S. list of most-wanted Iraqis U.S. kill or capture strategy in Iraq Operation Condor Herbert, Jr, Riger G. (1992). Bullets with names: The deadly dilemma...
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    Province, just weeks after the disastrous Operation Red Wings. Like Operation Red Wings, the objective of Operation Whalers was the disruption of Taliban...
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  • Argus Operation Spurs Operation Tar Heals Operation Mavericks Operation Celtics Operation Red Wings Operation Red Wings II Operation Whalers In January 2006...
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    Victory Point: Operations Red Wings and Whalers – The Marine Corps' Battle for Freedom in Afghanistan, about Operation Red Wings and Operation Whalers, two...
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    what was termed "Anti-Coalition Militia" (ACM) activity. In 2005, Operation Red Wings set out with the intent to disrupt ACM activity in the region in...
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    battalion planned and participated in Operation Red Wings and planned and carried out Operation Whalers. While Red Wings garnered a large amount of press due...
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    (1996–2012), TV news contributor, and author. After participating in May 2011's Operation Neptune Spear with SEAL Team Six, O'Neill was the subject of controversy...
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    documenting two operations that the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines conducted in the area, including the Korangal Valley, Operation Red Wings, and Operation Whalers...
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    was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during Operation Red Wings in Afghanistan in June 2005. He was the first sailor awarded the...
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