Posted on 10/13/2001 4:41:12 PM PDT by SamAdams76
I was 14 when this happened but I remember all the t-shirts being sold at the time with a picture of Ayatollah Khomeini in crosshairs and the slogan: "Put a hola in the Ayatollah!"
Funny, still works over 35 years later...
As a result of Desert One the Army put together its own special ops team of helicopter pilots. Taking the best of the best from the experienced helicopter heroes of Vietnam, they put together Task Force 160....now known as 160th SOAR, nicknamed, The NightStalkers.
These pilots were the ones who could land in tiny clearings in the middle of a firefight with barely distance for their rotors to clear.
That tradition continues.
They are now the wings of special operations worldwide.
I performed a wedding a few weeks ago for an old Nightstalker buddy. In attendance were many of our old special operators who got TF160 off the ground. I didn't get to meet everyone there, but I'm told that the dad of SFC Shugart, medal of honor winner of Somalia in the Blackhawk Down incident, was present.
NSDQ
Bump for referral to the pastor of ChristianPatriot.com
Thanks, news. I checked out the site.
I especially liked the Code of Ethics for Christians who go online.
That would be good to post here in the Relig Forum of FR.
He is Risen!
Carter blamed Americans for the 'malaise' that he felt affected everything he did -- therefore dooming all his efforts to failure. So it was our fault, not his. (Nobody bought that whining. It's excuse any ten year old is familiar with.)
Here's a link to the original story: http://www.afa.org/magazine/jan1999/0199desertone.asp
AMEN!!!
I just found this thread after 6 years, maybe I saw it earlier, dont remember
I was off the coast for this
Note: this topic is from 10/13/2001. The second most sorry chapter of the disaster called the Carter Administration. Thanks SamAdams76.
“When this happened I swore I would never vote for another democrat, ever.”
You and Me!
April 24 1980 “Desert One”: US operation to save 52 hostages in Iran, fails, 8 die
Back To The Future
US hostage killed in rescue bid
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-30358665?
Luke Somers was abducted in Yemen in 2013, as the BBC’s Frank Gardner reports
UK-born US journalist Luke Somers and South African teacher Pierre Korkie have been killed by al-Qaeda militants in Yemen during a failed rescue bid.
Saturday’s operation was carried out by joint US and Yemeni special forces in the southern Shabwa region
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