The Afghanistan Poppy Eradication Campaign: Accounts from the Black Hawk Counter-Narcotics Infantry Kandak Team in Helmand Province
The 16-man Black Hawk Counter Narcotics Infantry Team served as an advisory and training unit for the Afghanistan National Army during a poppy eradication operation in Helmand province in 2008 and 2009. For 75 days, they fought extreme heat, sand storms and the Taliban to eradicate 11.2 tons of poppy seed and earn the respect of Afghan troops. Although the U.S. team they relieved had lost half its men during operations, the Black Hawks came through unscathed. This book chronicles their mission in a little known theater of the Afghanistan War.
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The Afghanistan Poppy Eradication Campaign: Accounts from the Black Hawk Counter-Narcotics Infantry Kandak Team in Helmand Province
The 16-man Black Hawk Counter Narcotics Infantry Team served as an advisory and training unit for the Afghanistan National Army during a poppy eradication operation in Helmand province in 2008 and 2009. For 75 days, they fought extreme heat, sand storms and the Taliban to eradicate 11.2 tons of poppy seed and earn the respect of Afghan troops. Although the U.S. team they relieved had lost half its men during operations, the Black Hawks came through unscathed. This book chronicles their mission in a little known theater of the Afghanistan War.
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The Afghanistan Poppy Eradication Campaign: Accounts from the Black Hawk Counter-Narcotics Infantry Kandak Team in Helmand Province

The Afghanistan Poppy Eradication Campaign: Accounts from the Black Hawk Counter-Narcotics Infantry Kandak Team in Helmand Province

by Harry Spiller
The Afghanistan Poppy Eradication Campaign: Accounts from the Black Hawk Counter-Narcotics Infantry Kandak Team in Helmand Province

The Afghanistan Poppy Eradication Campaign: Accounts from the Black Hawk Counter-Narcotics Infantry Kandak Team in Helmand Province

by Harry Spiller

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Overview

The 16-man Black Hawk Counter Narcotics Infantry Team served as an advisory and training unit for the Afghanistan National Army during a poppy eradication operation in Helmand province in 2008 and 2009. For 75 days, they fought extreme heat, sand storms and the Taliban to eradicate 11.2 tons of poppy seed and earn the respect of Afghan troops. Although the U.S. team they relieved had lost half its men during operations, the Black Hawks came through unscathed. This book chronicles their mission in a little known theater of the Afghanistan War.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781476628103
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date: 09/11/2017
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 172
File size: 5 MB

About the Author

Harry Spiller served two tours in Vietnam with the Marine Corps. A retired professor of criminal justice and former sheriff of Williamson County, Illinois, he lives in Marion, Illinois.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vi
Introduction 1
One. The Arrival 5
Two. The Ambush 21
Three. Afghanistan National Army 2 KIAs 32
Four. It Was 75 Meters Away 46
Five. Within Inches 56
Six. AT4 Round Misses Compound 70
Seven. The IEDs 80
Eight. Smoke Signals 91
Nine. The Black Hawks Find the Largest IED Factory in Afghanistan 97
Ten. The Last Days 120
Eleven. Five Years Later 128
Appendix 151
Chapter Notes 157
References 159
Index 161

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