The 5th Special Forces Group is one of the most decorated active duty United States Army Special Forces groups. The 5th SFG saw extensive action in the Vietnam War and played a pivotal role in the ear
5th Special Forces Company D Hurricane Aircat airboats on the Mekong near the Cambodian border in 1966
Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha teams 555 and 595 were inserted into Afghanistan at night in zero-visibility conditions aboard two MH-47 Chinook helicopters.
Members of ODA 595, part of Task Force Dagger, and Afghan forces ride into northern Afghanistan in October 2001 on horseback.
Major Mark E. Mitchell is decorated for his combat actions during the battle by General Bryan D. Brown, chief of the U.S. Special Operations Command
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12 Strong is a 2018 American action-war film directed by Nicolai Fuglsig and written by Ted Tally and Peter Craig. The film is based on Doug Stanton's non-fiction book Horse Soldiers, which tells the
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…Col. Kenneth W. Wainright July 2025 - Current 12 Strong, a 2018 film depicting the actions of Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) 595 in fighting the Taliban on horseback are featured. The A-Team…
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