ODA 574, callsign "Texas 12" (Texas One-Two), was a group of 12 U.S Special Forces soldiers from Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th SFG [2] under the command of Captain Jason Amerine. They deployed from Karshi-Khanabad Air Base (nicknamed K2 by the Special Forces) to just outside of Tarin Kowt on 14 November, accompanied by Pashtun militia ...

2018年9月11日 · Just 72 hours after stepping foot into Afghanistan, ODA 574 experienced one of the largest U.S. military close-air engagements since the Vietnam War. Certain members of the team were emotionally rattled.

2017年3月22日 · On the morning before the Taliban surrendered, an Air Force bomber accidentally dropped a joint direct attack munition on ODA 574's position outside the city. "Everyone I've ever led in combat...

Amerine led Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) 574, an A-team of eleven soldiers from the U.S. Army's 5th Special Forces Group which fought with and protected Afghan leader Hamid Karzai...

2021年9月15日 · On Nov. 30, ODA 574, together with a guerrilla force of about 300 men, began the offensive to seize Kandahar. On Dec. 2, the force invested Shawali Kowt, a town on the Arghandab River and considered the gateway to Kandahar.

2017年8月7日 · 簇拥着现阿富汗政权首位总统哈米德·卡尔扎伊的这12位军人，隶属于美国陆军第5特种作战群Alpha特种分遣队第574小队（ODA574），这支小队也是阿富汗战争初期阶段中作战功绩极为出色的一支特种作战小队，但我们今天并非要说他们在此之前之后的战斗故事，而是 ...

On Dec. 5, 2001, 11 men with Special Forces A-Team ODA 574 were sent on a mission to protect future Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai in Kandahar. Karzai, who had been exiled, was raising a...

2016年6月16日 · Amidst the chaos, ODA 574 Captain Jason Amerine sent a mass casualty evacuation request which was acknowledged by the nearest base, Camp Rhino — a 45 minute flight by helicopter. Besides the...

2023年12月13日 · Yoshida was attached to a TF Dagger team known as ODA 574 led by now-retired Army Lt. Col. Jason Amerine. Their mission was to infiltrate Afghanistan with Hamid Karzai, who later became the...

2011年8月20日 · The 12 Americans of Operational Detachment Alpha 574 and 35 Afghans defended Tarin Kowt from 100 Taliban trucks carrying 1,000 insurgents. The town was successfully defended by the brave troops of Alpha 574 as well as the Afghan freedom-fighters, who drove back the Taliban.