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they start off in Afghanistan having just captured a Taliban strong hold and were surprised to find 600 Taliban soldiers.Mike Spann and Dave Olsen, decided to interrogate some of the prisoners, but they are suddenly attacked, Spann is shot, and the Taliban prisoners begin to riot.

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immediately after al-Qaeda’s attack on the World Trade Center. The effect of this attack on Cal Spencer and other Special Forces soldiers is sudden and swift: On a training mission with some men along the Cumberland River in Tennessee when he hears the news, Spencer speeds back to his base at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

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They start in a training mission along the Cumberland river. when they see jets fly over and the get word that there was a major terrorist attack.

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Capt. Mitch Nelson is at home with his wife and daughter when the TV changes to the Emergency broadcast showing the twin towers in flames.

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Dean Nosorog, married only four days earlier, aborts his honeymoon in Tahiti, knowing he will also be needed at Fort Campbell. Mark Mitchell, then the operations officer for the Third Battalion, Fifth Special Forces Group, can scarcely believe what is happening, but it is his responsibility to have the men ready for deployment anywhere in the world. Greg Gibson, a helicopter pilot, tells his crew to get ready to break down their Black Hawks and Chinooks for travel.

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capt. Mitch Nelson had just resigned from active duty befor the 9/11 attacks and was going to work at a military office.but he went and tore up his resignation papers and was back in active duty.

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U.S. Air Force planes have already begun bombing suspected Taliban sites, though very ineffectively, when the first contingent of Special Forces soldiers arrives to set up camp in Uzbekistan, adjacent to Afghanistan. The various warlords opposed to the Taliban, including generals Dostum, Atta, and Mohaqeq, are glad the Americans are coming, as they have been fighting for many years and by now are running low on food, clothing, and arms. The Americans’ base at Karshi-Khanabad (K2) in Uzbekistan is where the small number of expert troops arrive to aid Dostum and Atta, particularly in spotting targets accurately for bombing raids. From K2, planes also drop supplies for both the Americans and the Northern Alliance armies.

RR: the three northern alliances were actually brutal enemies and would often stop fighting the Taliban to fight each other.

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all 12 special forces men prepare for the trip to Afghanistan. When they arrive at the base they prepare to fly over the mountains to a small out post where they will meet the northern alliance.

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They meet up with the northern alliance and make the sketchy trip where they have to split up because there aren't enough horses for them all.

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They reach the small mountain camp where  Dostum and his men lead the 6 special forces men on horse back to the Taliban strong hold where they call in a heavy air strike. Dostum does not think that they should attack so they return to the camp despite capt. Mitch nelson's disapproval.

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The trip by helicopter from K2 to General Dostum’s location is anything but easy. Sandstorms and other inclement weather conditions make flights extremely hazardous, to say nothing of the dangerous mountainous terrain, which forces the helicopters to fly much higher than usual. At one point, lacking oxygen, most of the soldiers black out during the trip. Despite every difficulty, Captain Mitch Nelson and his team manage to arrive in mid-October at an Afghani village called Cobaki to begin their work assisting Dostum and his allies.

RR: this was one of my favorite parts in the book and the movie because that trip they made was the highest any helicopter had ever flown that is why they were lacking oxygen .

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Nelson and his men learn that they will have to travel to the front lines on horseback. The difficult terrain and the absence of motor vehicles make this necessary. Although Nelson is an experienced horseman, most of his men are not; in fact, few have ever even been on a horse. The horses are short, shaggy, and rugged, built for mountain walking. Their saddles, made of three boards hinged together and covered by goatskin, are too small for an average American male, and the stirrups, hammered iron rings hanging down from the saddles on small pieces of leather, are so short that the Americans, when mounted, find their knees reach almost to their chins. Nevertheless, these horses are their means of transportation for most of the next two months, severe saddle sores notwithstanding.

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The  objective for the Afghan and American forces is the northern town of Mazari-Sharif and the fortress of Qala-i-Janghi, held by the Taliban army. If the Northern Alliance can capture these targets, it will be able to bring under its control all of northern Afghanistan and then proceed to capture the country’s capital, Kabul, farther south. A great deal of fighting and bombing, however, are necessary before this objective can be attained.

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As the trail of blood grows longer and the victories continue the American forces continue to fortress of Qala-i-Janghi where they capture the fortress and are surprised to find 600 prisoners. while they are interrogating the prisoners they are ambushed and have to fight their way out.

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After two more bombings the rest of the team is able to get horses to ride up to the camp.
RR: this was my favorite part in the movie because one of the guys could not stand up straight because the horseback ride hurt his back.