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by kriegsmodell Sun Sep 09, 2012 8:52 am
Iraqi Special Operations Force (ISOF) formed its 2nd ISOF Brigade in 2008 - 2009. The 2nd Brigade controls the Regional Commando Battalions and includes a garrison support unit of 766 personnel. These battalions are 440 personnel plus a 60 man support detachment and a Regional Counter-Terrorism Center. The brigade includes the Regional Commando Battalions in Basrah, Mosul, Diyala, and Al Asad.
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"I looked up at the bunker in front of me and saw a khaki-uniformed NVA with a pith helmet, chest web gear, green Bata boots and an AK, Type 56, and no other identifying insignia. Then I shot him." -- Sergeant Tony "Fast Eddie" Anderson, RT Kansas, TF1AE, 1971
"My God, where do we find these men?" - President George H. W. Bush commenting on 1st SFOD-Delta after the Operation Acid Gambit rescue of Kurt Muse.
"Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" Then I said, "Here am I. Send me." - Inscription on the dog tag resting on the flag-draped homeward bound casket of an American Special Opearations warrior killed in action in Afghanistan, July 2005. - Dick Couch - Chosen Soldier
"Choosing to die resisting rather than live submitting they fled only from dishonor and to meet danger face to face." - Lieutenant General John F. Mulholland Jr, USASOC Fallen Soldiers' Memorial Ceremony, 25 May 2012.
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