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September 11 Experience
Personal Equipment used by Soldiers and SOF during the early days in Afghanistan
2001 - 2003
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To mark the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks, the Museum created a special experience for visitors to view 50 Objects / Personal Equipment used by Soldiers and SOF during the early days in Afghanistan. As well as recent acquisitions related to how American Soldiers lives have changed since then.
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SPEAR worst gear ever issued, there is a reason it only lasted 3 years before being replaced.
To mark the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks, the Museum created a special experience for visitors to view 50 Objects / Personal Equipment used by Soldiers and SOF during the early days in Afghanistan. As well as recent acquisitions related to how American Soldiers lives have changed since then.
LBT - 1879A Split Front Flotation Vest 3 Col Desert
The picture is from a public demonstration (2018) of the german KSK. It shows an example setup of what they used during the early days in Afghanistan.
Many thanks to for this nice foto.
The picture is from a public demonstration (2018) of the german KSK. It shows an example setup of what they used during the early days in Afghanistan.
Many thanks to for this nice foto.
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Gregory Spear Assault Pack
The equipment as worn by Special Tactics Squadron from Air Force Special Operations Command from late 1990 into early Operation Enduring Freedom.
About the Collection
Donating to the Collection
After the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, US. Army Special Forces were one of few first US units to be deployed to Afghanistan, at the time, under control of Taliban regime, who offered the safe haven to Al Qaeda, the terrorism group responsible for the 9/11 attack. The Special Forces worked closely with Northern Alliance Fighters (predecessor to Afghan National Government, the alliance consisted of multiple different tribes who rivaled Taliban and Al Qaeda). Special Forces soldiers needed to blend in with the local population and Alliance fighters, so instead of their standard issue equipment and accessories, they opted for equipment/ clothes/accessories popular in Afghanistan such as Chinese made AK chest rig, traditional pakol hat, and shemagh. They even grew beards.
United States invasion of Afghanistan
First move
See also: 5th Special Forces Group (United States) § War in Afghanistan
On September 26, 2001, fifteen days after the 9/11 attack, the US covertly inserted (by a CIA-piloted Mi-17 helicopter) seven or eight members of the CIA's Special Activities Division and Counterterrorism Center (CTC) into the Panjshir Valley, north of Kabul. Led by Gary Schroen, the team included deputy commander and former Special Forces captain Phil Reilly, a former Navy special warfare operator; a former Army paratrooper; and “Todd, a former Marine and the team communicator.” They formed the Northern Afghanistan Liaison Team, known by the call-sign 'Jawbreaker'. In addition to specialized human assets, the team brought three cardboard boxes filled with $3 million in $100 bills to buy support. Jawbreaker linked up with General Mohammed Fahim, commander of the Northern Alliance forces in the Panjshir Valley, and prepared the way for the introduction of Army Special Forces into the region. The Jawbreaker team brought satellite communications enabling its intelligence reports to be instantly available to headquarters staff at Langley and Central Command (CENTCOM), who were responsible for Operation Crescent Wind and Operation Enduring Freedom. The Team also assessed potential targets for Operation Crescent Wind, provide an in-extremis CSAR and could provide BDA for the air campaign.
Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) 555 and 595, both 12-man teams, plus Air Force combat controllers, were the second and third groups of Task Force Dagger to enter Afghanistan.
On 19 October 2001, in the first operation of its kind, ODA 555 and 595 were flown from a former Soviet airbase, now named the Karshi-Khanabad Air Base (nicknamed K2 by the Special Forces), in Uzbekistan[27] more than 300 kilometers (190 mi) across the 4,900 metres (16,100 ft) Hindu Kush mountains. They flew in two SOAR ("Nightstalkers") MH-47E Chinook helicopters, escorted by two MH-60L Black Hawks. Conditions were marginal due to the altitude and icing conditions brought on by the low temperatures. Because the Chinooks didn't carry a centralized oxygen-delivery system for passengers, the troops had to use single-use "bailout bottles" at high altitude to survive the flight. This meant the mission was "one way".[31] The pilots refueled the helicopters at very low altitude under black out conditions, flying using night-vision goggles, and without radio communications, as they had trained to do multiple times. The Black Hawk escort was forced to turn back when they could not clear a pass along the flight route. The MH-47 crew set a world record for combat rotorcraft missions, refueling three times during 11 hours of flight.[31] After refueling, they flew into a sand storm and heavy fog which created near-zero visibility conditions.
Special Forces Operational Detachments A-555 and A-595 were inserted into Afghanistan at night in zero-visibility conditions aboard two MH-47 Chinook helicopters.
One Chinook made its second attempt at infiltrating ODA-555, "Triple Nickel" after being turned around two days before by severe weather trying to fly over the treacherous Hindu Kush mountains. The Chinook dropped ODA 555 in the Panjshir River Valley just 20 miles north of Kabul, where they linked up with warlord Fahim Khan and his Northern Alliance forces. They were in a deadlock with Taliban forces a few miles south in the vicinity of Bagram Airfield. The second Chinook finally dropped the 12-man ODA 595 led by Capt. Mark D. Nutsch onto a farmer's field at 0200, in the Dari-a-Souf Valley, about 80 km (50 mi) south of Mazar-i-Sharif. The teams arrived only 39 days after the Al-Qaeda attack on the World Trade Center for what they thought would be a year-long stay. The teams were extremely isolated. They were hundreds of miles from any allied forces and any possible extraction was hours or days away. On arrival, both teams linked up with the Northern Alliance and 'Jawbreaker' CIA advisers. Several of the CIA team members previously served in U.S. military special operations, but were in the country as civilian operators.
Members of ODA 595, part of Task Force Dagger, and Afghan forces ride into northern Afghanistan in October 2001 on horseback.
In the southern portion of Afghanistan, a company-sized element of approximately 200 Rangers from the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment were flown in on four Lockheed MC-130 aircraft and briefly captured a desert landing strip south of the city of Kandahar in Operation Rhino.
Gregory Spear Assault Pack
AWS .inc CCT (Combat Controller Team) Load Bearing Vest.
AWS .inc CCT (Combat Controller Team) Load Bearing Vest.
https://gwotmuseum.wordpress.com/
AWS .inc CCT (Combat Controller Team) Load Bearing Vest.
https://gwotmuseum.wordpress.com/2020/02/04/afsoc-sts-kit/
https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/gearscout/irons/2019/10/15/this-is-what-the-cia-warriors-carried-into-afghanistan-in-the-days-after-911/
http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/trade.center/gallery/special.forces.11.18/content2.html
https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/uploads/1168173f-13f9-4abf-9808-8a5ec0a9e4e2/strategic-costs-civilian-harm-20160622.pdf
About the Collection
Donating to the Collection
After the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, US. Army Special Forces were one of few first US units to be deployed to Afghanistan, at the time, under control of Taliban regime, who offered the safe haven to Al Qaeda, the terrorism group responsible for the 9/11 attack. The Special Forces worked closely with Northern Alliance Fighters (predecessor to Afghan National Government, the alliance consisted of multiple different tribes who rivaled Taliban and Al Qaeda). Special Forces soldiers needed to blend in with the local population and Alliance fighters, so instead of their standard issue equipment and accessories, they opted for equipment/ clothes/accessories popular in Afghanistan such as Chinese made AK chest rig, traditional pakol hat, and shemagh. They even grew beards.
United States invasion of Afghanistan
First move
See also: 5th Special Forces Group (United States) § War in Afghanistan
On September 26, 2001, fifteen days after the 9/11 attack, the US covertly inserted (by a CIA-piloted Mi-17 helicopter) seven or eight members of the CIA's Special Activities Division and Counterterrorism Center (CTC) into the Panjshir Valley, north of Kabul. Led by Gary Schroen, the team included deputy commander and former Special Forces captain Phil Reilly, a former Navy special warfare operator; a former Army paratrooper; and “Todd, a former Marine and the team communicator.” They formed the Northern Afghanistan Liaison Team, known by the call-sign 'Jawbreaker'. In addition to specialized human assets, the team brought three cardboard boxes filled with $3 million in $100 bills to buy support. Jawbreaker linked up with General Mohammed Fahim, commander of the Northern Alliance forces in the Panjshir Valley, and prepared the way for the introduction of Army Special Forces into the region. The Jawbreaker team brought satellite communications enabling its intelligence reports to be instantly available to headquarters staff at Langley and Central Command (CENTCOM), who were responsible for Operation Crescent Wind and Operation Enduring Freedom. The Team also assessed potential targets for Operation Crescent Wind, provide an in-extremis CSAR and could provide BDA for the air campaign.
Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) 555 and 595, both 12-man teams, plus Air Force combat controllers, were the second and third groups of Task Force Dagger to enter Afghanistan.
On 19 October 2001, in the first operation of its kind, ODA 555 and 595 were flown from a former Soviet airbase, now named the Karshi-Khanabad Air Base (nicknamed K2 by the Special Forces), in Uzbekistan[27] more than 300 kilometers (190 mi) across the 4,900 metres (16,100 ft) Hindu Kush mountains. They flew in two SOAR ("Nightstalkers") MH-47E Chinook helicopters, escorted by two MH-60L Black Hawks. Conditions were marginal due to the altitude and icing conditions brought on by the low temperatures. Because the Chinooks didn't carry a centralized oxygen-delivery system for passengers, the troops had to use single-use "bailout bottles" at high altitude to survive the flight. This meant the mission was "one way".[31] The pilots refueled the helicopters at very low altitude under black out conditions, flying using night-vision goggles, and without radio communications, as they had trained to do multiple times. The Black Hawk escort was forced to turn back when they could not clear a pass along the flight route. The MH-47 crew set a world record for combat rotorcraft missions, refueling three times during 11 hours of flight.[31] After refueling, they flew into a sand storm and heavy fog which created near-zero visibility conditions.
Special Forces Operational Detachments A-555 and A-595 were inserted into Afghanistan at night in zero-visibility conditions aboard two MH-47 Chinook helicopters.
One Chinook made its second attempt at infiltrating ODA-555, "Triple Nickel" after being turned around two days before by severe weather trying to fly over the treacherous Hindu Kush mountains. The Chinook dropped ODA 555 in the Panjshir River Valley just 20 miles north of Kabul, where they linked up with warlord Fahim Khan and his Northern Alliance forces. They were in a deadlock with Taliban forces a few miles south in the vicinity of Bagram Airfield. The second Chinook finally dropped the 12-man ODA 595 led by Capt. Mark D. Nutsch onto a farmer's field at 0200, in the Dari-a-Souf Valley, about 80 km (50 mi) south of Mazar-i-Sharif. The teams arrived only 39 days after the Al-Qaeda attack on the World Trade Center for what they thought would be a year-long stay. The teams were extremely isolated. They were hundreds of miles from any allied forces and any possible extraction was hours or days away. On arrival, both teams linked up with the Northern Alliance and 'Jawbreaker' CIA advisers. Several of the CIA team members previously served in U.S. military special operations, but were in the country as civilian operators.
Members of ODA 595, part of Task Force Dagger, and Afghan forces ride into northern Afghanistan in October 2001 on horseback.
In the southern portion of Afghanistan, a company-sized element of approximately 200 Rangers from the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment were flown in on four Lockheed MC-130 aircraft and briefly captured a desert landing strip south of the city of Kandahar in Operation Rhino.
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