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Old 11-10-2011, 07:54   #1
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Special Units Do The Dirty Work "Bearded Bastards."

USA Today
November 10, 2011

In Afghanistan, Special Units Do The Dirty Work
But can gains in security last beyond withdrawal?

By Carmen Gentile, Special for USA Today

CHAMKANI, Afghanistan -- Insurgents prowling the steep mountains and narrow valleys of this remote land have a name for the U.S. Special Forces: "Bearded Bastards."

Growing facial hair is one way U.S. Green Berets blend in among the locals here along the Pakistan border. Their specialty is what the military calls the "self-sustaining element," a force able to fight for long periods in extreme conditions.

"We operate in the seams and gaps where conventional forces can't go," says Maj. Eric Wright, a Special Forces advance operational base commander in nearby Khost Province.


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