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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