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    ‘What to remember in a firefight’ according to ‘Hoot’ the legendary Delta Force opera

    Never panic.

    The Battle of Mogadishu was epic. A Ranger company with Delta put a hurting on the Somalis who attacked them. Around 1000 killed.


    ‘What to remember in a firefight’ according to ‘Hoot’ the legendary Delta Force operator

    If there’s one thing to remember in combat it’s this: Whatever you do, don’t panic.

    Norm Hooten knows this better than most.


    Nearly 27 years ago, Hooten and other Delta Force soldiers, as well as U.S. Army Rangers, were fighting for survival during the Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia. Cut off, outnumbered, and surrounded, the situation might have seemed hopeless for the American troops on the ground.


    “It’s never as good as it seems and it’s never as bad as it seems, but keep your head and there’s always a way out,” said Hooten, who was portrayed by actor Eric Bana in Black Hawk Down, Ridley Scott’s 2001 military drama about the battle.


    “That’s the most important thing: Keep your head, don’t panic. Never ever panic, it’s the worst thing you can do.”


    (Editor’s note: This article was originally published on Aug. 13, 2020.)


    In the summer of 1993, a contingent of U.S. Army Rangers and Delta Force soldiers were dispatched to Mogadishu as part of a task force to capture or kill Mohamed Farrah Aidid, a Somali warlord responsible for numerous civilian deaths and human rights violations.


    On Oct. 3 of that year, the task force had its chance to deal a decisive blow. Though Aidid was believed to be out of the country, his top lieutenants were going to be meeting in person, and so Operation Gothic Serpent was launched. The mission was to assault the building where Aidid’s men were meeting, seize them, load them into trucks, and then get the hell out before anyone was the wiser.


    If everything went according to plan, it would’ve been all over within an hour. However, after a Black Hawk helicopter was shot down, it led to a chain reaction of events that transformed the operation into a running battle through enemy-occupied streets that stretched between two days, leaving 18 Americans dead, dozens wounded, and hundreds of Somali militants killed.
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    A great argument for just sending a missile and forget about capturing the enemy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by carolina73 View Post
    A great argument for just sending a missile and forget about capturing the enemy.
    I think that was on the table and turned down.
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    Bill Garrison had requested both Spectre and armor support for the mission that day. The request was turned down by Clinton's SecDef, Les Aspin because he didn't think the "optics" would play well in the press. There has long been speculation that Clinton himself was advised of the request and made the decision to deny support, but that has to the best of my knowledge, never been proven.
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    Quote Originally Posted by carolina73 View Post
    A great argument for just sending a missile and forget about capturing the enemy.
    Isn't it a shame we can't simply vaporize each other and the survivors build new nation's with better plans .

    Humans love to hate and they never seem to learn an acceptable degree of peace and goodwill.
    Two leggers are quite repetitive in their mistakes. Odd lot they are

    Or let us just keep killing each other , thatll fix it . It never has but who knows ?
    Last edited by Cotton1; 03-29-2021 at 05:11 PM.
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    Timeless advice. Most of the casualties prior to the modern era occurred when one side panicked and ran.
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    We lost heros in Mogadishu and got Ilhan Omar in return.


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    The true story behind that one belligerent scene in ‘Black Hawk Down’ every veteran knows

    My finger is my safety. That was Hoot!

    He explains Delta's safety procedures in the article.
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