In a remote outpost in southcentral Afghanistan, 24 Americans work to ‘pacify’ a hostile river valley the size of Rhode Island.
They are Green Berets: U.S. Army Special Forces charged with battling the Taliban and Al Qaeda while winning the hearts and minds of locals who often see the Americans as simply the latest of a string of invaders dating back centuries.
The Pentagon normally limits media embeds with Navy SEALs and Green Berets to 48hours. The Hoggard team was given 10 days in the combat zone to chronicle the lives of these warhardened Special Force troopers.
But in the dead of night, on a distant Afghan ridge, the trip is cut brutally short, leaving 8 Green Berets and two of our film crew dead or wounded in the worst mass casualty event to date for Special Forces in Afghanistan.