Operation Gothic Serpent 5 1/2″ Embroidered Patch with RED Lettering – The Battle of Mogadishu – Black Hawk Down – TF Ranger – Somalia

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Operation Gothic Serpent 5 1/2″ Embroidered Patch with RED Lettering – The Battle of Mogadishu – Black Hawk Down – TF Ranger – Somalia

Task Force Ranger—which consisted of an assault force made up of U.S. Army Delta Force operators, Army Rangers, Air Force Pararescuemen, Air Force Combat Controllers, four Navy SEALs from the Naval Special Warfare Development Group, and an air element provided by the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment—under Major General William F. Garrison’s command executed an operation that involved traveling from their compound on the city’s outskirts to the center with the aim of capturing the leaders of the Habr Gidr clan, led by warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid. The assault force consisted of nineteen aircraft, twelve vehicles (including nine Humvees), and 160 men.