sculptor Douwe Blumberg presentedDe Oppresso Liber, a bronze statue of a Special Forces operative on horseback commemorating Special Force’s service in Afghanistan. Upon seeing the statue as it was unveiled, Sgt. 1st Class Will Summers, one of the members of ODA 595 on that mission, said, “...
It is a long way from a presidential notion in the Aspen Lodge at Camp David, Md., to the landing of aU.S. Army Special Forces(Green Berets) Operational Detachment-Alpha (ODA or A-Team) in the Panjshir Valley just weeks later. Despite the challenges and distances, however, that is exa...