Embedded With Special Forces in Afghanistan | Pt. 2

Coffee or Die's Marty Skovlund Jr. was given exclusive access to embed with a Special Forces team in the mountains of Afghanistan, and accompany them on a combat mission into ISIS-held territory.
These Green Beret’s fit the common tropes associated with Special Forces: beards, long-ish hair, and relaxed attitudes along with a few sleeve tattoos sprinkled in for good measure.
Although they sport ball caps and Glocks in lieu of cowboy hats and six-shooters, they are frontiersman all the same - charged with taming the Mohmand Valley.
The team operates out of COP Blackfish, an isolated outpost in the Mohmand Valley and only a short walk from where the controversial “MOAB” was dropped last year.
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[@CoffeeorDie]

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[@armygreen82nd]

Laghar Juy was where I lost my team and legs. Glad to see the teams are still in the area taking care of business.

[@justbecause968]

At 7:35 that sick metal riff, who is that?

[@_inkedupANT]

What year was this? I think I was there lol

[@sharonsargent8788]

@@armygreen82nd thank you for your service from the bottom of my heart! I'm here for you!

[@busterbeagle2167]

You should have a link to episode one in the description

[@zarghamkhan441]

The local police commander, whom many in the comments section mistook for as an informant, was saying in Pashto; "Before you shoot at an American, you will have to shoot at me. Anybody who shoots at Americans, i will not spare his mother, wife, father or he himself". The translator did his job in a more subtle and "politically correct" manner. Whereas I have provided the word by word Pashto translation.

[@tundrabanks3647]

interesting

[@johnnyultor]

Badass. Middle easterners are fucking warfighters

[@himawaricopter]

Thank you for the translation.

[@sigspearthumb3249]

@@johnnyultor Pashtuns aren't Middle Eastern. They're from Central Asia.

[@scottfay3553]

thank you

[@gelke1183]

Thank you, Marty and CoD for giving us this hoofing content!

[@Ken-wz9vy]

Thank you for giving us a look behind the scenes. A big thank you and God Bless to those men who fight in the valley and to all our men and women in the military.

[@jimmyoconner4941]

Thanks Coffee for bringing us this footage. Those Brave men Rock. Awesome the way our Air supports them !

[@noahstuart4046]

This has got to be the coolest documentary ever

[@adamsadventures9919]

Wish there were several more installments to this 2 part series. Badass! Enjoyed the hell out of it. Thank you.

[@robe4314]

Air Force Combat Controllers are some of the most well trained, toughest, and most important guys in any spec ops crew. Unsung badasses!

[@justaguy1679]

Rob E Most powerful warrior on the battlefield.

[@gregwhitton2293]

Not meaning to start a debate or argument but, Either tied or a very close second to combat controllers.......E.O.D. Never before or since have I felt such a strong feeling of fear and clarity, than I did when I was a an E.O.D. technician

[@JesseArt]

All of AFSOC is unsung badassery. Most people have no clue. While SEALs and ODAs get most of the airtime, a huge percentage of the data that is crucial to their mission planning is collected and compiled by the USAF. CCTs, TACPs, SR, PJs, and SOWT are incredible force-multiplying support assets whose capabilities and information are often pivotal to mission success.

[@art2736]

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[@randomfootballcars9547]

They really are. My dad's an air traffic controller and trains them and he says their some bad ass dudes

[@praetorian3959]

They are absolutely brave. Imagine what the taliban could achieve if they had more advanced army equipment. O wait.. they just got handed over a complete country.

[@Drewski423]

They’ve got it now. They fought hard with what they had. Imagine now. Geez. Smh

[@zacsmith2026]

Equipment they have no idea how to use or maintain...

[@praetorian3959]

@@zacsmith2026 agreed. However, they own the people within ANA and the former military too now. If the coalition started with supplying knowledge about maintaining, they can easily keep tanks and other armored carriers. Plaines however, another story!

[@kevinklingner3098]

It's not the soldiers fault this happened. The politicians no exit strategy and no plan achieve their goals. The corruption should have been dealt with immediately it read its ugly head. Th President should have been got rid of and someone better than put in. The army issue should have been dealt with much quicker instead of being let stage on without proper equipment although it was always going to be a big ask to get everything in place. But it should have been planned for and executed from day one.

[@kevinklingner3098]

As much as anything it the bureaucrats mistakes that led to this. I BELIEVE THEY got sidelined looking up the Turkey's tail feathers and lost s out get of their end goal or never had one.

[@joyintheworld7682]

Thanks to all soldiers who bravely and selflessly risk and even sacrifice their lives fighting for peace and to keep us civilians walk safe around. Their strength and courage is insurmountable, their enormous kindness to defend the oppressed. Soldiers are the toughest people, they’re the real heroes indeed. Superhumans. How resilient they are to keep standing firm and keep fighting despite being in the middle of the battlefield, witnessing chaotic and horrible scenes. They are are amazing. So much respect to all types of military. May God bless you all. Your work is extortionately difficult and significant. The world is grateful to you.

[@jamesparker-evans1231]

"Your work is extortionately difficult and significant. The world is grateful to you. er no the world isn't grateful and their work is insignificant as the war against the Taliban was lost by the Americans.

[@stephen4121]

The US has been fighting for peace for every year of it's existence apart from 18. In order to have peace you have to stop fighting at some point (stopping searching the world to find enemies would also be rather helpful)

[@oneshotme]

Very glad to see you blurred out their tats as well Enjoyed your video and gave it a Thumbs Up

[@jasonjoseph3975]

Phenomenal job putting these videos together brother!

[@allandavis8201]

Thanks for another excellent quality and informative video. 👍🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿😀

[@FlashinthePan82]

"he said fucking send it!" *multiple 10 round bursts* love it

[@Nattleby]

It’s absolutely true that whenever green berets or spec ops patrol, sick rock music plays around them. It is generated by the badassness...only Americans can hear it.

[@justinklassen2681]

Lol dont forget JTF! As they train the seals! Canadian special forces

[@liamc1102]

Im Australian and i can hear it..

[@stuartthompson1094]

Where ever there is any special forces unit in the world just remember, they all learned from the British 👌👍

[@gypsygypsy7185]

Also a bald eagle 🦅 screams each time a operator kicks in a door... your welcome ...

[@DS-vx3wf]

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[@frankmorgan6783]

Thanks for sharing this great view of what you all did. Welcome home & God bless you !!!

[@satajettube]

Fantastic video , best I’ve seen . Well done

[@tempusnon2157]

Death and danger aside, I find this land to be quite beautiful. The colors, textures...it's truly unfortunate that it is under such circumstances.

[@hattrickjs]

I was there during this time. The mountains and valleys are amazing. The green terraces in Nangarhar and Laghman are beautiful. If it wasn't for IS and the TB I would hike all over that area. Goes for Kunar, Nuristan, Laghman, and Nangarhar

[@SS-gq1qh]

It’s good now. You can go for hike as a tourist. I did it. Went up until Nuristan. Whatever u guys did put aside, we don’t want problem with US and the world. I hope the won’t either.😊

[@Bigunk-hc2ri]

@@SS-gq1qh that’s bullshit

[@muse4clarice]

Du hast völlig recht. Nur leider leben da auch gute Menschen nicht nur die IS.

[@stephen4121]

@@Bigunk-hc2ri hardly. The Taliban didn't want a war with the US, they offered to extradite Bin Laden if the US provided any evidence that he was involved in 9/11, the US refused. The Taliban kicked ass, they have no reason to not want to move on. US harbours many people accused by many nations of involvement in terrorism. I'm sure all yanks wouldn't have a problem if those nations invaded 🙄🙄

[@smartyrdumb4681]

Legend has it that there’s no part 1, just part 2 that doesn’t stop ending up in recommend like I haven’t seen it. Thanks YT..

[@Umuliuz]

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[@kcass72]

Thanks to all Veterans, from an old Army Artillery Veteran 🇺🇸

[@keithpringle3940]

You drop short lads are bound to have a few confirmed blue on blues eh?

[@w6636]

amazing how things have changed and so fast!!

[@joshm3297]

So thankful and send my prayers always to you guys. - US civilian

[@glockspecific7757]

Can we have some more of these, please!

[@timbo2552]

This is the coolest thing ever please film more of these

[@alexsanek3]

Now it is a perfect time to show this video in my recommendations

[@garrettnewland6081]

this is amazing, I read books about this stuff so it’s cool to see video, i wanna be one of these guys some day

[@m.mozdemir]

Why not be batman or superman?

[@raymonddav5281]

@@m.mozdemir yeah maybe even the amazing Spiderman...cause his whimp ass definitely don't wanna be a soldier

[@pietpietersen653]

You will if you keep your goal in mind. Greetings from a former Royal Marine of The Netherlands.

[@Chase-wu9wk]

Worked with a few snake eaters in my time in. Became great friends with one named “Eagle.” He told me that the best thing about being a green beret is the hunting of man and the weaponry they are able to play with. I, myself, was never a green beret.

[@tinto278]

any chicken stranglers ?

[@pietpietersen653]

And "freedom" bringers?

[@trajan9199]

This man has legit one of the best jobs ever

[@iidentifyasaprius7557]

I’m nobody special. A regular Marine grunt from the ‘80’s. Served in peacetime. And I’m not trying to teach anything to these highly trained gentlemen, however, we were taught to never silhouette yourself on a ridge line. It’s a snipers wet dream. The activity at 11:45 and forward made me want to comment. Great video. I wish it had been recommended sooner.

[@justaguy427]

The mountains he pointed out are not that far from Tora Bora, where the battle of Tora Bora took place. One hell of a fight for the unit.

[@mattymitch9953]

Comms guys are the best, such an asset to the team

[@nateone6632]

I was gonna make fun of the airforce guy but I know how important he is I can just tell he could've done anything he wanted but he chose that job. It's amazing to see special forces teams working together

[@joegonzales5414]

The combat controller?

[@denissobolev8585]

thanks for video

[@_LEONKING_]

Just like anyone else, I'm against wars and innocents being sent to fight, but damn that footage of the full auto MG and the Sniper while the Helicopter and Plane were flying around looked fucking badass.

[@HLBSTRK]

Quality stuff right there

[@OrangeSolaire]

Where did you get the background music for these vids?

[@hotdoggers6016]

dang that LMG got a airstrike, chopper gunner quick.

[@GrimReaper-qs8do]

Mad respect for these guys. Salutes to all who have served and are still serving

[@cliffnelson4645]

And to think all this blood, sweat, and tears went to complete utter shit in a matter of 6 months. It's a damned shame. We stand with you brothers. I 100% understand your anger and disappointment.

[@mradavid]

been happening for a couple years now, ever since trump initiated troop withdrawal the Taliban have been gaining territory

[@coreyadams1982]

@@mradavid The US had to withdraw eventually.

[@hoot1141]

@@mradavid Territory is one thing. The entire country is another. We had to leave at some point. Leaving our people there was not part of the plan.

[@rickyyanto6181]

*All claim to be special forces until TALlBAN comes* 😎😎😎

[@Hero.Lone-Wolf]

When are the SF people gonna understand that they cannot beat the Goat herders !

[@itsme2365]

I loved this!!!!! Any more?

[@TMseahawks1]

Good work!

[@cartersdad615]

Can these guys get a round of applause 👏for the great choices of "hardware/tooling/lifesavers/boomshakalakasticks" !!!! Up to par with they're training/service/skills/badassery of course!!! Salute!

[@slavikk6712]

All in vain

[@johnsabini3351]

This SF guys look very professional. Respect to all US Forces from across the pond. S & B x 3RGJ

[@rickyyanto6181]

*all claim to be special forces until TaIiban comes*. 😎😎😎

[@truthlover2319]

Thanks Guys.

[@94SexyStang]

Wouldn't it be funny if the camera panned around, and there's just a Band jamming those heavy metal riffs in the middle of the mountains, LOL.

[@sharonsargent8788]

I am super proud of your bravery and courage! Thank you and I love you guys!!

[@amitbanerjee3719]

This video is amazing

[@vitaliyvyntu4566]

Thank You so much

[@skipjackjohnson5528]

My mother in law offers to clear ieds for you.

[@Kaotix_music]

best comment of the year lol

[@JohnSmith-ex1uc]

That's not right. Funny, but not right.

[@semperfi210]

😂🤣I’ll co sign 🙌🏽

[@andrewtaylor1899]

Ù

[@elmayimbe6654]

💀💀

[@CaptainProspect007]

13:24 "Headshot!"

[@user-ci7vu7eo9w]

i see nothing

[@CaptainProspect007]

@@user-ci7vu7eo9w Listen.

[@altonology1134]

I heard “Good shot!”

[@TeXCalibuR35]

Watching that 240 bravo rock!!! Such smooth action man, these guys make it look easy!!

[@ejectingg]

that was a m249 saw, not a 240

[@MC-ml9ux]

*MK48

[@tonymachuca9471]

Wish my marine recruiter would have shown shit like this back in high school.instead he came in with " I can tell you're going to be one hell of a marine" and " as soon as I saw you I could tell you are going to be a force to be reckoned with"

[@jmarty5098]

Name of the song at 10:00 ?

[@dannyhoughton7728]

I thought it was Ghost Recon when I saw the thumbnail

[@Mrbriangalvan]

Great shots... now if only the winning part can start happening.

[@dylanleamananderson7811]

This is incredible

[@jarrodfortmuller4627]

12:19 peep the monster energy drink in the dudes pack lmfao

[@isaaca9123]

Name of music used in the video please?

[@justintime41776]

Never seen these vids before. They're great.

[@richardbarber6998]

Thank you

[@tonpalacios2964]

fucking send it and hot chow were my favorite things to hear down range haha

[@melissabowman927]

Ild burn the whole mountain with gel

[@barrettmoon5920]

“ hey he said fucn send it “😂😂😂😂

[@esco5593]

That was so stereotypically American 😂

[@noirblanque5324]

PEWPEPWPEWPEWPEPWPEW

[@victornikora2857]

The same beautiful blue sky from my back lawn!

[@user-qj3hr8bt3g]

Good show

[@ldhaych]

you know your bad ass when you class a 500 pound bomb and a 250 pound bomb as "suppressive fire"

[@psychepeteschannel5500]

Reminds me of Vietnam veterans said about the "progress" as reported to the public - "Oh, huge progress - we disarmed an explosive trap, we bombed out a stronghold, we had a succesfull skirmish with the Vietcong"... while the actual soldiers on the ground were like "Wait what? For that one bomb we disarmed, 10 others blew up in our face, the stronghold was 1 of 78 and that skirmish had no confirmed killed enemies" ... War is won by results, not by prolonged/fancy operations. This is a case of tha later.

[@oifoefvetfla754]

place looks the same now from when I was in the AOR (A-Bad) in 06.

[@thejerbotized9262]

AWESOME !!

[@philclodfelter5994]

God Bless y’all & be safe🇺🇸

[@ricocaswell3030]

This video makes me wanna re-enlist, drag my 30 yr old body around the PFA 🤘 love it

[@TRaceR743]

That guy with the antenna at 12:45 everybody is fighting and hes starting a barbeque!

[@thebomb78]

Yeah, I'm all about the heavy metal music in this vid 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@MrErikonly]

the informant face shud be blurred as the conflict is ongoing.

[@sandycleverlythecleverly8083]

Pa

[@hattrickjs]

If he was recruited maybe. Probably common knowledge that he works with them. Just came from there. I don't think it is a secret he is talking to them

[@InFamousAlex209]

8:47 is that Halsey in the background?! These guys are a whole different level of bad ass.

[@jasonchapman9965]

Awesome video. Anyone know the song played at 9:48 ?

[@justinl5249]

Was wondering the same thing. Shazam wouldn’t find it

[@YZdude]

Are there still troops in Korengal valley?

[@ghostshooter6242]

dude should protect those local Afghan informers identity u probably know what will happen if taliban or isis find out who was spaying on them

[@wigon]

I think they didn't because he is a Taliban member and they know it or because by the time they got around to editing the video, he might have already been dead....or they wanted him dead because he back-stabbed them. So lots of possible reasons.

[@ghostshooter6242]

@@wigon but he works with them and at the same he saw their faces maybe even gain entrance to ther camps that person must be protected at all cost otherwise he will expose camp layout defences and strength of the officers

[@wigon]

@@ghostshooter6242 Most likely the other Taliban already know his role as a liaison between them and American forces. ISIS I'm sure already knew who he was so it likely didn't matter whether or not they showed his face. As for the layout of the camp, when you're working with ANA forces, or have locals doing work at the base (which is likely to be the case), it's pretty much a given that a detailed layout of the camp will be given to the Taliban and ISIS. What makes this video unusual is that it basically shows U.S. forces and the Taliban cooperating against a mutual enemy. For many of the Taliban, ISIS is a bigger threat to them than the Americans.

[@tar5us452]

@@wigon Yep. The Taliban were not our enemy to start with, only became one because they help OBL and Al-Qaeda . They are no saints, but it seems we have no choice but to try to broker peace with them to achieve peace in the area. Trump has been attempting to do that but then they go and do some stupid shit over there and mess it up for themselves. The whole situation is really complex in the tribal areas.

[@wigon]

@@tar5us452 I don't think Trump has much to do with it, but at least he's not getting in the way. We've been trying to get out of Afghanistan since the Bush administration. The bigger problem has been that the U.S. military has been at war with itself. One one hand you have the "Hearts and Minds" officers and SF soldiers who really want to win over the Taliban to our side away from Al-Qaeda's influence. On the other hand however you have the majority of the military for whom "hearts and minds" means a 5.56mm double tap to the chest and to the brain. So basically you have had one hand of the military undermining the other hand. For example, very often in the past Special Forces and HTS (Human Terrains Systems) teams would spend months painstakingly developing relationships and alliances with tribal leaders after learning the local politics, economy, culture, religion, language, and world view. But then some new theater commander would get rotated in wanting to get some rank and kick some ass and would order an aggressive operation with conventional Army or Marine infantry units where they'd kick in doors, arrest people, and destroy all of those months (and sometimes years) of work that SF and HTS did in those areas. Finally we are seeing, out of desperation, the conventional military finally letting special operations run the show there getting themselves embedded within villages and communities. The conventional military sees Afghanistan as a lost cause. The Special Operations community sees opportunity now with the spread of ISIS, to win over the Taliban to our side and end the war. Notice on this video how many of the SF guys walk around with no body armor. That demonstrates to the locals their trust in them. So oddly enough....all these years later, we MIGHT actually be seeing what should have been done years ago.

[@nowaychikfila5926]

9:14 that guy sounds like rudy i know him from a documentary of the dutch commandos 0911 zulu

[@Ekstrax]

but aren't these all American special forces?

[@kevinandshannonberlied9962]

I’m a Iraq veteran and I’ll give you a fucking video five stars bro

[@saigonmidnightradio5589]

nice ear dude

[@noahrodriguez2751]

Anyone know what kind of ear pro that ATC is wearing? and why the ear canal is visible?

[@dukecitytimespublishingcom9963]

great layout entertaining i give 5 stars

[@brad9336]

song at 09:55?

[@justinl5249]

Shazam couldn’t find it

[@falconalley7228]

I would sometimes think these special forces unit are unfortunate to be where they are and had to do, for the sake of our freedom. in constant danger and far from their families and loved ones. On the other hand these are exceptional soldiers Who loves to do what they are called to do. The adrenaline experience keeps these guys going.

[@Urkinorobitch]

12:57 great shot! I hope you sent the picture to the air controller and if you did I bet it's hanging in his office. :P

[@BASE5NYC]

Thanks Got for air support.

[@christosantonopoulos2018]

Never disrespect or underestimate your enemy, when at war your enemy is GOD that is the attitude you need to have.

[@709mash]

It never ceases to amaze me how awesome the M240B is!

[@wereabouttoargueaintwe4582]

Mash 709 have you seen the new gen 240? It’s insane and looks badass

[@williamgraham5675]

What 240 lol

[@kouvue1081]

Mk 48

[@amitbanerjee3719]

Amazing fight

[@johnjacobs1625]

Thank you for your service gentlemen! JJ USN 75-79... VF 142 Tomcats .................. Dad was 101st and 82nd airborne in WW2.

[@robrecos6123]

airbourne nicaragua 1983 1984 paratrooper mos death from above

[@jodybanks5344]

Thanks to all who serve and protect !

[@betsyriker4928]

Thank you for serving our country!! God bless!

[@msumungo]

12:42 onward: That's the most stable machine gun shooting I have seen ever.

[@jeffspicoli5735]

msumungo you’ve never seen me homie

[@WW5RM]

Looks like a SAW. If so its just 5.56mm and he is on bi pod so its no reason it shouldn't be.

[@damionklassen4890]

msumungo lol where do you think the “special” comes from?!?!?

[@MC-ml9ux]

@@WW5RM good thing it’s a MK-48 and not a SAW. Stay in school.

[@WW5RM]

@@MC-ml9ux yeah I better go back to school I guess. When I graduated all we had were M60s.

[@forzaferrari3205]

Nice video. But why did you put music in the video?

[@MM-qt8gz]

Can you imagine being a new ISIS member and having to go up against green berets and a combat controller on your first day of work? Scary.

[@billdanosky]

2:13 That is a bad M.F. right there.

[@billdanosky]

@@plutoisacomet Yes, really "dude". As a matter of fact, those soldiers have been doing their jobs for 20 years non-stop, but it's gotten us nowhere. Tell the numb nuts running the show maybe next time we can just wreck the place, then NOT spend 20 years handing out Band Aids. Fuck 'em!

[@-BuddyGuy]

@@billdanosky You are incapable of just wrecking the place, they don't have cities. You tried this in North Korea and now they're pointing nukes at you.

[@billdanosky]

@@-BuddyGuy Yes we can, and we did. In the first two weeks of the Afghanistan campaign, the Taliban thought we had broken them. It wasn't until we started hanging around that they realized they could actually get at us. BTW, we didn't do this in North Korea and they don't have anything they can point at us.

[@-BuddyGuy]

@@billdanosky You "wrecked the place" with carpet bombing and they have the Hwasong-15. And if you did this in Afghanistan, as you just claimed, then why did you claim in an earlier comment that you should have just wrecked the place? Seems to me like a contradiction, and that you'll say whatever you think backs up the idea that the US is some unstoppable force, regardless of whether it makes sense. I made a mistake by wasting my time on someone of such inferior mental capabilities.

[@billdanosky]

@@-BuddyGuy You can have the point for the Hwasong 15, although everybody knows it would have to be empty to make it here. However, I stated earlier (above), "maybe next time we can just wreck the place, then NOT spend 20 years handing out Band Aids". If you can't understand the meaning, I'm wasting my time on someone with limited reading skills.

[@urgenhyolmo3461]

These are green berets and i love them

[@TOPS.Operator]

How were you able to land a media gig with them?

[@saabiqislam2704]

12:30 was too badass

[@TheGulang]

This guy even blurred out the “mechanix” gloves lol.

[@Andy-wo9bm]

Is Butler named after SSG Aaron B?

[@KernelX51]

Yes, I can confirm that.

[@JS-gg3kh]

I remember when he came home...

[@loganbadacour5976]

What is the song at the beginning of the video

[@ChrisDSAC]

Legends thanks for your service team