The Only Thing Worth Dying For: How Eleven Green Berets Fought for a New Afghanistan by Eric Blehm

Author:Eric Blehm
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9780061661235
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 2009-01-02T06:00:00+00:00

“Say hi to the Christmas present,” Mag called out as Amerine and Mike, on their way to meet with Karzai in his new command post, trotted down from the top of the hill where ODA 574 had spent the night.

“Christmas present?” Amerine turned, looking back up the slope at Mag.

“It’s December first, sir. Right now we’re Santa Claus. Mr. K’s the Christmas present. We gotta deliver him to Kandahar before Christmas.”

“Where do you come up with this stuff?” said Amerine, shaking his head.

“Sir, it’s just how my mind works,” said Mag. “You always have to have a goal.” Mag’s singing followed them down the hill: “Feliz Navidad…Feliz Navidad…I want to wish you a Merry Christmas…”

An hour later, Amerine and Mike returned to the team’s perimeter with Fox and Bolduc, who had met with Karzai earlier, in tow.

“We’ll be here another night,” Amerine told JD. “Hamid refuses to move forward until we get another lethal-aid drop and some humanitarian aid for this village and his men.”

“I’ll get Dan on it,” said JD.

Amerine gestured toward Fox. “The colonel is putting together the list for Santa Claus right now.” He winked at Mag. “He’ll run it past you.”

They were out of earshot of Fox and Bolduc when JD said, “Have you figured out why the lieutenant colonel has us all the way out here?”

“I don’t know,” said Amerine. “But Casper has gotta be happier than a pig in shit since Fox is apparently staying with us.”

“So, what’s the plan for today?” asked JD.

“You want to take a recon element out?”

“I’m afraid I got some of what Miles had. I’ll be fine, but if you don’t mind, I’ll stay here to make sure this hill doesn’t go anywhere.”

“Okay,” said Amerine. “I’ll grab Seylaab, have him get Bari Gul’s men moving. Then I’ll take Alex and Mike south and recon to that ridgeline out on the horizon.” Amerine indicated a dark streak in the distance where hills could be seen rising above the cream-colored desert. “You get the guys organized for the supply drop tonight. Once we get all that sorted out, we’ll plan the next push forward.”

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