BLOODHOUND SETREP #2::TS::SCI - July 28th 2019

[Capt Hart]

From: sac.mstanton@cia.gov<Mark Stanton>

To: ussocom.cwilliams@socom.mil <Clark Williams>

Subject: ::TS:SCI::BLOODHOUND SITREP #2::TS:SCI::
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Lieutenant Colonel Williams,

 

Firstly some very good news. MSOT 8312 has made a very speedy recovery over the past three weeks. They have returned to COP Endurance and have been deployed to OP Ray as a temporary measure to ensure they are back to 100% and ready for their mission set. The combat engineers have finished up their projects at COP Endurance and OP Ray and have returned to Herat. We will be fully supplying and moving equipment to OP Ray later this week. Finally, we have received the additional TFC forces and have put them to work appropriately. 

 

We have now established a working partnership with the Northern Alliance. I have attached a full dossier of their leadership structure, which is headed up by Wadha Siani, a well liked local political figure. Two of the ODAs have been deployed to the NA FOBs and are actively training and advising their forces. The NA have responded very well to the training and are showing promise. However, they are still very under-equipped and will be unable to make any more significant progress against ISIS or the Taliban, despite their training, without sufficient equipment. We are currently unable to supply them as the roads out of COP Endurance have been heavily laced with IEDs over the last few weeks. Due to the MANPAD threat we are also unable to supply them via air.

 

We have pinpointed the storage and distribution facilities for ISIS's IGLAs, as well as the primary ISIS positions outside of towns. Our primary focus this week will be on knocking out these positions, removing ISIS from the high ground and removing their capability for anti-aircraft launchers. Once this is accomplished I anticipate being able to effectively supply the NA with the necessary equipment.

 

Due to this fact, I anticipate requiring an EOD detachment able to be attached to the NA and Task Force Cobra within the next one to two weeks once we begin larger conventional operations against ISIS. The sooner EOD is available, however, the easier supply and transportation will be, due to the fact I mentioned earlier of COP Endurance being blocked via roadway IEDs on all useful routes out.

 

Finally, thank you once again for the work you did in getting the QRA in Herat. This has been a game changer over the last two weeks and has prevented casualties in both the ODAs and in the Phantom teams due to their reliable air support.

 

Signed,
Mark Stanton