Dagger 22: U.S. Marine Corps Special Operations in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan

Dagger 22: U.S. Marine Corps Special Operations in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan

by Michael Golembesky
Dagger 22: U.S. Marine Corps Special Operations in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan

Dagger 22: U.S. Marine Corps Special Operations in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan

by Michael Golembesky

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Overview

The thrilling true story of a Marine special operations unit in a battle for their lives in Afghanistan.

Level Zero Heroes
, Michael Golembesky's New York Times bestselling account of Marine Special Operations Team 8222 in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan, was just the beginning for these now battle-hardened special operations warriors.

The unforgiving Afghan winter has settled upon the twenty-two men of Marine Special Operations Team 8222, call sign Dagger 22, in the remote and hostile river valley of Bala Murghab, Afghanistan. The Taliban fighters in the region would have liked nothing more than to once again go dormant and rest until the new spring fighting season began. No chance of that—this winter would be different.

Along with Afghan and International Security Forces (NATO), the Marines of Dagger 22 continued their fight throughout the harsh winter to shape the battlefield before the Afghan ground began to thaw. From one firefight to the next, the noose began to tighten around the village of Daneh Pasab and the Taliban command cell operating there. On April 6, 2010, a ground force consisting of U.S. Army Special Forces, Afghan Commandos and Marine Corps special operations conducted a night assault to destroy the heavily entrenched Taliban force, breaking their grip on the valley and stopping the spring offensive before it ever began.

But nothing in Bala Murghab comes easily as combat operations wear on the operators of Dagger 22, as they lean on each other once again in order to complete their mission in one of the most brutal environments on earth.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781250144935
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date: 09/19/2017
Pages: 352
Sales rank: 234,118
Product dimensions: 5.70(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

STAFF SERGEANT MICHAEL GOLEMBESKY served 8 years with the United States Marine Corps and is a combat veteran of the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars. Golembesky served as a Joint Terminal Attack Controller with Marine Special Operation Team 8222 (MARSOC). His previous book, Level Zero Heroes, was a New York Times bestseller. He lives in Colorado Springs, CO.

Table of Contents

MAP INDEX VI
AUTHOR’S NOTE XVII
PROLOGUE 1
1. A DARKER DAWN 9
2. DEEPER INTO WINTER 18
3. CASTING THE LINE 25
4. TURN AND FIGHT 38
5. OBJECTIVE FIESTA 51
6. FALLEN ANGELS AT CORVETTE 69
7. A FAILED ATTEMPT 79
8. OBJECTIVE AVALANCHE 93
9. EA GLE DOWN 108
10. THE DOWNWARD SPIRALING 127
11. YELLOW DEVIL 146
12. BEGINNING OF THE END 158
13. DOUBLING DOWN 171
14. SNAKE EYES AND THE MIDGET 181
15. APRIL 6, DANEH PASAB 190
16. THROUGH THE BREACH 200
17. FESTERING RATS 209
18. RALLY POINT 220
19. CEMETERY HILL 239
20. ALL THE KING’S MEN 258
21. ONE LAST TIME 272
EPILOGUE 290
LIST OF CHARACTERS 299
FALLEN HEROES OF BALA MURGHAB,
AF GHAN I STAN 303
ACKNOWL EDGMENTS 305
ONLINE BONUS MATERIAL 307
ACRONYMS AND DEFINITIONS 309
ABOUT THE AUTHOR 313

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