Manhunting at Green Beret | How Special Forces Hunts Insurgents with Darrell Utt - Mike Drop 226

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Darrell Utt, a Green Beret, recounts his team’s deployment to Baghdad’s Adhamiyah neighborhood in 2006. He describes inheriting target lists from the previous unit, achieving early success by capturing a Shia target named Zia, and developing a mutual aid relationship with the 101st Airborne Division. Utt details a specific incident on April 17, 2006, when his team responded to help the 101st during an intense firefight against insurgents who were willing to engage in direct combat rather than hit-and-run tactics.

Key takeaways

• Utt’s team inherited intelligence on high-value targets from the 5th Group and achieved a breakthrough by capturing a target named Zia, which Utt describes as providing valuable intelligence
• Utt recounts establishing a reciprocal support agreement with the 101st Airborne, where both units pledged to assist each other during combat engagements
• On April 17, 2006, Utt’s small team diverted from an administrative convoy to respond to a 101st Airborne request for help during a major firefight in Adhamiyah, where insurgents were engaging in direct combat rather than typical hit-and-run attacks

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