“There are those moments when you truly know you saved a persons life. It’s a pretty amazing feeling. You almost feel like you got saved too. They’ve just gotten a second lease on life, and it makes you appreciate everything that much more. Everything’s a little bit brighter. Food tastes better. The air smells a little bit better. It’s definitely a humbling experience.”
The famous ODA 574, pictured with future Afghan President Hamid Karzai, a few minutes before an errant GOS-guided bomb landed nearby, tragically killing three of the Green Berets and seriously wounding several more. Note the mix of Polartec and civilian purchase jackets, Harley Davidson and Oakley baseball caps and green Nomex flight gloves worn by several of the operators. (USASOC)
FBI HRT operators on the hunt for the Boston bombing suspects, Tamerlan and
Dzhokhar
Tsarnaev on April 19, 2013. The boat where
Dzhokhar
was found and subsequently arrested by HRT is shown in the last picture.
