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The mission culminated in what became known as the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu. Garrison took full responsibility for the tactical setbacks experienced in Operation Gothic Serpent, which effectively ended his military career.
Apr 19, 2024 · Major General William Garrison was tasked with leading a raid by U.S. special operations forces, composed of Army Rangers, 10th Mountain Division soldiers, and Delta Force fighters, on the Olympic Hotel in Mogadishu, where Aydid was thought to be hiding. On October 3, Operation Gothic Serpent began.
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It was fought on 3–4 October 1993, in Mogadishu, Somalia, between forces of the United States —supported by UNOSOM II —against the forces of the Somali National Alliance (SNA) and armed irregulars of south Mogadishu. The battle was part of the two-year-old Somali Civil War.
BATTLE OF MOGADISHU: ANATOMY OF A FAILURE by MAJ Roger N. Sangvic, USA, 48 pages. By applying Cohen and Gooch's model to the Battle of Mogadishu, this paper has shows that the failure of the TFR mission on 3-4 October 1993 was the result of a system failure. Secretary Aspin received far more blame than he deserved for making the decision.
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Oct 3, 2013 · Task Force Ranger’s commander, Major General William Garrison, believed the key to apprehending Aideed was actionable intelligence provided by human intelligence (HUMINT).
The battle of Mogadishu in early October 1993 shocked most Americans. U.S. forces had been deployed to Somalia to support a U.N. humanitarian mission and had helped end a famine, saving hundreds of thousands of lives.
Oct 25, 1993 · Lieut. Col. Danny McKnight, the commander of the Third Battalion, 75th Rangers, which carried out the attack, reported to Maj. Gen. William Garrison, the commander of the Joint Special Operations...
