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( April 2010 ) Battle of Takur Ghar Part of the War in Afghanistan ( 2001 - present ) Date 4 -- 5 March 2002 Location Takur Ghar Result Coalition Victory Belligerents United States Australia Afghanistan Taliban insurgents Al - Qaeda Commanders and leaders Brigadier General Gregory Trebon Lieutenant Colonel Pete Blaber Saifurrahman Mansoor Strength 1 SEAL team ( DEVGRU ) 1 Army Ranger platoon 3 Airmen 1 or 2 Australian SAS teams 4 MH - 47 Chinooks 1 AC - 130 gunship Two F - 15Es Two F - 16s 1 CIA armed Predator drone 500 -- 1,000 Al - Qaeda Fighters Casualties and losses 3 Rangers 1 SEAL 2 Airmen 1 SOAR Total : 7 2 Chinooks lost 200 Al - Qaeda Fighters War in Afghanistan ( 2001 -- present ) Timeline 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Battles and operations Invasion Crescent Wind Rhino Mazar - i - Sharif Kunduz Herat Kabul Tawin Kowt Trent Kandahar Qala - i - Jangi Shawali Kowt Sayyd Alma Kalay Tora Bora Helmand Province campaign Lejay Eagle Fury Lashkar Gah Mountain Thrust 1st Sangin Mountain Fury Now Zad Achilles Musa Qala I Volcano Kryptonite Silver Pickaxe - Handle Hammer Nasrat Musa Qala II Garmsir Eagle 's Summit Red Dagger Shahi Tandar Diesel Mar Lewe Panther 's Claw Nad Strike of the Sword Dahaneh Cobra 's Anger Moshtarak Tor Shezada 2nd Sangin Camp Bastion Fall of Sangin Kandahar Province Tarnak Farm Airstrike Medusa Avalanche Kaika Panjwaii Falcon Summit Hoover Luger Kamin Shah Wali Kot 1st Kandahar Spin Boldak Sarposa Prison Arghandab Wech Baghtu 2nd Kandahar Nadahan wedding bombing Hamkari Dragon Strike Baawar Kandahar Eastern Afghanistan Hazar Qadam Anaconda ( Takur Ghar ) Warrior Sweep Jacana Haven Denial Mountain Resolve Tar Heels Korangal valley ( Red Wings ) Afghanya Ebrahimkhel Jaji border incident Nangar Khel South Korean hostages Wanat Alasay Nishagam Ganjal Kamdesh 2010 Badakhshan massacre Narang Khataba Bad Pakh Bulldog Bite Do Ab Asadabad Battle of Barawala Kalay Valley Nangarhar Jani Khel Tora Bora Kabul Province 1st Kabul Hotel Serena 1st Indian Embassy Uzbin Feb 2009 Kabul raid 2nd Indian Embassy Bakhtar guest house NATO headquarters Jan 2010 Kabul raid Feb 2010 Kabul raid May 2010 Kabul bombing NATO convoy 2nd Kabul Kunduz Province Kunduz airstrike Oqab Sahda Ehlm Gala - e Gorg Harekate Yolo Karez Halmazag 1st Kunduz 2nd Kunduz 3rd Kunduz Mountain Viper Asbury Park Perth Chora Firebase Anaconda Shewan Balamorghab Derapet Doan Omari Tarinkot 1st Darzab Airstrikes Azizabad Baraki Barak Deh Bala Gora Prai Granai Hyderabad Kapisa Kunar Raid Kunduz Mano Gai Sayyd Alma Kalay Sangin Uruzgan Wech Baghtu MSF hospital Sangin Nangarhar Major insurgent attacks 2002 - 2007 Kabul ( 2002 ) 1st Bagram Airfield ( 2007 ) South Korean hostage crisis ( 2007 ) Baghlan ( 2007 ) 2008 Kandahar Spin Boldak Khost Kabul Indian Embassy 1st Kabul Serena Hotel 2009 Kabul raids Kandahar Kabul Indian Embassy Kabul UN guesthouse Camp Chapman Kabul central district Kabul guesthouses Kabul U.S. convoy Nadahan 2011 Logar Kabul Inter-Continental Hotel Nimruz Zabul 1st Kabul embassy district Kabul & Mazar - e-Sharif 2012 April 2012 raids Camp Bastion 2013 Farah 1st Kabul Supreme Court Kabul Presidential palace Jalalabad Indian embassy Herat U.S. consulate 2014 Kabul restaurant 2nd Kabul Serena Hotel Herat Indian consulate 2nd Bagram Airfield 1st Paktika 2nd Paktika Kabul French high school 2015 Jalalabad Kabul Park Palace Hotel Kabul Parliament Khost Kabul Police Academy Kabul Airport Kabul NATO convoy Ghazni prison escape Kandahar Airport Kabul Spanish Embassy 3rd Bagram Airfield 2016 Kabul ANCOP Jalalabad Kabul NDS Kunduz - Takhar highway Kabul Canadian Embassy convoy Wardak Province Kabul Hazara protest Kabul Northgate Hotel Kabul American University Kabul Defense Ministry Mazar - i - Sharif German consulate 4th Bagram Airfield Kabul Shia mosque 2017 10 January bombings 2nd Kabul Supreme Court Kabul Sardar Daud Khan hospital Camp Shaheen 2nd Kabul embassy district Kabul funeral 1st Herat mosque Kabul mosque Lashkargah Kabul Iraqi embassy 2nd Herat mosque Ghazni & Gardez Kandahar Army base Kabul & Ghor Province mosques Massacres Dasht - i - Leili Shinwar Nangar Narang Maywand Khataba Badakhshan Kandahar FOB Delhi Other U.S. urination incident 2012 Quran burning protests Insurgents ' bodies U.S. -- Afghan Strategic Agreement U.S. Withdrawal Location of Takur Ghar The Battle of Takur Ghar was a short but intense military engagement between United States special operations forces and al Qaeda insurgents fought in March 2002, atop Takur Ghar mountain in Afghanistan. For the U.S. side, the battle proved the deadliest entanglement of Operation Anaconda, an effort early in the war in Afghanistan to rout al Qaeda forces from the Shahi - Kot Valley and Arma Mountains. The battle saw three helicopter landings by the U.S. on the mountain top, each greeted by direct assault from al Qaeda forces. Although Takur Ghar was eventually taken, seven U.S. service members were killed and many wounded. The battle is also known as the Battle of Roberts Ridge, after the first casualty of the battle, Navy SEAL Neil C. Roberts. Contents 1 Prelude 2 The battle 2.1 Fate of Roberts and Chapman 2.2 Casualties 3 In popular culture 4 Notes 5 References Prelude In the evening of March 3 2002, the Task Force 11 leadership essentially ordered the Delta Force AFO commander to pass control of the AFO teams involved in the Operation Anaconda to the SEALs of Task Force Blue - who were moving teams in from Bagram to Gardez for this purpose. The SEALs were not heavily involved in the Operation up to this point but the TF11 commander bluntly ordered their deployment as well as changing the immediate command in an ongoing operation, possibly so that the SEALs could gain combat experience. The battle In the late evening of March 3, two SEAL teams from DEVGRU, MAKO 30 & MAKO 21, were to arrive in Gardez for immediate insertion into the Shahi - Kot Valley. MAKO 21 planned to link up with AFO team Juliet at the northern end of the valley, resupply it and then establish a hide site / observation post on the eastern ridge above Task Force Rakkasan 's blocking position ; whilst MAKO 30 planned to establish an observation point on the peak of Takur Ghar, which commanded a view of the Shahi - Kot valley. Due to time constraints, a helicopter insertion would be needed for the team to reach the peak before dawn. The AFO suggested insertion at a point 1,400 meters ( 4,300 ft ) east of the peak, but due to a delayed B - 52 bomber sortie in the area, the team was told to turn back and land at the airstrip near Gardez. Further complications arose during the second lift off as they were delayed due to an air assault in proximity of the LZ. With the threat of daylight getting near, the SEALs chose the peak itself as the insertion point. The two teams were picked up by two MH - 47 Chinook helicopters of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, Razor 03 and Razor 04, at 11 : 23 PM on March 3. However, Razor 03 experienced engine difficulties, and two new MH - 47s were dispatched to replace the original helicopters. This delay meant that the SEALs could not be inserted into the landing zone east of the peak until 2 : 30 AM on March 4, with not enough time to reach the peak before daylight. An AC - 130H Spectre, Nail 22, flew a reconnaissance mission over the peak prior to the landing and saw no enemy activity, but it was called away to support other troops before Razor 03 and 04 arrived at the landing zone ; MAKO 30 team leader was uneasy at the speed with which the sweep was conducted and wondered whether they had the right mountain but he dismissed his doubts and trusted the Spectre 's technology. At around 0245 hours, as Razor 03 flared to land at the LZ and was immediately fired upon by machinegun and RPGs, an RPG struck just behind the cockpit, starting a fire in the cabin. As machinegun rounds penetrated the unarmored Chinook, another RPG, seconds after the first, hit the Chinooks right - side radar pod, which blew out all electrical power to the helicopter, particularly its miniguns and navigational systems. The Chinook was hit by a further 2 RPGs and more heavy automatic weapons fire from at least three distinct firing points ( particularly from a supposedly abandoned DShK position ). The Chinook set down at a slight depression, shielding the pilots from the DShK 's fire. The pilot made the call to take stricken helicopter off ; as he brought the Chinook back into the air, PO1 Neil C. Roberts fell out of the open ramp. One SOAR crewman grabbed hold of his pack but lost his grip. Razor 03 attempted to return and retrieve him, but the damage prevented proper control and the helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing in the valley about 11 kilometers ( 7 mi ) away. Roberts fell 10ft into the snow covering Takur Ghar and activated his infrared strobe to mark his position. Razor 04 returned to the peak to attempt to rescue Roberts, as the Chinook offloaded MAKO 30, they came under immediate fire from the DShK, though it was relatively unscathed and left the AO after MAKO 30 successfully disembarked. At first, the terrorists did n't spot MAKO 30 in the early morning darkness, MAKO 30 split up into two - man pairs to conduct bounding movement and they were making good ground until the enemy spotted them. One team ran across a concealed al - Qaeda bunker and killed 3 fighters before the SEALs were suppressed by other fighters with PKM machine gun. The firefight lasted 20 minutes before the team leader decided to order his team to break contact, USAF combat controller Technical Sergeant John A. Chapman and two SEALs were wounded. Mako 30 was forced off the peak due to its losses and requested the assistance of the quick - reaction force made up on mainly Rangers from the 1st Battalion Ranger located at Bagram Air Base, led by Captain Nate Self. Technical Sergeant Chapman was mistakenly believed to have been killed prior to Mako 30 withdrawing from the peak. Alone and wounded, facing superiors numbers of enemy insurgents, drone footage showed Sergeant Chapman killing at least two of the insurgents, one in hand - to - hand combat, before being killed himself. The quick reaction force ( QRF ) consisted of 19 Rangers, a Tactical Air Control Party ( TACP ), and a three - man USAF special tactics team ( PJs and Combat Controllers ) carried by two Chinooks, Razor 01 and Razor 02. Due to satellite communications difficulties, Razor 01 was mistakenly directed to the `` hot '' LZ on the peak at 33 ° 20 ′ 34 '' N 69 ° 12 ′ 49 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 33.34278 ° N 69.21361 ° E ﻿ / 33.34278 ; 69.21361. As Air Force rules prohibited AC - 130 aircraft from remaining in hostile airspace in daylight after the crash of an AC - 130 during the Battle of Khafji in the Gulf War, the AC - 130 support protecting Mako 30 was forced to leave before Razor 01 reached the LZ. During the flight, the Ranger commander was informed that his team was to land and extract a `` SEAL sniper team '' that was in contact with the enemy, which was false. Further communications difficulties meant that the pilot of the AC - 130 was unaware that Razor 01 was incoming. At approximately 0610 hours, Razor 01, under the command of Captain Nate Self, reached the landing zone. The aircraft immediately began taking fire from RPG, DShK and small arms fire, and the right door minigunner, Sergeant Phillip Svitak, was killed by the small arms fire. An RPG then hit the helicopter, destroying the right engine and forcing it to crash land. As the Rangers and special tactics team exited the aircraft, Private First Class Matt Commons, posthumously promoted to Corporal, Sergeant Brad Crose, and Specialist Marc Anderson were killed. The surviving crew and quick - reaction force took cover in a hillock and a fierce firefight began. CPT Self decided to suppress the enemy firing points and launch a counterattack against the peak, bounding forward in subteams ( one team firing while the other moved forward ). They advanced about 20m before the weight of enemy fire forced them into cover. Razor 02, which had been diverted to Gardez as Razor 01 was landing on Takur Ghar, returned with the rest of the quick - reaction force at 0625 hours. Razor 02 inserted the other half of the QRF with its force of 10 Rangers at an `` offset '' landing zone, down the mountain some 800 meters ( 2,600 ft ) east and over 610 meters ( 2,000 ft ) below the mountaintop. The Rangers ' movement up the hill was a physically demanding 2 - hour effort under heavy mortar fire and in thin mountain air. They climbed the 45 - 70 degree slope, most of it covered in a meter ( 3 ft ) of snow, weighted down by their weapons, body armor and equipment. By 1030 am local time, the men covered half of the 50m distance to the enemy positions when they were engaged by PKM fire. They were exhausted and the enemy at the top of the hill a mere 50 meters ( 160 ft ) from their position. Meanwhile, the Rangers on the peak called in several Danger Close gun runs from orbiting F - 15E and F - 16C aircraft to suppress the enemy before again attempting another ground assault. However the Ranger commander realized that what they had assumed was fallen logs foliage was actually a fortified bunker. He ordered his Rangers to withdraw as they did not have enough men to start clearing them and other prepared positions. The attached USAF CCT vectored in airstrikes to keep the al - Qaeda forces at bay until the rest of the Rangers arrived ; the CCT directed a number of strikes on the peak, which were well within the normal safety limits and he also called in a strike from a MQ - 1 Predator UAV ( which was the first recorded use of the vehicle ), one of the two hellfire missiles it fired collapsed the bunker. As the ten men of Razor 02 arrived, the Rangers prepared to assault the enemy positions. As the Air Force CCT called in a last airstrike on the enemy bunkers and with two machine guns providing suppression fire, seven Rangers stormed the hill as quickly as they could in the knee - deep snow - shooting and throwing grenades. Within minutes, the Rangers took the hill, killing several al Qaeda fighters. The force was able to consolidate its position on the peak. An enemy counterattack midday mortally wounded Senior Airman Jason D. Cunningham, a pararescueman. The wounded were refused medical evacuation during the daylight hours, due to risk of another downed helicopter. However, Australian SASR soldiers, along with US Air Force Combat Controller Jim Hotaling, had infiltrated nearby prior to the first helicopter crash as part of a long range reconnaissance mission. They remained undetected in an observation post through the firefight and CCT Jim Hotaling proved critical in co-ordinating multiple Coalition air strikes to prevent the al Qaeda fighters from overrunning the downed aircraft. This, plus the actions of the two SASR operators working with the 10th Mountain, earned the commander of the Australian SASR force in Afghanistan the U.S. Bronze Star for his unit 's outstanding contribution to the war on terrorism. At around 2000 hours, the quick - reaction force and Mako 30 / 21 were exfiltrated from the Takur Ghar peak. As a result of this action, both Technical Sergeant Chapman and Senior Airman Cunningham were awarded the Air Force Cross, the second highest award for bravery. U.S. and Afghan sources believe at least 200 al Qaeda fighters were killed during the initial assault and subsequent rescue mission. Fate of Roberts and Chapman It is not certain whether Roberts died immediately or was killed by opposing fighters. There is a possibility that the sailor was captured by the al Qaeda fighters, and executed later with a single shot to the back of the head. ( One of the feeds showed a group of 8 -- 10 fighters huddling around what appeared to be a body ; both GRIM - 32 and MAKO 30 noted that an infrared strobe light ( IR strobe ) was active, a video feed showed the fighters passing the IR strobe around. ) This report has not been confirmed. MG Frank Hagenbeck did confirm that al Qaeda fighters were seen ( on live video feed from a Predator drone orbiting the firefight ) chasing Roberts, and later dragging his body away from the spot where he fell. Another feed from the same Predator showed a puff of heat ( from a rifle ) and the indistinct figure in front of it fall. Also, the quick - reaction soldiers reported fighters wearing Roberts ' gear and finding `` a helmet with a bullet hole in it, ( from which ) it was clear the last person ( Roberts ) to wear it had been shot in the head ''. Other reports have Roberts surviving for nearly an hour and inflicting serious casualties on opposing forces with his pistol and grenades before his death. Predator drone footage also shows the possibility that Chapman was alive and fighting on the peak after the SEALs left rather than being killed outright as thought by MAKO 30. A man was seen fighting in a bunker against multiple enemies until hit by an RPG. If this man was Chapman, he succumbed `` a mere 45 seconds before... Razor 01 appeared over the mountaintop ''. Col. Andrew N. Milani ( Former commander of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment ) and Dr. Stephen D. Biddle noted in their 2003 United States Army War College publication that the Predator was on station 90 minutes after Roberts had fallen ; the images that were shot before the Predator had arrived were shot by GRIM - 32 's Infrared Cameras, although this has not been confirmed by commanders. Presented with the Air Force analysis in 2016, Colonel Milani submitted an addendum to his paper. `` With some of the original uncertainty removed, I can state that the probability now lies more in favor of Chapman surviving the original assault, '' he wrote. Casualties U.S. Naval Special Warfare Development Group ( DEVGRU ) : PO1 Neil `` Fifi '' C. Roberts, born 1970, Woodland, California U.S. Air Force Combat Controller : TSgt John A. Chapman, born 1965, Springfield, Massachusetts U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen : SrA Jason D. Cunningham, born 1975, Carlsbad, New Mexico U.S. Army 75th Ranger Regiment : CPL Matthew A. Commons, born 1981, Boulder City, Nevada SGT Bradley S. Crose, born 1980, Orange Park, Florida SPC Marc A. Anderson, born 1972, Brandon, Florida U.S. Army 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment ( Airborne ) : SGT Phillip `` Spytech '' Svitak, born 1971, Neosho, Missouri In popular culture The story of the 2010 video game Medal of Honor is based on the Battle of Takur Ghar with the character `` Rabbit '' loosely based on Neil `` Fifi '' C. Roberts. The captain in charge of Ranger Quick Reaction Force ( QRF ) on MH - 47 call sign Razor 01, Nate Self, was dubbed a hero and was subsequently interviewed regarding both the battle and development of PTSD as a result of the incidents. He has written a book entitled `` Two Wars '' which details his experiences. Notes Jump up ^ Neville, Leigh, Special Forces in the War on Terror ( General Military ), Osprey Publishing, 2015 ISBN 978 - 1472807908, p. 57 Jump up ^ Neville, Leigh, Special Forces in the War on Terror ( General Military ), Osprey Publishing, 2015 ISBN 978 - 1472807908, p. 58 Jump up ^ MacPherson, Malcolm ( July 25, 2006 ). Roberts Ridge : A Story of Courage and Sacrifice on Takur Ghar Mountain, Afghanistan. New York : Dell. pp. 4 -- 12. ISBN 0553586807. Jump up ^ Neville, Leigh, Special Forces in the War on Terror ( General Military ), Osprey Publishing, 2015 ISBN 978 - 1472807908, p. 58 Jump up ^ Neville, Leigh, Special Forces in the War on Terror ( General Military ), Osprey Publishing, 2015 ISBN 978 - 1472807908, p. 58 Jump up ^ Neville, Leigh, Special Forces in the War on Terror ( General Military ), Osprey Publishing, 2015 ISBN 978 - 1472807908, p. 58 - 64 Jump up ^ Neville, Leigh, Special Forces in the War on Terror ( General Military ), Osprey Publishing, 2015 ISBN 978 - 1472807908, p. 59 - 64 Jump up ^ Neville, Leigh, Special Forces in the War on Terror ( General Military ), Osprey Publishing, 2015 ISBN 978 - 1472807908, p. 64 Jump up ^ Kelly, Michael A. ; Comberiate, Joseph M. ; Miller, Ethan S. ; Paxton, Larry J. ( 1 October 2014 ). `` Progress toward forecasting of space weather effects on UHF SATCOM after Operation Anaconda ''. Space Weather. 12 ( 10 ) : 2014SW001081. doi : 10.1002 / 2014SW001081 -- via Wiley Online Library. Jump up ^ `` ' Space Bubbles ' may have aided enemy in fatal Afghan battle '' American Geophysical Union, 25 September 2014. Accessed : 2 October 2014. Jump up ^ Neville, Leigh, Special Forces in the War on Terror ( General Military ), Osprey Publishing, 2015 ISBN 978 - 1472807908, p. 65 Jump up ^ Neville, Leigh, Special Forces in the War on Terror ( General Military ), Osprey Publishing, 2015 ISBN 978 - 1472807908, p. 65 ^ Jump up to : Macpherson, Malcolm. Roberts Ridge Bantam Dell ( New York ), 2005. : ^ Jump up to : Naylor, Sean. Not a Good Day to Die Penguin Group ( New York ), 2005 : Jump up ^ Navy SEAL Neil Roberts Afghanistan War death. http://www.ptsdsupport.net/roberts.htm Jump up ^ In their paper, `` Pitfalls of Technology : A Case Study of the battle of Takur Ghar '' ( 1 ) q.v. Macpherson, Malcolm. Roberts Ridge Bantam Dell ( New York ), 2005. Page 352. Jump up ^ SEAN D. NAYLOR and CHRISTOPHER DREWAUG : SEAL Team 6 and a Man Left for Dead : A Grainy Picture of Valor. An airman with the unit is being considered for the Medal of Honor after new video analysis suggested that he fought alone bravely in a 2002 battle on an Afghan peak. NYT AUg. 27, 2016 Jump up ^ Macpherson, Malcolm. Roberts Ridge Bantam Dell ( New York ), 2005. Page 39 References MacPherson, M. 2005. Roberts Ridge : A Story of Courage and Sacrifice on Takur Ghar Mountain, Afghanistan, Delacorte, ISBN 0 - 553 - 80363 - 8 Naylor, S. 2005. Not a Good Day to Die : The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda, Berkley Hardcover, ISBN 0 - 425 - 19609 - 7. Executive Summary of the Battle of Takur Ghar ( pdf ) Self, N. 2008. Two Wars : One Hero 's Fight on Two Fronts -- Abroad and Within, Tyndale House, ISBN 1 - 4143 - 2009 - 4 Blaber, Pete ( 2008 ). The Mission, The Men, and Me : Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander. Berkley Pub Group. ISBN 978 - 0 - 425 - 22372 - 7. 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Question: where did the battle of roberts ridge take place
Answer: Takur Ghar mountain in Afghanistan