ODA 574, callsign "Texas 12" (Texas One-Two), was a group of 12 U.S Special Forces soldiers from Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th SFG [2] under the command of Captain Jason Amerine.

Mar 22, 2017 · On the morning before the Taliban surrendered, an Air Force bomber accidentally dropped a joint direct attack munition on ODA 574's position outside the city. "Everyone I've ever led in...

Sep 11, 2018 · Just 72 hours after stepping foot into Afghanistan, ODA 574 experienced one of the largest U.S. military close-air engagements since the Vietnam War. Certain members of the team were emotionally rattled.

Dec 13, 2023 · Yoshida was attached to a TF Dagger team known as ODA 574 led by now-retired Army Lt. Col. Jason Amerine. Their mission was to infiltrate Afghanistan with Hamid Karzai, who later became the...

3 days ago · On Nov. 30, ODA 574, together with a guerrilla force of about 300 men, began the offensive to seize Kandahar. On Dec. 2, the force invested Shawali Kowt, a town on the Arghandab River and considered the gateway to Kandahar.

ODA 574 deployed by SOAR Black Hawks near Tarin Kowt on November 14th, along with Pashtun militia leader, Hamid Karzai. As Karazai's forces pushed south towards Kandahar, an error by an attached USAF TACP resulted in a 2,000lb GPS-guided JDAM hitting friendly forces, killing and wounding several Special Forces and militiamen.

Aug 20, 2011 · The 12 Americans of Operational Detachment Alpha 574 and 35 Afghans defended Tarin Kowt from 100 Taliban trucks carrying 1,000 insurgents. The town was successfully defended by the brave troops of Alpha 574 as well as the Afghan freedom-fighters, who drove back the Taliban.

Amerine and ODA 574 alongside Hamid Karzai during the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan. After graduating from West Point, Amerine volunteered for Ranger duty and then for Special Forces Assessment and Selection (SFAS) and thereafter headed up Texas 12, the codename for Operational Detachment Alpha 574 of the Army's 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces ...

Amerine led Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) 574, an A-team of eleven soldiers from the U.S. Army's 5th Special Forces Group which fought with and protected Afghan leader Hamid Karzai in...

Jun 16, 2016 · Consisting of 11 members, Special Forces A-Team ODA 574 was one of these groups. Having deployed with a mission to escort the future Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai, this elite team,...