Send a message to the Taliban. Then figure out if the site could support future operations.
That was the mission into Rhino, which later became Camp Rhino. Tony Mayne, Army Ranger and founder of Ranger for Life, was part of the element that pushed into the main compound for sensitive site exploitation, checking door handles, checking the electricity, piecing together who'd been there and whether they were coming back.
They had roughly 2.5 hours on the ground max. He says it felt like 15 minutes. 🪖
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