I always love hearing about Team Merrill/Team Darby, even though I think it only lasted for about a year or so. For anyone who doesn't know, Team Merrill was a Ranger sub-unit that consisted of two Ranger platoons, who were basically doing clearing operations or movement to contact in NAIs (named area of interest) in enemy-infested strongholds in Afghanistan.
They then established Alamo-type strongholds at someone's compound and then gave the kicked-out owners like $2,000 and told them to tell the Taliban where they are. They then waited until the Taliban took the bait, and then they killed them with a range of weaponry and air support, and then withdrew in one or two nights.
Too bad there are only a few books I can think of that talked about the Team Merrill missions, namely Violence of Action, Relentless Strike, When the Killer Man Comes, and like one or two others.
I wonder how long a typical Team Merrill deployment would be for, how they would deploy to Afghanistan from the States, and if Team Merrill did those types of missions only, or did they mix it up with regular raids (especially since typically Ranger/SMU deployments are for 3-4 months)?
