After arriving, the platoon from 2/75 had to make the 7-kilometer trek back to the HLZ, as that was the nearest place a helicopter could land in the. Photo by Rachel Larue, courtesy of Arlington National Cemetery. Helping us search and find where we are meant to go. Campbell was one of 30 Americans killed when a CH-47 Chinook helicopter, with the call sign Extortion 17, crashed in Afghanistan. Troubled by all the pain and injustice in the world he is driven to write in brief chapters that touch universal truths. Google “Extortion 17” for more of the background story.Ĭhris Bent, former Navy SEAL UDT-21, is the author of 11 books. I don’t speak in public and was nervous, yet, at the same time became inspired….įunny… just noticed it is 17 minutes long… go figure? Long story… out of the blue I was asked to be the keynote speaker this last September 17 for a Navy SEAL Memorial Service in honor of the Extortion 17 Chinook mission where 30 lives were tragically lost. It’s been 10 years today since the Obummer administration had a CH-47 shot down in Wardak Province, Afghanistan (Call Sign Extortion 17) and we still haven’t been told why. Hope you feel the emotion… Chris Bent God Bless You & God Bless America CH-47D Chinook military helicopter operating with the call sign Extortion 17 (pronounced 'one-seven') was shot down while transporting a Quick Reaction Force attempting to reinforce a Joint Special Operations Command unit of the 75th Ranger Regiment in the Tangi Valley in Maidan Wardak province, southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan. Had no idea what to do… Just went for it. New documentary tells true story of Extortion 17 Gold Star father of Aaron Vaugh, Bill Vaughn, on ‘Fallen Angel’ documentary that investigates extortion 17 tragedy. I was honored to be asked to be the keynote speaker.
Now, nearly a decade later, almost ten years, a new documentary called fallen angel aims at the lingering questions and exposing the truth of what really happened that tragic early morning. The service was attended by family, military, and SEAL candidates. Gold Star father of Aaron Vaugh, Bill Vaughn, on ‘Fallen Angel’ documentary that investigates extortion 17 tragedy. The United West is not looking to just make a small production either. The mission being high risk had two AH-64 Apaches, an AC-130 gunship as well as other surveillance aircraft. 2300 - 47 Rangers in two CH-47D Chinooks land close to the target compound. Screenwriter and producer Stephen Spivey joins me in. A Navy SEAL Memorial Service for the 30 lives lost in a Chinook Crash in Afghanistan on August 6, 2011. In referencing Don Brown’s book Call Sign Extortion 17: The Shoot-Down of SEAL Team Six, Trento told Freedom Outpost, It is essentially the script for the investigative documentary. US intel discovered senior Taliban leader Qari Tahir was operating in Tangi Valley. by Dean Garrison, DC Clothesline: As we near the tenth anniversary of the downing of Extortion 17, which took the lives of more than 2 dozen Americans, including 17 Navy SEALS, a brand new documentary/film has been released titled FALLEN ANGEL Call Sign: Extortion 17.
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