Ronald Fry

This was the story of commander Ron Fry and his unit that tried unconventional warfare in the Pech Valley which nobody has been able to bring to peace. Their group strove to capture the minds and hearts of the Afghan people. While this was a good "story", there was so much technical language such as the multitude of acronyms (as much as 3 per sentence) that it became burdensome for a layman to read. (OP, OD, OAD, EED, ARTEP, ARPA, EMA, EOE, ORT....) It was also important to the author that he name every man and their rank in every sentence. All this minutiae was cumbersome for this reader. From what I could gather Hammerhead Six was successful, however it all collapsed when they left and conventional warfare was resumed in 2009. In 2011 it was the deadliest area in Afghanistan.… (meer)