The older guys on this crew, like Eversmann, a staff sergeant with five years in at age twenty-six, had lived and trained together for years. Ebenfalls empfehlenswert das Buch von Dan Schilling/Matt Eversman "The Battle of Mogadishu: Firsthand Accounts from the Men of Task Force Ranger" mit weiteren Schilderungen der Ereignisse von an dem Einsatz teilnehmenden Soldaten. He draws on his extensive interviews of participants from both sides’as well as classified combat video and radio transcripts’to bring their stories to life. S. Admiral Jonathan Howe, declared Aidid an outlaw, and the faction leader's forces and supporters subsequently began targeting the officer. They are creatures of pop culture who grew up singing along with Sesame Street shuttling to day care, and navigating today's hyper adolescence through the pitfalls of drugs and unsafe sex.

One of the difficulties of conveying combat stems from the endlessly unique perceptions of those who experience it. The observation birds were equipped with video cameras and radio equipment that would relay the action live to General Garrison and the other senior officers in the Joint Operations Center (JOC) back at the beach. One of the key events is the downing of two United States MH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, from which the book derives its title, and the attempt to rescue their crews.When the unit was finally rescued the following morning, eighteen American soldiers were dead and dozens more badly injured. By the time they reached the street, the D-boys would already be taking down the target house, rounding up Somali prisoners and shooting anyone foolish enough to fight back.

Before the book was published, Bowden's series had already begun to attract attention within the media. In their own words, Mark Bowden has captured the heroism, honor, and horror of the battle of Mogadishu for both Americans and Somalis.I have played the computer game, watched the movie at least a couple of times, and finally got the chance to read the book.