The battle occurred on Oct. 3-4, 1993, as a part of Operation Gothic Serpent. The U.S. Joint Special Operations Command deployed personnel under Task Force Ranger to Somalia to kill or capture ...

I debated whether or not to post something today about Operation Gothic Serpent, not because I doubt that it's worth remembering, but rather because if we were to post about every firefight ...

FORT BRAGG, N. C. – The U.S. Army approved the upgrade of 60 Army special operators’ awards for their heroic actions during Operation Gothic Serpent—more commonly known as the Battle of ...

The US Army is upgrading awards for 60 special operators who were part of Operation Gothic Serpent. That mission ended in the brutal Battle of Mogadishu, also known as the 'Black Hawk Down" incident.

The Army has upgraded 60 medals for special operators involved in Operation Gothic Serpent — 58 are being upgraded to Silver Stars and two are being upgraded to the Distinguished Flying Cross.

The U.S. Army is upgrading the combat awards for 60 veterans who served in Operation Gothic Serpent in 1993, a battle in Somalia more commonly known as "Black Hawk Down" for its pop culture ...

Those attacks changed the mission, dubbed Operation Gothic Serpent, for Task Force Ranger to begin focusing on raids to capture Aideed and his top commanders. Those raids, initially the kind ...

The Army upgraded heroism awards Thursday for 60 operators who took part in Operation Gothic Serpent, better known as “Black Hawk Down,” in the 1990s in Mogadishu, Somalia. Fifty-eight awards ...

The soldiers were part of Operation Gothic Serpent, which was led by U.S. Special Operations Forces from August 1993 to October 1993 during the Somali Civil War, the news release states.

"Black Hawk Down," U.S. military operatives know the true story behind the helicopter crash in "Black Hawk Down" as Operation Gothic Serpent. It was an operation that saw 18 American soldiers ...