LTC (R) Jason Amerine, 6 April 2016

On 6 April 2016, the Modern War Institute hosted LTC (R) Jason Amerine for a MWI Speaker Series event. LTC (R) Amerineone was one of the original Horseback Soldiers during America's initial use of Special Operations Forces in Afghanistan. He served as the team leader for Operational Detachment Alpha 574 during the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan with a the mission to linking up Hamid Karzai in Pakistan, escorting him and a group of Pashtun fighers into Southern Afghanistan to overthrow the Taliban and retake Kanadar.