The Waziristan rescue mission was conducted by Captain Scott Mitchell's Ghost Team in 2009.
Background
After a US SpecOps team and their CIA contacts were ambushed by the Taliban, the three survivors were tracked down to a safehouse. Mitchell's undercover team was deployed to rescue them. Sergeant Alicia Diaz was the sniper, Sergeant Marcus Brown was the gunner and Staff Sergeant Joe Ramirez with Mitchell were riflemen.
The Operation
They stormed the building and recovered Sergeant "Rutang" McDaniel and the two CIA agents. On the way back to the MH-60K Black Hawk, they were again ambushed by over 100 Taliban fighters who came from a tunnel network. Diaz and Mitchell were forced to make it to a secondary landing zone. Major Susan Grey later questioned Mitchell's decision to get McDaniel onto the chopper first.
Lieutenant Colonel, Harold "Buzz" Gordon who had watched over the mission, said he wanted Mitchell in Eritrea for a possible conflict.
Trivia
- Mitchell's team field-tested the beta early version of the Cross Com system during the operation, and he recommended to be deployed.