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Delta’s extensive mountain training in Montana and elsewhere had taught the AFO troops what
equipment was needed to endure such a harsh environment. They would be walking for miles on end
at high altitude, so their clothing and sleeping gear had to be warm enough to keep them alive and
ready to fight, but not so bulky or heavy that it slowed them down. They wore black thermal
underwear for warmth under desert camouflage Gore-Tex jackets and pants that kept them dry in the
snow. Waterproof gloves protected their hands. Each team member wore his favorite brand of coldweather
combat boots. On their heads the operators wore Pro-Tek foam-lined plastic sports helmets
that they modified by cutting off the earpieces and adding chinstraps and mounts for their night-vision
goggles. The helmets offered no ballistic protection but weighed less than a pound and allowed the
operators to avoid wearing the awkward face mounts for night-vision goggles. They also wore Peltor
earmuff-style radio headphones, which blocked out loud noises like close-in gunfire while enhancing
distant sounds like footsteps. The operators also carried Afghan scarves and blankets, so that if seen
from afar as they picked their way along the ridgelines, they wouldn’t stand out immediately as
Americans. None of them wore body armor. Too heavy and bulky for their mission, it also prevented
snipers from lying fully prone. In an effort to save weight, the operators carried just one coldweather
sleeping bag between them, to be used only in emergencies. “If a guy went hypothermic, we
could at least stuff him in a bag and warm him back up,” an operator said. Otherwise, they slept in
“Norwegian sleeping bags” they had bought on a mission in Bosnia. These were little thicker than
military poncho liners and could be rolled into tiny packages and stuffed in rucks. When bedding
down, an operator would slip the Norwegian sleeping bag into a “bivvy sack,” a Gore-Tex shell that
kept the sleeping bag—and the soldier inside it—dry. Before moving out, the operators packed the
sleeping gear, food, water, and communications equipment into civilian long-range mountaineering
and hunting rucks designed to distribute weight evenly. The commandos spraypainted these in khaki
and tan camouflage patterns, except for a couple that came with a preprinted camouflage design for
civilian hunters.
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