Desert Sword was to prevent Freedom Force from liberating a German scientist named Reinhold Kurtzmann in Kuwait. Desert Sword ambushed them and Aminedi decapitated Super Sabre and cut off Crimson Commando's right arm.[1] Kurtzmann was captured by Freedom force but then recaptured by Desert Sword. Pyro still managed to kill Kurtzmann though.[2] Sirocco and Aminedi trapped Avalanche and Commando in a mine field and as Commando's condition worsened Avalanche trapped the two under a pile of rock, though they later escaped, and rode a wave of dirt to their designated extraction point and got him to safety, leaving both Blob and Pyro who were later captured by Desert Sword.[3]