in response to the attacks on america 11 september 2001, naval special warfare forces put operators on the ground in afghanistan in october. the first military flag officer to set foot in afghanistan was a navy seal, rear admiral albert calland, in charge of special operations command central (soccent), which was responsible for all special operations for central command. additionally, a navy seal captain commanded combined joint special operations task force (cjsotf) south. commonly referred to as task force k-bar, the task force included navy, army, air force and coalition special operations forces. during operation enduring freedom, nsw forces carried out more than 75 special reconnaissance and direct action missions, destroying more than 500,000 pounds of explosives and weapons; positively identifying enemy personnel and conducting leadership interdiction operations in the search for terrorists trying to escape by seagoing vessels.