Distinguished Service Cross Citation for Specialist Craig D. Warfle The following is the Distinguished Service Cross citation awarded to Specialist Craig D. Warfle. Warfle has subsuquently been promoted to Sergeant. The President of the United States Takes Pleasure in Presenting The Distinguished Service Cross To Craig D. Warfle Taliban Commander and weapons facilitator, was meeting near a tree line with at least 17 other Taliban fighters. Specialist, U.S. Army Information gathered indicated that the enemy was For Services as Set Forth in the Following orchestrating an ambush on Coalition Forces in Logar Province, Afghanistan. Specialist Craig D. Warfle distinguished himself by The team observed the fighters in position for the exceptionally valorous achievement as a Ranger Squad attack to include multiple spotters and runners used to Automatic Weapons Gunner on August 18, 2010 while communicate between the various fighting locations. The deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Battle Owner was notified of the imminent threat and Freedom. Specialist Warfle was assigned to a task force, diverted all convoys. When the enemy fighters aborted whose mission was to capture or kill Al Qaeda (AQ) and their attack they were observed Taliban (TB) Senior Leadership. walking in a military formation back towards a meeting site Specialist Warfle’s valorous along a tree line. Enroute to that actions under effective fire while location the enemy fighters were executing an objective saved the positively identified to be lives of his teammates and were carrying weapons. instrumental in the death of at The team initiated a kinetic least 16 Taliban fighters, the strike on the fighter’s location removal of two Taliban from two AH-64s. The team Provincial Commanders, and the stood ready and boarded two recovery of a large cache of helicopters for insertion once weapons intended for use against the kinetic strike was complete. Coalition Forces. Immediately the kinetic On August 18, 2010, the strike, the team inserted a Ranger Element onto team received special intelligence indicating that a T i p o f t h e S p e a r 18
Distinguished Service Cross Citation for Specialist Craig D. Warfle The following is the Distinguished Service Cross citation awarded to Specialist Craig D. Warfle. Warfle has subsuquently been promoted to Sergeant. The President of the United States Takes Pleasure in Presenting The Distinguished Service Cross To Craig D. Warfle Specialist, U.S. Army For Services as Set Forth in the Following Specialist Craig D. Warfle distinguished himself by exceptionally valorous achievement as a Ranger Squad Automatic Weapons Gunner on August 18, 2010 while deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Specialist Warfle was assigned to a task force, whose mission was to capture or kill Al Qaeda (AQ) and Taliban (TB) Senior Leadership. Specialist Warfle’s valorous actions under effective fire while executing an objective saved the lives of his teammates and were instrumental in the death of at least 16 Taliban fighters, the removal of two Taliban Provincial Commanders, and the recovery of a large cache of weapons intended for use against Coalition Forces. On August 18, 2010, the team received special intelligence indicating that a Taliban Commander and weapons facilitator, was meeting near a tree line with at least 17 other Taliban fighters. Information gathered indicated that the enemy was orchestrating an ambush on Coalition Forces in Logar Province, Afghanistan. The team observed the fighters in position for the attack to include multiple spotters and runners used to communicate between the various fighting locations. The Battle Owner was notified of the imminent threat and diverted all convoys. When the enemy fighters aborted their attack they were observed walking in a military formation back towards a meeting site along a tree line. Enroute to that location the enemy fighters were positively identified to be carrying weapons. The team initiated a kinetic strike on the fighter’s location from two AH-64s. The team stood ready and boarded two helicopters for insertion once the kinetic strike was complete. Immediately the kinetic strike, the team inserted a Ranger Element onto T i p o f t h e S p e a r 18
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