VICTORY POINT: Operations Red Wings and Whalers - The Marine Corps' Battle for Freedom in Afghanistan by Ed Darack

— Read about one of the most incredible victories in the Global War on Terror, one virtually unknown...until now —

—"Operation Red Wings" refers to the same mission often incorrectly referenced as "Operation Redwing"

—Operation Red Wings was planned by the 2nd Battalion of the 3rd Marine Regiment, and utilized special operations forces. This was not planned solely as a special operation

—Operation Whalers achieved the operational goals of Operation Red Wings.

—Click here to ask Ed Darack, the author, a specific question.

Little has been comprehensively written about Red Wings, leaving most of the operation's details unknown. And virtually nothing has been disclosed or written about Operation Whalers, the subsequent mission—which yielded a vastly different outcome than that of Red Wings. REGISTER FOR EMAIL UPDATES.