Captain A. and his fighters from the 101st had already been in quite a few activities and arenas since the outbreak of the war. But even for them, this mission in the "Crown of Mount Hermon" was extraordinary.
They raided what was until recently the terrorist headquarters of the old Syrian regime, confiscated cannons, mortars and charges and destroyed enemy property. At sunrise, the paratroopers returned to the country - and only then did they grasp the magnitude of the event.
Last week, in the dead of night and in armored vehicles, forces from the Mountain Brigade, led by Company A of the 101st Paratroopers' Battalion, entered many kilometers deep into Syrian territory. They began a nighttime journey that culminated in an attack on one of the most prominent terrorist targets they had operated on the scene so far - the central headquarters of the old Syrian regime in the Hermon area.
"Who would have imagined a few months ago that we would be dozens of kilometers deep into Syria?" says the company commander, Captain A. "In the ten minutes after the order is given, you digest it, but very quickly you realize that it is indeed happening, you know the operational complexity and prepare an appropriate response to possible scenarios."
