Lt.Gen. William Boykin's departure ends a legendary 36 year career, most of it as a special operations warrior and member of the army's elite Delta Force counter-terrorism unit.Boykin oversaw the Pentagon's counter-terrorism operations and the so far unsuccessful search for bin Laden.It would appear from the missions the DOD feels good about releasing information on, the Gen. Boink-in is a bit of a failure in the picking-the right mission department.
A devout evangelical Christian, he gained notoriety for a series of videotaped appearances at churches across the United States in 2003 in which he vividly portrayed the war on terrorism as a fight with Satan. [ ] Details of Boykin's career are shrouded in secrecy but he has been reported to have played a role in some of most dramatic US military engagements of the past three decades.
He is said to have been part of the Delta Force team that made an aborted attempt to rescue US hostages in Tehran in 1980.
He was seriously wounded in Grenada in 1983, was part of the invasion force sent to capture Panamanian strongman General Manuel Noriega in 1989, and led the Delta Force during the "Black Hawk Down" battle in Somalia in 1993.
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