Faunia: Aziz was 25 years old, married and knew his country inside and out. He had been teaching English in that apartment building when my teammate Andy recruited him to our task force. By signing up for special operations, Aziz knew he was taking on a dangerous assignment but fit his personality courageous and passionate of the local nationals working with us. Faunia: We traveled into what we called nonconventional or non-permissive areas where combat support and support forces were not operating. Our purpose was to establish a presence and build soft missions support for kinetic action and contingencies and escape.