Battle of Mogadishu - 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment "Delta" (SFOD), Operation Gothic Serpent T Shirt - ClassicOperation Gothic Serpent was a military operation conducted by United States special operations forces during the Somali Civil War with the primary mission of capturing faction leader Mohamed Farrah Aidid. The operation occurred in Somalia from August to October 1993 and was supervised by the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). As part of the operation, the soldiers were deployed in a mission to arrest two of Aidid's lieutenants. That mission's