Scenario 7: snakebite

•Twelve-person Special Forces team •Planned interdiction operation in arid, mountainous Middle Eastern terrain •Two trucks with surface-to-air missiles expected in several hours •Estimated hostile strength is 10 men with automatic weapons in two armored personnel carriers •Helicopter insertion/extraction •Six-mile patrol to target; planned extraction close to anticipated contact site •While patrol is in position, one team member is bitten on the leg by unidentified snake •Over the next 5 minutes, the pain becomes increasingly severe, and the injured man becomes dizzy and confused •Target convoy is expected in 1-2 hours