[2] With the U.S. Army, he was deployed to Somalia after the Battle of Mogadishu (1993) for six months as a medic and Senior Treatment Non-Commission Officer.
I worked the medical side of the house as well as leading and supervising other medics.”[3] He was a key figure in the CIA's early post-9/11 operations in Afghanistan.
[5] After the September 11 attacks, he was part of Team Alpha, one of the first CIA units inserted behind enemy lines, tasked with assisting local forces against the Taliban in Bamyan.
He later played a central role in a three-man team, alongside fellow CIA officer Mike Spann and Green Beret Captain Justin Sapp,[6] to prepare a strategic landing zone in Yakawlang for incoming military forces.
[7][8] Rausenberger was honored with a star on the CIA Memorial Wall, which commemorates officers who have died in the line of duty.