The goal of the mission was to eject the Islamic State of Iraq from the city and establish three police stations there to cement authority in the town.

When the operation proceeded, 1,000 U.S. troops encircled Hīt, waiting for the task force of 26 men to make Islamic State of Iraq to run into the U.S. net lurking outside the town.

U.S. troops moved into a house, and saw two Islamic State of Iraq soldiers masquerading as college students.

The town was secured, and the retreating Islamic State of Iraq, save for Sint, were killed or captured by the net.

Later, General David Petraeus, the top American commander in Iraq, walked the streets of Hīt without wearing a helmet or body armor while eating ice cream, and wasn't imperiled at all.