Chris Martin

If you like recce, black ops, close target reconnaissance, close quarters combat, clandestine, low-vis operations, this book should be right up your alley.

At this point the classified existence of SEAL Team Six and its status as an apex counterterrorist force rank among the worst kept secrets in the history of secrets.

Blacker Than Black   Along with the previously detailed assault squadrons (Blue, Gold, Red, and Silver) and the training section (Green), the Naval Special Warfare Development Group is also rumored to maintain a special boat unit (Gray). In addition, there is a large framework of NSWDG support staff (military and civilian) for “administration, supply, medical, […]

Land Sharks   Delta’s lead role in Iraq gave the Army unit the inside track on the $100 million checklist of HVTs it took down there, including Saddam Hussein, his sons Uday and Qusay, and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq. But DEVGRU’s patience would pay big dividends when the nation’s attention […]

 Into the Fire   Despite being forced to wait its turn to enter the fight in the Global War on Terror (Delta was the first special mission unit that JSOC sent to Afghanistan in the wake of 9/11), DEVGRU would play a pivotal role in a number of major actions that took place during the […]

While far removed from the rushed method by which Marcinko chose the unit’s plankowners, ST6 retains an unorthodox selection process…

“It Is What We Do” Operation Neptune Spear was merely the conclusion of a vast and overarching mission that stood out as exceptional in a multitude of ways.  A nation’s desperate call for justice was answered in the early hours of May 2, 2011; Osama bin Laden met his end inside his Abbottabad, Pakistan, hideout […]

Part 5 of 5   Team of Teams or Tribe of Tribes?   As with the British SAS, there is a huge degree of mutual respect shared between the operators of Delta Force and their Naval counterparts at SEAL Team Six. However, their rivalry is even more pronounced, as they are in direct competition not […]

Part 4 of 5   “JSOC is Awesome”   In 2004, Delta Force took part in both the First and Second Battles of Fallujah. While its activities in the later November assault remain almost completely unreported, tales of heroism highlight the Unit’s role in the earlier April operation. Master Sgt. Don Hollenbaugh and Staff Sgt. […]

Part 3 of 5   The Industrial (Counter-Terrorism) Revolution   The early days following the invasion of Iraq saw joyous celebrations of Saddam Hussein’s ouster spill out into the streets. However, those streets soon took on a very different feel. The nation devolved into chaos and bloodshed, and as much as the Coalition attempted to […]

Part 2 of 5   New Threat, Old Mindset   One might expect that any pre-9/11 obstacles that stood in the way of setting Delta Force loose in pursuit of America’s enemies would have been torn down along with the twin towers of the World Trade Center. That was not the case — at least […]

My buddy Chris Martin just finished putting together an amazing article about Delta Force, aggregating all of the open source information that has been released, especially since the beginning of the War on Terror.  Chris did an amazing job and I’m really flattered that he chose SOFREP as the venue to distribute his work.  We […]