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George E. Hand IV

George E. Hand IV

Master Sergeant US Army (ret) from the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta, The Delta Force. Post military I worked for 16 years as a subcontract to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on the nation's nuclear test site north of Las Vegas Nevada. Currently, I am working for DeliverFund llc as an Intelligence Analyst and street operative in the fight against human trafficking. I'm a master cabinet-grade woodworker and master photographer. I have high military ratings in six foreign languages.

Delta pipehitters in Iraq.

Get it on! Delta Operator’s thoughts on the evolution and value of assault gear

War Stories Dec 06
DVIDS

Delta Force selection preparation: What to do and what not to do

War Stories Dec 04
The "Butcher of Sarajevo" Radovan Karadžić.

Delta Force hunting war criminals with a female touch

War Stories Nov 26
The original Gladys Kravitz from the television series Bewitched.

A look behind the SOFREP scenes

Entertainment Nov 25
Colonel Charlie Alvin "Chargin' Charlie" Beckwith in Vietnam

The 42nd Anniversary of the Delta Force

Expert Analysis Nov 23
ODA-525, the Sharkmen just prior to deploying out to the Iraqi desert. (Photo courtesy of Robert "Blade" Gardner, third from the left in back row)

Strange days in the Green Berets: Of pipes and dogs

Military Nov 21
Authors graduation class (left to right): Patrick Arther McNamara, Geo, Kyle Lamb, K2.

Delta Force selection: The day K2 ran 10 miles with a bullet wound in the leg

Military Nov 20
A very high-altitude jumper exiting a balloon gondola and headed home. (U.S. Air Force photo).

A Delta treatise on the conduct of errant parachute operations: The corn field on a cloudy day

War Stories Nov 19
James "Jim" P. McMahon in Mogadishu Somalia during Operations Gothic Serpent in 1993.

Delta Force sniper who fought in Mogadishu dies

War Stories Nov 18
Author's assault team; author second from the left. Taking a moment out to capture a team photo prior to a High-Altitude Low-Opening (HALO) jump from a C-141 Starlifter aircraft (background)

A Delta treatise on the conduct of errant parachute operations

Military Nov 16
(Image courtesy of John "Shrek" McPhee.)

Airliner hijacking: Delta Force’s morning of crisis response

Expert Analysis Nov 13
The ventilation shaft of an HDBT complex that is cut through solid rock.

Delta Force deep underground — Selection is an ongoing process

Expert Analysis Nov 11
(Common brand tattoos, indicative of human trafficking, are forced on the the victim's trafficker. Most reflect the notion that the victim is property owned by the trafficker.)

Delta Force as applied to the hunt for human traffickers

Expert Analysis Nov 08
NSWC.

A look behind the SOFREP scenes

Team Room Nov 07
(Deep underground hardened complexes serve to protect military operations as well as private sector intellectual property.)

Delta Force deep underground — “and yet it happened”

Expert Analysis Nov 02
(Photo by the author; MH-60 Black Hawk)

“This sucks; we’re going to die”: A Delta Force treatise on helicopter mishaps

Expert Analysis Oct 30

How Delta Force assaults a target

Featured Oct 27
(Author's favorite photo of Guido relaxing momentarily in the back of a 6x6 Austrian Pinzgauer all-terrain vehicle in the Jordanian desert.)

An Operator’s tale: Delta Force and the Italian Mafia

Military Oct 22
(CWO4 Greg "Gravy" Cocker pilots his Night Stalker gunship over Baghdad)

Exclusive: Behind the scenes of America’s elite SOF aviation unit

Military Oct 16
(U.S. Navy photo by Danette Baso Silvers/Released)

SOFREP unveiled: A look at what goes on behind the scenes

Team Room Oct 15
(Image courtesy of Greg Coker.)

The exclusive account of when a Night Stalker was shot down in Iraq

Military Oct 11
AH-6 Little Bird. (Image courtesy of U.S. Army).

Eight Seconds: The exclusive account of when a Night Stalker was shot down in Iraq

Military Oct 09
(Catholic church, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Delta Force in Bosnia: How to protect a general

Military Oct 06
(Cover photo: my good bud Robert Horrigan, KIA in Iraq)

Nobody clears a room like Delta Force: A CQB attitude primer

Military Sep 24
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Tristen Albers with Headquarters Battery, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, crosses a river during the land navigation portion of the Basic Jungle Skills Course at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, August 6, 2019. The BJSC is a 5 day training event that encompasses the skills utilized in a basic jungle survival or combat environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua Sechser).

SEAL Team Six and Delta: An operator’s tale of the ‘bungle in the jungle’

Military Sep 23