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I was surprised to find out that before he was “Stormin’ Norman” leading coalition forces to a swift victory against Iraqi forces during the Gulf War, he was the newly promoted Brigadier General Norman Schwarzkopf of the 24th Mechanized Infantry Division. There Schwarzkopf found himself in charge of ground forces in Grenada during Operation Urgent […]

With dramatis personae that include the CIA, Delta Force, DEVGRU, the Intelligence Support Activity, Pakistani Commandos, the Taliban, and spies from Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence Agency (ISI), this story has the makings of a future Brad Thor bestseller. The only difference is, this story happened over the course of an eight-month period for a very small […]

This footage hints at the possibility that elements from MARSOC are on the ground supporting the Syrian Democratic Forces near Raqqa.

In 2014 Sergeant First Class Earl Plumlee, a former Reconnaissance Marine turned-Army Special Forces soldier with the 1st Special Forces Group was decorated with the Silver Star for his actions in Afghanistan when a dozen Taliban insurgents launched an attack on FOB Ghazni.

In the chaos between the Sunni Yemenis and the Shitte Houthis – AQAP took advantage of the fighting and seized large swathes of land in the east including the port city of Al Mukalla.

In the early morning hours of May 10th, Somali special operations soldiers joined by United States JSOC commandos conducted a direct action raid against an al-Shabaab target in the village of Toratorow, 100 kilometers southwest of Mogadishu within the Lower Shebelle province. Around 3:00 am local time – residents witnessed two American helicopters, most likely […]

A day after a video emerged showing Navy SEALs laughing during combat in Iraq, a second, much more dire video of the attack has emerged.

Without a doubt we will see future deployments of dozens, if not hundreds, of special operations soldiers in Libya — likely in the next 18 months.

Only identified as an active-duty Navy SEAL, the man was operating 30 kilometers north of Mosul when Islamic State forces attacked.

Joseph Kony became a household name. The video has 101 million views and counting. Americans lost their minds.

Al-Shaddadi was liberated, costing ISIS an important foothold in the region and leaving their capital of Al-Raqqah in the sights of the 80,000-strong SDF.

Army Ranger, Green Beret, and now recently released, a member of the CIAs paramilitary force sent into Afghanistan in the weeks right after the 9/11 attacks. SFC Nate Chapman was the first U.S. service member killed in action in Afghanistan on January 4th, 2002. I still remember seeing him featured on national news channels at […]