Author: Iassen Donov

The raid occurred south of Mosul, in Hammam al-Alil—42 miles from the Kurdish capital of Erbil, where U.S. and Kurdish forces launched their assault.

With the help of U.S. commandos and JTACs calling in massive air strikes from the front lines, we just might push ISIS out of Iraq by next year.

Teams from Delta Force have been a staple at the annual Best Ranger Competition in Fort Benning, Georgia for as long as I can remember.

Four Iranian commandos were killed in action by anti-government Sunni militias in Syria on Monday, April 11th.

There are many mistakes veterans make when it comes to creating a resume shortly after getting out; maybe it doesn’t look flashy enough, there is too much content, or maybe too little content. In my experience, the biggest mistake is what I call the “Rambo Resume”. This is when service members, specifically combat arms/special operations […]

Months ago, the American public found out that the Obama administration ordered a full review of our current hostage rescue policy. We’re still waiting on the findings. I have never agreed with our hostage rescue policy; whether that’s due to its impracticality or my own callousness and low sympathy is debatable. To change the policy we must first clearly […]

Yemen has been one of those battlefields in the War on Terror that we never really committed many troops for, but the small presence we do have on the ground there is imperative to keeping our boots on the throat of our enemy—similar to other operations in the Philippines, Somalia, Pakistan, and North Africa. U.S. […]

Following my RIP graduation and transfer to 3rd Ranger Battalion, I would see combat jump stars pretty often. Once in a while you’d see a young Ranger with two. My first team leader was one of them.

On December 25th, 2014, peacekeepers, military contractors, and other civilians operating as part of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) at the Halane Base Camp were celebrating Christmas when they came under attack by militants from al-Shabaab. Al-Shabaab militants dressed as Somali soldiers managed to infiltrate the African Union’s main base. Two of the […]

It is the early morning hours of December 6, 2014, and you find yourself armed with an AK-47 as a member of Al-Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP.

For as long as history has included naval military power, Russia has been on a quest to “reach the warm sea.” Something most Western nations take for granted, the presence of a port that doesn’t freeze in the winter can mean the difference between a thriving nation and one brought to its knees economically and militarily. […]

A team of commandos from SEAL Team 6 and Yemeni counterterrorism undertook a daring nighttime hostage rescue in the Yemen’s Hadhramaut region. Here’s how they rescued eight hostages.