Iassen Donov

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Russian SOF Help Promote New AK Firearms

Over the years, every time I came across a recruiting or capabilities video on the internet in regards to Russian Spetsnaz forces it was obvious that for many decades they were stuck in that “Eastern SOF” mentality shared by many special units throughout Asia. A mentality where hatchet throwing, ring-of-fire jumping, combat rolling, and karate […]

Radical Al-Qaeda Operative Freed in the UK

Palestinian native Abu Qatada (aka Omar Mahmoud Othman) was freed from prison by British authorities today when courts ruled against deporting him to Jordan where he faces charges in connection to terrorist  plots in 1999 and 2000. The British government initially arrested Qatada in 2002 but has held no trial against him for the better […]

Our Fallen Heroes: Nate Hardy

Nate Hardy was born December 28th, 1978 in Cape Cod. He grew up in Washington and Pennsylvania and his family settled in New Hampshire in 1988. It was in high school where Nate, a star soccer and lacrosse player, made the decision to join the Navy and become a SEAL immediately after graduation. Nate joined […]

Our Fallen Heroes: Bob Horrigan

Born in Limestone, Maine on January 13th of 1965,  Bob joined the Army in May of 1984 at the age of nineteen along with his identical twin brother John. The brothers enlisted as infantrymen and together attended and graduated from the Ranger Indoctrination Program and were subsequently both assigned to the newly reactivated 3rd Ranger […]

Ranger awarded Distinguished Service Cross!

SGT Craig Warfle of the 1st Ranger Battalion became the second most decorated soldier (SFC Leroy Petry and his Medal of Honor holds the mantle) in the 75th Ranger Regiment as he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross during a ceremony last Friday, October the 26th. This also marks the first time since 9/11 that […]

Spec Ops 101: How To Survive A Natural Disaster

Power outages after a major hurricane can last anywhere from 1 day to 3 weeks (absolute maximum) depending on how much work the linemen have. I’m a Floridian and even a few days without power during hurricane season (summer months) down here is the epiphany of hell on Earth. Last year in Boston, during the […]

America’s Foreign Legion

It’s not often I come across something so profound that it makes me take a step back and just say: “Whoa! That was deep…” To me it came in the form of a Facebook post by Dalton Fury, author of Kill bin Laden, Black Site, and the newly released Tier One Wild (just made NYT […]

New intel on the Benghazi Consulate attack

I wanted to share this exclusive article (if you’re not reading it already) published by Fox News’ own Jennifer Griffin not more than an hour ago (current time of 1248EST/26OCT12). EXCLUSIVE: CIA operators were denied request for help during Benghazi attack, sources say This is a very interesting and in depth breakdown of what exactly […]

Combat: What not to do…

Okay, so this helmet cam video was making the rounds a couple of weeks ago and even had its brief air time on the major news networks (CNN, FOX, etc). I have seen a ton of helmet cam videos of our troops in combat overseas. Some are kinda cool but most consist of what looks […]

Ranger History: The Persian Gulf War

The history of the modern Ranger Regiment is a very colorful one; we who join the 75th are expected to study and memorize our heritage from the days of Francis Marion in the American Revolution to the Battle of Takur Ghar in Afghanistan and to more recent times. We jumped into Grenada in ’83, we jumped into Panama in […]

Getting to Know al-Qaeda – Part II: AQAP

One al-Qaeda group really managed to stand out from the others because of it’s strong leadership and sometimes superb organization: al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula…

Getting to Know al-Qaeda – Part I: The Head Office

It is important to stay informed as to who the bad guys actually are during our time of war. It can be a little difficult for your everyday person to really ascertain who the individuals are as they keep getting themselves killed! Sure we can use the blanket term “al-Qaeda” as we always have, but it […]