Gunman at cinema complex shot dead
At the same time, 45 miles north of Viernheim, the SEK Frankfurt was gearing up and getting ready to board a HELO to intervene at the cinema complex.
Author: Lucas H
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enjoys a birds eye view of the European SOF community and maintains close links to his provenance as a neutral assaulter while tending a herd of cows on a remote alpine meadow. Besides preserving his prowess as a weapons sergeant and mobility troop instructor, Lucas enjoys attending live re-enactments of Liechtenstein's participation to the Third War of Italian Unification. With a cloak and dagger advanced degree from an undetermined university, the 6-year veteran continues to serve the community with a one man program offering conjugal visits to women's prisons all over the country. Lucas is currently traveling the world in search of new adventures that tie in with his love for the SOF community - suggestions are always welcome.
The Legality of Joint CIA/JSOC Renditions and Targeted Killings
The NYT article about SEAL Team 6 a few weeks ago sparked yet another media frenzy on the military’s accountability and their involvement in shadow wars.
Swiss SOF (Pt. 3): Neutral Assaulters
The Swiss ARD 10, Switzerland’s only Special Forces unit, though capable, lacks substantive combat experience compared to its European brothers.
Swiss SOF (Pt. 2): Train As You (Would) Fight
In part one of this series, we established that the majority of the Swiss SOF community is made up of militia personnel. This means those soldiers are actually civilian professionals such as doctors, bankers, or farmers, and serve their country for a limited amount of time each year. The militia system In Switzerland, male citizens between the […]
Swiss SOF (Pt. 1): A Not-So-Neutral Pedigree
“Do you even operate?” To answer this recurring Internet meme amid the SOF community’s SOCMINT (social media intelligence) chatter, I’ve decided to write about the controversial SOF capability of a neutral country. When talking about Switzerland as a nation that employs a modern military force, most get hung up on the notion that a neutral country would even […]
Germany to form Jack Bauer’s CTU?
The terrorist attacks in Paris, Copenhagen, and most recently in Tunis have compelled the German Federal Minister of the Interior, Thomas De Maizière, to promote the idea of a new counter terrorist unit as part of the federal police. Simultaneous attacks across different locations often overwhelmed police officers and the German Police Union find that […]
