3rd SFG Honors Fallen Medal of Honor Win With Memorial Run

3rd SFG Honors Fallen Medal of Honor Win With Memorial Run

The 3rd SFG at Ft. Bragg was honoring the memory of Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller with a memorial 5K run this weekend, and as they said, it wasn’t a race but a time to reflect and remember a man who gave it all for his comrades. On Jan. 25, 2008, Miller sacrificed his own […]

January 26, 1945, LT Audie Murphy Awarded the Medal of Honor

January 26, 1945, LT Audie Murphy Awarded the Medal of Honor

Audie Murphy was one of the most decorated soldiers of World War II. Murphy lied about his age to enlist in the army and by the time he was 19, had been awarded every major medal for valor of the United States as well as French and Belgian awards for heroism. On January 26, 1945, […]

The Battle of Rorke’s Drift January 1879 Between the British and Zulu

The Battle of Rorke’s Drift January 1879 Between the British and Zulu

During late January 1879, about 150 British soldiers, defending the mission station at Rorke’s Drift defended it against 3000-4000 Zulu warriors in a series of attacks. The British held on despite enormous odds and their bravery under the command of Lieutenants John Chard of the Royal Engineers and Gonville Bromhead was rewarded with an incredible […]

Robin Sage Is About Making Rapport or Failing

Robin Sage Is About Making Rapport or Failing

“Free Pineland!” This refrain will echo through the mountains of North Carolina in the next few weeks. Yes, Robin Sage is set to begin this weekend on the 27th, but in reality it has begun long ago for the prospective Special Forces candidates who are in the final phase in their training that frequently takes […]

NFL Rejects AMVETS Super Bowl Program Ad

NFL Rejects AMVETS Super Bowl Program Ad

AMVETS, the veterans organization is crying foul and corporate censorship on the part of the NFL after the league rejected its one-page ad for the NFL’s Super Bowl program with the message “Please Stand.” According to an AMVETS spokesman, similar ads were accepted by both the NHL and NBA for official programs produced for their […]

Many Veterans Feeling Like the Military Is Becoming its Own Class

Many Veterans Feeling Like the Military Is Becoming its Own Class

While many people will quickly discount it, there is a growing feeling among many of the nation’s veterans that the average US citizen is so disconnected to the people serving in the armed forces, that they have nothing in common with them. As a result, they are becoming more and more comfortable in only socializing […]

Roosevelt and Churchill Meet for the Casablanca Conference

Roosevelt and Churchill Meet for the Casablanca Conference

On January 14, 1943, President Franklin Roosevelt, English Prime Minister Winston Churchill met to discuss war strategy in Casablanca, Morocco with Combined Chiefs of Staff and how they wanted to proceed with their war plans. Also invited were representatives from the Free French, General Charles de Gaulle and General Henri Girard. The French were in […]

Building Rapport: The Difference Between Green Berets …and Everyone Else

Building Rapport: The Difference Between Green Berets …and Everyone Else

We here at SpecialOperations.com gear most of our writing to the younger people of our subscribers who are looking to embark on one of the great careers that Special Ops has to offer. We get tons of questions about how to prepare for this particular training event or that one…but one email asked what, in […]

A Look at the World’s Most Unusual Military Museums

A Look at the World’s Most Unusual Military Museums

Photographer Jason Larkin has visited military museums all around the world. And the pictures he’s taken pictures in Egypt, Vietnam, Cuba, and the UK among others shows an intriguing glimpse of how different countries remember their conflicts. They recall scenes from Dr. Strangelove, or Thunderbirds: the photos taken by Jason Larkin have a simplicity and […]

Andrew Jackson Wins Battle of New Orleans, After War of 1812 Ended

Andrew Jackson Wins Battle of New Orleans, After War of 1812 Ended

On January 8, 1815, the War of 1812 had ended two weeks before, but not for the British and American troops in New Orleans. These men had no idea about the end of hostilities with the Treaty of Ghent, and the bloody battle was about to commence. The two sides signed the peace agreement in […]

Franklin D. Miller MAC-V SOG Awarded Medal Of Honor January 5, 1970

On this day in 1970, Franklin D. Miller, a Green Beret from the 5th SFG, who was assigned to MAC-V SOG was awarded the Medal of Honor for actions conducted as a long-range reconnaissance team member in Vietnam. He was decorated by President Nixon in the White House on June 15, 1971. Asked where he […]

Son Tay Raider SGM Joe Murray Will Be Laid To Rest Today

Son Tay Raider SGM Joe Murray Will Be Laid To Rest Today

Special Forces Sergeant Major Joe Murray passed away on December 23 and will be laid to rest today at the Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery in Spring Lake, NC. SGM Murray spent 30 years in the service of the US Army, with the vast majority of it being as a Green Beret in the Special Forces. […]