Air Force CCT Receives Air Force Cross For Valor in Afghanistan

Staff Sgt. Richard Hunter, a Special Tactics combat controller with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, was awarded the Air Force’s highest medal, the Air Force Cross, for gallantry against an armed enemy of the U.S. in combat. Hunter was a CCT assigned to a Special Forces A-Team from the 10th SFG (A) in Afghanistan in […]

Philippine Military Kills Islamists Isnilon Hapilon, Omar Maute

With the fighting in Marawi is drawing to a close, as Filipino military forces rout the remaining Islamist fighters holding onto the last footholds in the city, the military killed two of the leaders of the terrorists who have held Marawi since May 23. According to sources, army snipers killed both Isnilon Hapilon and Omar […]

Bowe Bergdahl Pleads Guilty to Walking Off Post in Afghanistan

Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl pleaded guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy charges to a military judge that may land him in prison for life. Bergdahl was held captive by the Taliban for five years before President Obama struck a deal freeing five Islamic jihadi detainees from Guantanamo, Cuba in exchange for Bergdahl. In […]

SAAB Barracuda Camo Nets Makes Special Operations Vehicles Disappear

Camouflage and camo netting is nothing new, but Saab Barracuda is breaking new ground and merged the classic camo net with new state of the art high tech materials to make vehicles nearly impossible for the enemy to spot. US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is already deploying these new camouflage nets on operations and allows […]

Russia Says U.S., NATO Broke Peace Deal, Threatens Response

The United States announced on Thursday that they are moving the 2nd Cavalry Regiment to a Polish outpost in an attempt to bolster allied nations against what they see is a military threat from Russia. However, the Russians have accused both the US and NATO of violating a peace treaty between it and NATO and […]

Mattis: US Army “Needs to Be Ready” for North Korea Military Options

Defense Secretary James Mattis turned a few heads on Monday when he told the U.S. Army “to be ready” should President Trump order military action against North Korea. With the on-going war of words reaching new heights after a series of missile tests this summer, the rogue state of Kim Jong Un has increasingly rattled its saber, now […]

Hackers Steals US, South Korea War Plans for Crushing North Korea

Computer hackers believed to be from North Korea, hacked into a South Korean defense department site and stole a large amount of classified military documents, a South Korean spokesman said on Wednesday. The documents supposedly include the United States and South Korean war plans to wipe out the North Korean leadership. Democratic Party representative Rhee […]

The Achille Lauro Hijacking Comes to a Close October 10, 1985

From its very beginning the cruise liner Achille Lauro seemed to live a cursed existence. The keel for the ship was laid in 1939. It suffered an onboard explosion in 1965, the ship caught fire in 1972 and then collided with a cargo ship in 1975, the ship caught fire once again in 1981. And […]

SSG Robert J. Miller Awarded Medal Of Honor October 6, 2010

As we wait to find out more of the details of the latest combat operation in Niger where a Special Forces team from the 3rd Special Forces Group, 3rd SFG(A) was involved in an action where several Green Berets were killed or injured, today marks another special day for the 3rd SFG(A), and one its […]

Iraqi Forces Drive Islamic State Fighters Out of Central Hawija

Military forces from Iraq are driving out fighters from the Islamic State in their last bastion in Iraqi territory. On Tuesday, the military announced that they’ve driven ISIS troops out of the center of the town of Hawija. In heavy fighting, the Iraqis claim to have killed 196 ISIS fighters and recaptured 98 small villages […]

Trump, Mattis Relax Rules of Engagement for Troops in Afghanistan

Back in August, President Donald Trump pledged to lift the restrictions and expand the authorities for US troops in Afghanistan in a move to break the stalemate in the sixteen-year long war. And now Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis has overturned a stipulation in the rules of engagement that US troops must be in contact […]

U.S. Backed SDF Scours ISIS Base in Raqqa For Intelligence

US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces are moving thru the Islamic State’s former bastion at Raqqa as now 90 percent of the city has been taken. Their fighters on Monday were slowly recovering communication equipment and weapons used by the ISIS forces in their former command centers. After battling thru the western edge of the city, the […]