Former Delta Force Operator Gives A Rare Look Inside The Unit’s Team Room
Delta Force isn’t just about elite operations; sometimes it’s about surviving the noxious fumes of Chill-D’s ass and the absurd camaraderie that comes with it.
Delta Force isn’t just about elite operations; sometimes it’s about surviving the noxious fumes of Chill-D’s ass and the absurd camaraderie that comes with it.
Pipehitters delivers relentless, research-heavy zombie warfighting while turning Yaël Sion’s story into a hard lesson on how isolation and arrogance get people hurt, and why trust, connection, and the team are the only way elite operators survive the long grind.
It is time to stop ducking, stop passing the hourglass, and grab the helm with both hands, because 2026 can either crouch in the splash zone of other people’s mistakes or steer this ship straight into calmer water by choosing bold, disciplined action over another year of survival advice.
Adventure has its own discipline: it makes you earn every mile, read every piece of water, and accept that the best days are sometimes the ones where you catch nothing except the truth about why you came.
America has always been a beautiful, loud, half-broken experiment run by argumentative primates, and the only reason it keeps surviving its own dumpster fires is because enough people keep choosing the hard option, speaking up when power tells them to shut up.
Holiday cheer in uniform is surviving “mandatory fun” on mystery meat and bad decisions, then realizing the only thing keeping it all from going off the rails is the same foul mouthed camaraderie that has carried us through worse.
The cold sat with them like an old debt, unpaid and unspoken, while Christmas passed quietly somewhere far enough away to feel almost merciful.
Amidst the surreal backdrop of Cheyanne Mountain, crammed with soldiers in Santa hats tracking the Fat Man for eager callers, I found a unique camaraderie and a poignant reminder of the holiday’s enduring spirit.
Yaël Sion does not survive the apocalypse by hoping harder; she survives it the way a cutting tool survives steel, by biting down and refusing to let go.
War has always had a myth side, and today’s “tactical glam” pin-up imagery sells that fantasy with real kit and lethal swagger, drawing civilians in while vets instinctively spot the gaps between the poster and the patrol.
Breaking down how neoconservatism and America First both demand a dominant U.S. military, but one aims to shape the world while the other uses power to secure direct benefits for Americans.
Read the entertaining account of a former Delta Force member describing the interaction between the two elite units.