The Pic of the Day: George W. Bush visits Delta compound post 9/11

The Pic of the Day: George W. Bush visits Delta compound post 9/11

Then-President George W. Bush visits the Delta Force compound following the initial stages of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Alongside Special Forces Operational Detachments Alphas (SFODAs) from the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) paramilitary teams, Delta Force operators spearheaded the effort to topple the Taliban regime and its Al-Qaeda supporters.

The Pic of the Day: American and Cypriot SOF operators fast rope into the desert

The Pic of the Day: American and Cypriot SOF operators fast rope into the desert

National Guard Special Forces Operators conduct fast rope insertion training with coalition forces during exercise Eager Lion 2019.  Eager Lion, U.S. Central Command’s largest and most complex exercise, is an opportunity to integrate forces in a multilateral environment, operate in realistic terrain and strengthen military-to-military relationships.

The Pic of the Day: Horse Warriors, Green Berets and Marine Raiders in the SOF Horsemanship Course

The Pic of the Day: Horse Warriors, Green Berets and Marine Raiders in the SOF Horsemanship Course

A U.S. Army Special Operations Soldier with 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) rides horseback while leading a mule through Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest during the SOF Horsemanship Course at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., June 19, 2019. The purpose of the SOF horsemanship course is to teach SOF personnel the necessary […]

The Pic of the Day: Special Forces operators blasting away in the Middle East

The Pic of the Day: Special Forces operators blasting away in the Middle East

A soldier assigned to U.S. Army Special Operations Command demonstrates firing positions on the M320 40mm grenade launcher to a member of the Saudi Arabian Naval Special Forces during joint forces weapons training in a tactical training area in Amman, Jordan, Aug. 28, 2019, as part of Exercise Eager Lion 2019. Eager Lion, U.S. Central […]

The Pic of the Day: Can you spot the SEAL?

The Pic of the Day: Can you spot the SEAL?

Members assigned to Naval Special Warfare Group TWO conduct military land warfare operations in the United States. U.S. Navy SEALs engage in a continuous training cycle to improve and further specialize skills needed to conduct missions from sea, air and land. U.S. Navy SEALs engage in a continuous training cycle to improve and further specialize […]

The legend of Green Berets fighting aliens beneath Dulce, New Mexico

The legend of Green Berets fighting aliens beneath Dulce, New Mexico

All of America’s elite special operations units are accustomed to operating under a veil of secrecy, but few units are more adept at secret keeping that the U.S. Army’s 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta, or Delta Force, as they’re often called. Since its very inception, Delta was intended to be a force like no other […]

The Pic of the Day: Nothing screams Pipe-Hitter more than Tiger Stripes camo

The Pic of the Day: Nothing screams Pipe-Hitter more than Tiger Stripes camo

Special Forces operators from the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) conduct joint exercise with Soldiers from 1st, Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, KY. The Green Berets are seen wearing the Tiger Stripes camouflage pattern uniform. The Tiger Stripes was worn and popularized by Long Range Reconnaissance […]

The Pic of the Day: Meet the Navy Corpsman who won the Army’s Best Medic competition

The Pic of the Day: Meet the Navy Corpsman who won the Army’s Best Medic competition

Hospitalman Shane McGuire won the Best Medic competition at Kandahar Airfield (KAF) on August 9, 2019.  McGuire was the only U.S. Navy Corpsman to enter the competition, which consisted of 15 U.S. Army medics and Romanian contingent medical personnel. The competition was sponsored by the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, and competitors came from surrounding Forward […]

The Pic of the Day: Green Berets and Screaming Eagles raid together

The Pic of the Day: Green Berets and Screaming Eagles raid together

Soldiers of C Troop, 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, conduct a blank-fire raid on a building in the Fort Campbell training area on Wednesday, August 14, 2019. The soldiers spent two weeks training with Green Berets from 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), on various battle drills, mission planning […]

The Pic of the Day: Javelin ready? Fire away

The Pic of the Day: Javelin ready? Fire away

Soldiers fire a Javelin during a joint range exercise with Indonesian Armed Forces at a military base in Indonesia, Aug. 22, 2019, during Garuda Shield, an exercise that aims to promote regional peace and security.

The Video of the Week: US and Aussie commandos working on their freefall insertions

The Video of the Week: US and Aussie commandos working on their freefall insertions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQrmMQ7Wptc   U.S. and Australian Special Operations Forces (SOF) conduct a military freefall parachute insertion at night with zero natural illumination from 7,500 feet (2,300 meters) altitude, July 2019 during Talisman Sabre. By inserting behind enemy lines SOF conduct surveillance and reconnaissance to enable precision targeting. Talisman Sabre is a bilateral exercise that tests the […]

The Last Full Measure: A war movie like you’ve never imagined

The Last Full Measure: A war movie like you’ve never imagined

It took 34 years to get A1C William H. Pitsenbarger’s Air Force Cross upgraded to a Medal of Honor—the first-ever bestowed upon an enlisted airman. And the struggle to tell that Vietnam War story in a movie took nearly 20 years more. Now, more than five decades after Pitsenbarger gave his life for the sake […]