“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived.” ― George S. Patton Jr. The United States Special Operations Command had three of their commandos killed in an IED attack in Afghanistan on Tuesday. The bombing killed Captain Andrew Patrick Ross, 29, of Virginia, Air […]
In the early days after 9/11, the United States was striking back at the Taliban in small ways which would prove to be huge in the coming days ahead. CIA arranged for a small team from their Special Activities Division, part of the agency’s Special Operations Group to be airlifted into Afghanistan from airbase K2, […]
Opinion: American Green Berets and Czech forces are under investigation for the death of an Afghan commando who was beaten unconscious and later died while in coalition custody in western Afghanistan. The Afghan commando, Wahidullah Khan was accused of killing a Czech soldier in another deadly insider attack by Afghan troops on the coalition. While […]
The story over the holiday weekend that a U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan on Saturday, a member of the 75th Ranger Regiment and on his third deployment to the country, brings to light again the high cost of our continuing our presence there. The members of the Special Operations Command are paying a very high […]
Last week on November 11, an Israeli intelligence operation went awry in Gaza and the Israeli operatives, after having their cover blown by security forces, were forced to shoot their way out. In the bloody shootout that followed, the senior Israeli officer, identified only as LTC “M” was killed. A reserve Captain was seriously wounded. […]
Anti-Sandinista Nicaraguan Rebels Would Become a Thorny Issue President Ronald Reagan did little to hide his disdain for the Marxist Nicaraguan leaders who seized power after the dictator Somoza was ousted. The Somoza family ruled the country with an iron hand for 46 years. Then the Sandinista National Liberation Front, Spanish Frente Sandinista de Liberación […]
The murder case of SSG Logan Melgar of the 3rd Special Forces Group (3rd SFG) is another tough scenario for the SF Group’s soldiers to bear. The unit lost four of its members in a deadly ambush in Niger and then to find out that one of its finer NCOs was murdered in US Embassy […]
The Army’s Airborne and Special Operations Test Directorate was in North Carolina testing a military freefall parachute for static line operations recently which could mean that Special Operations Forces could soon be using these in a tactical situation. Green Berets from the 1st Special Forces Group (1st SFG) were in Laurinburg, NC recently to help […]
In a move that is bound to upset the applecart, the first woman has passed Special Forces Assessment and Selection (SFAS) at the Special Warfare Center and School it has been announced. Both the Army Times and the Fayetteville Observer have posted articles stating such and the PAO of USASOC LTC Loren Bymer has posted […]
Opinion: The news wasn’t good for the Israeli Defense Forces earlier this week. One of their elite Special Forces units conducting an intelligence operation in Gaza across the border was compromised. In the ensuing shootout, one senior IDF officer, a Lieutenant Colonel in their Special Forces was killed and another SF operator was “moderately wounded” […]
During October and early November of 2001, the United States was hitting back hard at the Taliban in the early days of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan. In the aftermath of 9/11, the Taliban had no idea of what was soon to engulf them. US and coalition airstrikes pounded Taliban positions. Two US Green Beret […]
Opinion: This has been a busy week in our neck of the woods. We’ve been quite occupied as our town has been preparing for Veterans Day and I can proudly say that our bucolic little burg in the Northeast has never been one to just pay lip service to days like Veterans Day and Memorial […]
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