Special Operations

“If you saw what you heard today in a movie, you would shake your head and say, ‘That didn’t happen.’ But it does, every day.”

The fighting spirit of Task Force Ranger’s commandos is still universally recognized decades after the famous mission.

The Malayan Emergency proved that a counterinsurgency operation (COIN) could succeed if approached cleverly and co-owned by the locals.

The Air Force Combat Controller controls the skies before, during, and after battle.

The looming great-power competition will require us to rethink how we counter and use propaganda.

While he was a more than capable Green Beret, Richard Flaherty — who was just 4 feet, 9 inches tall — had to fight just to join the Army.

I would choose the M240 machine gun every day of the week and twice on Sunday. It’s reliable, accurate, powerful, and easy to operate.

Elite and secret units, from the pioneering Rogers’s Rangers to the highly secretive Intelligence Support Activity, have shaped our nation’s history.

The bitter lessons of Operation Urgent Fury would not only reform the U.S. military but also revolutionalize special operations.

24th Special Tactics Squadron, the Air Force equivalent of SEAL Team 6 or Delta Force, is ready 24/7 to fulfill its mission across the globe.

The 2nd Ranger Battalion received its baptism of fire on D-Day. Following its reactivation, the battalion has been an integral part of the Rangers.

Despite pushback from the Air Force and Congress SOCOM is moving ahead with finding a dedicated aircraft to support its special operations.