How Delta, Rangers, and the Green Berets’ Unique Training Would Pay Off in an Arctic War With Russia
How would America’s top special operations units fare in an Arctic war against Russia?
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For Decades, US Special Operations Units Copied the British, but Now the Tables Are Turning
The British military is taking a cue from the U.S. and modernizing the structure of its special operations units.
How the Army Uses the West Virginia Wilderness to Find Out Who Has What It Takes to Join Delta Force
Delta Force selection has an attrition rate of 90 percent even though most of the candidates come from special operations units.
Tough-minded and Focused: Combat Divers and Drone Pilots
Discover the unique characteristics that combat divers and drone pilots share and which are need to succeed in their missions.
Operation Anaconda and the One-legged Navy SEAL
Turbo told me it was the most intense firefight imaginable. “We shot so many of these guys,” he said, “and they just kept coming and coming.”
March 13, 1981, US to Send 15 Special Forces Advisors to El Salvador
Special Forces in El Salvador turned the tide in a civil war that appeared un-winnable in 1981 to a victory for the government and the people.
AFSOC Wants Congress to Approve Armed Overwatch Plane
A request from Air Force’s Special Operations Command for a new armed overwatch aircraft shows how AFSOC will operate in future SOF missions.
Washington SEALs? One Proposed Idea for the NFL’s DC Franchise
One Washington Redskins fan floated the name, but the Department of the Navy and the SEAL community have yet to back the new moniker.
No days off: Rucking early on Christmas morning
Before celebrating Christmas with the family today it was time for some exercise. I was up before the sun and since everyone was sleeping in as we had been out late visiting family on Christmas Eve, I decided to take advantage of the quiet time to get some rucking in…and to work off some of […]
Operation Red Dawn: Saddam Hussein captured December 13, 2003
On the evening of December 13, 2003, in the small Iraqi town of ad-Dawr outside of Tikrit, elements of Task Force 121, and the US Army’s 4th Infantry Division captured former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Hussein hid in a spider hole and was found by a Delta Force operator. The operation was named after the […]
Benjamin Church and the beginnings of the Rangers in Colonial New England
While the majority of people associated with our Special Operations Forces consider Robert Rogers as the father of the Ranger Regiment, his troops weren’t the true first American Rangers, that distinction, which outside of historians in New England many people don’t know, falls to Benjamin Church. Benjamin Church created the first true Ranger force, circa […]
Learn how to prepare for cold weather prior to Spec Ops selection
Because most of our military bases are in the southern United States, one area that can be neglected, especially when preparing for Special Operations training is cold weather training. It is surprising how many young people who enter the military don’t know or understand the basics of cold weather preparation. First some of the basics; […]
