Category: SpecOps

The fierceness of the north campaign was such that in the first few days Task Force Viking members would earn over 50 Bronze Stars and nearly 10 Silver Stars.

Fifty-four years ago, a group of commandos fought for their lives in a small valley in one of the boldest special operations missions of the Vietnam War.

How would America’s top special operations units fare in an Arctic war against Russia?

The British military is taking a cue from the U.S. and modernizing the structure of its special operations units.

Delta Force selection has an attrition rate of 90 percent even though most of the candidates come from special operations units.

Discover the unique characteristics that combat divers and drone pilots share and which are need to succeed in their missions.

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.”

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.

A request from Air Force’s Special Operations Command for a new armed overwatch aircraft shows how AFSOC will operate in future SOF missions.

One Washington Redskins fan floated the name, but the Department of the Navy and the SEAL community have yet to back the new moniker.

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 […]

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 […]