Team Room

Hi everyone, I just confirmed that we have the House of Blues Foundation Room secured for our annual members only party on the 12th of January. This is our first event so please be patient as we work out the kinks for what will be an insanely great annual event with lots of cool giveaways, […]

On the morning of June 28th, 2005, in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, a small, four-man team of Naval Special Warfare operators under the command of Lieutenant Michael Murphy was compromised. There are two types of compromise, soft and hard. A soft compromise is essentially that a unit’s mission was exposed but there is no enemy fire […]

This book hits close to home for me. I remember finishing up a SEAL sniper course (at the time I was the Course Manager) in the spring of 2005. One of the graduates, a friend of mine, was Marcus Luttrell, author of Lone Survivor. Part of the Navy SEALs new 21st Century sniper training methodology […]

It was about 1140Z. Two MH-47s, callsigns Turbine 32 and Turbine 33, were closing on the LZ (Landing Zone) near the base of Sawtalo Sar, the compromised team’s last known position. Two Blackhawks and two AH-64 Apaches were flying cover, and Grip 21, a flight of two A-10 Warthogs, were circling above. Lt Cmdr Kristensen, […]

Rangers, Special Forces, and PJs were already moving up the mountain toward the crash site. It would take them until nearly midnight to reach it, after the first attempt had been turned back by the weather, but the weather had eased up. There had also been the issue of theater command denying any further flights […]

At just after midnight, an elderly Afghan by the name of Shina arrived at the gate of Camp Blessing. When the interpreter reached the gate, he said he needed to speak to the Marines’ senior officer, that there was a wounded American in his village. The interpreter ran to the Marine COC, and found the […]

After exhaustive analysis, the note from Marcus was determined to be genuine. Finally, the “Probability of Area” had been narrowed down, and the search could become more focused. Air assets were still over the area constantly, though only going down toward the mountainsides at night. Dozens of resupply bundles were dropped from the air, containing […]

With the FBI analysts’ confirmation that the note did indeed come from Marcus Luttrell, things began to speed up. The area of the team’s E&E had been solidified, and the search could be narrowed down to the Shuryek Valley and the eastern side of Sawtalo Sar. While the steepness of the terrain still provided plenty […]

It wasn’t an easy movement. Not only were they in hostile territory (though the Shuryek Valley was considerably more friendly toward US forces than the Korengal and Chichal, on the other side of the ridge), but they were facing the same brutally steep, rocky terrain that the Rangers had been moving over, in the dark. […]

The Rangers had been scouring the mountains for over a week. The heat and altitude had taken its toll, with more than one Ranger having to be medevaced as a heat casualty, and many more needing to use IVs to recover the fluids they had lost hiking over the mountains with full combat loads. One […]

This account is as accurate as I could make it, 7000 miles away and 8 years after the fact. Sources differed in their recollections, and particularly timelines. Not having been there, I have had to piece together the story as best I could. There has been a great deal of controversy about Marcus Luttrell’s account […]

Hi Everyone, We are planning the party in Vegas right before the annual SHOT show. I need a good head count so I can secure a location that matches the number of people attending. Please RSVP via the comment sections of this post, and pass the word to others. I’ll shut down the RSVP/comment section next […]