US SOCOM

On April 14, 2009, I drove into the heart of downtown San Diego to hunt down an address I’d been given via e-mail. It was a little hole-in-the-wall off Market Street. Inside, the guy running the place ushered me into a tiny room, where he sat me in a chair in front of a green-screen […]

“Robin Sage” is the final exercise that all prospective Special Forces soldiers must pass before being awarded the Green Beret.

The Army’s Delta Force and the Navy’s SEAL Teams constantly compete for standing at the top of the Special Operations heap.

“U.S. SOF… will support Mozambique’s efforts to prevent the spread of terrorism and violent extremism,” the US embassy said.

A Special Forces soldier has been charged with assaulting four police officers at the Capitol on January 6, 2021, including spearing one in the face with a flagpole.

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.

Instructors joke that nobody can hear you scream on “The Rock” and there couldn’t be a truer statement; There would be plenty of screaming.

For years and years, Special Operations Forces has been the military equivalent of the easy button. That’s changing, and it’s a good thing.

One of the tenets of Army SF is their language and cultural capabilities. They can insert anywhere link up with groups of resistance fighters.

Marine Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) formed 15 years ago, but disputes during its creation still cast shadows over its future.

The first time Olga felt the rumble of the M60 in her hands she was hooked, like a heroin addict shooting up dope; she couldn’t get enough.

Lying there, facedown in the sand with these four hardcase psychopaths doing their best to break me, I got what SEALs call a fire in the gut.