Category: War Stories

We launched for war in the dead of night, rucks strapped tight and nerves tighter—only to turn around midair and win a battle no one would ever hear about.

As we marched through the ancient dust of Iraq, chasing the mythic promise of Eden, I couldn’t shake the feeling that what we were truly searching for wasn’t a place—but the fragile hope that such a place might still exist.

James P. Fleming didn’t fly into danger for medals or headlines—he did it because six men needed saving and he was the last man left who could do it.

CQB is all about raw courage and simple tactics, where real warriors charge into the unknown while others just talk.

The Biblical Wilderness wasn’t some metaphorical idea anymore—it was a sand-scoured reality where time held its breath and ancient suffering walked barefoot beside us.

Memorial Day isn’t about mourning the dead so much as it’s about honoring them by living the kind of lives they died to protect—loud, grateful, and unapologetically free.

Exploring the shadowy depths of the CIA’s Special Activities Center and Global Response Staff, this piece unveils the pivotal yet largely unseen roles these units play in shaping global events and safeguarding American interests through clandestine operations and covert warfare.

Bold Bob, with his laptop duct-taped to the plane, dismissed standard procedures and led his team into the clouds.

Cos, a true testament to resilience and excellence, navigated the toughest terrains of special operations with unwavering valor and dedication, making him not just a brother-in-arms but a legend in his own right.

The BBC can spin their tale, but war ain’t a BBC documentary—it’s blood, chaos, and split-second calls made by men the government’s too cowardly to defend once the smoke clears.

The training warned us about Wahhabis and zealots, but no one mentioned the schoolhouse meetings, mushroom clouds in quarries, and the quiet courage of village Sheiks.

Faced with a draining wound that refused to heal, I turned to a no-nonsense Green Beret medic whose swift action and no-frills approach reminded me that true grit and decisive action define the best of the best.