Category: War Stories

In the middle of the second night there, we were told to strip naked. We stayed that way while they hosed us down with freezing cold water…

Warrant Officer One Shawn Thomas was loved by all. He was described as a warrior by every single person that knew him, including me.

This was my first exposure to that aspect of military planning we fondly call FUBAR: fucked up beyond all repair.

The legacy of John Zinn is his ability to compel people to rally around a vision and achieve the impossible, in the military and in life.

A firefight on the streets of Iraq in 2004 led John Zinn to form Indigen Armor, a brand new take on up-armored trucks for Special Operators.

John Zinn was always motivated by his dreams. Some of those dreams were bigger than the Navy SEALs, but they never quite clicked for him.

This letter, sent from the Battle of the Bulge, is a stark yet beautiful reminder of the fighting spirit of our Armed Forces.

John Zinn was not the stereotypical Navy SEAL; He looked like your average skinny surf bum. But underneath he had grit and determination.

57 years ago today, the Military Assistance Command Vietnam activated the “Studies and Observation Group” which became known simply as SOG.

Joint Task Force-Quartz commander: These strikes targeted al-Shabaab leaders involved in IED facilitation, fighter training, and planning.

Combat medics and corpsmen embody a unique form of ‘egotistical utilitarianism,’ a trait that has tremendous benefits for the collective.

The Nigerian army said in a statement that troops “tactically withdrew” to defend against an attack outside northeastern Nigerian village.