Specialoperations

If a crew flew 25 combat missions, they were rotated back to the states. But no crew survived that long. The Memphis Belle was the first.

The raid on Cabanatuan was a classic example of a joint special operations mission that was incredibly planned and executed.

They jumped out of the dark. The oldest held a kitchen knife that looked like it had been dipped in shit about three lifetimes ago.

The Big Army hated Special Forces; all the attention that the relatively new unit had gotten had rubbed the brass the wrong way.

Explore the rise and fall of 32 Battalion, South Africa’s elite unit famed for its battlefield prowess and marred by its controversial legacy.

In SFAS you will feel the pain as individuals, but you cannot hope to pass unless you think and act as a team.

The lionization of Yamamoto by Japanese propaganda had put a huge target on his back. And now he was within range.

The body is like car engines. Put too many miles on it, or focus on one area for too long and something is bound to break down.

“What outfit is this?” Cota asked still standing upright. “5th Rangers,”was said. “Well Hell Rangers, Lead the Way!” And the Rangers’ motto was born.

In just five minutes, the entire scope of the war had changed. Japan’s massive superiority in aircraft carriers was obliterated in Midway.

When one talks about Memorial Day, it is important to know what it means and most importantly whom it is honoring.

Simo Häyhä was as deadly as a machine gun. His Soviet adversaries aptly called him “the White Death.”