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Members of 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) conduct high angle rescue training on February 27, 2020, in Panama. The Soldiers were practicing how to tie knots and lift a litter up a cliff. These Green Berets are assigned to a Mountain Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA). New Special Forces operators get assigned to one […]
Editor’s note: What a better way to celebrate the Military Appreciation Month than with some “Why I Joined” stories? May is here and spring is in the air unless you live in New England where it feels like March. However, May is National Military Appreciation Month. During the month, there are several days set aside […]
The country of Colombia has made vast strides in a relatively short amount of time going from an authoritarian type of rule to one of a civilian government. They nearly became a failed state due to the narcotraffickers that nearly toppled the country. But erasing decades of military autonomy is still going to take some […]
“He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.” ― Socrates The United States’ sanctions against the Venezuelan government of Nicolás Maduro as well as rampant mismanagement and corruption have crippled the once-thriving Venezuelan economy. Now the country faces critical shortages of food and […]
In the early hours of December 20, 1989, 28 years ago, the United States began operations against Manuel Noriega and the Panamanian Defense Forces in Operation Just Cause. During the opening hours of the US operation, several US Special Operations units conducted operations to rescue American Kurt Muse from the notorious Modelo Prison, stop Noriega […]
The Venezuelan government has rejected a United States offer to ease the crippling economic sanctions if the country accepts a U.S. proposal for a transitional government. The plan, called “Democratic Transition Framework for Venezuela” was put forth and promoted by Pompeo. It consisted of a power-sharing government that would be made up of the opposition […]
The U.S. Justice Department may have just breathed some life into the near-dead opposition movement in Venezuela. On Thursday, Justice leveled narco-terrorism and other criminal charges against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and senior leaders of his government. Relations between the U.S. and Venezuela have been poor since Hugo Chavez, a self-described Marxist, became president in […]
Just a few days ago, Stavros did a great writeup on how conducting airborne operations in the Third World, with some of our partners and allies who aren’t very well trained, can be… interesting. Many of these soldiers had never even been around aircraft before joining the military, and most of those on their first […]
The United States and the Taliban have signed a historic peace agreement that could bring an end to the long 18-year war that began after the 9/11 attacks on America. Under the terms of this agreement, the United States will remove all of its troops from the country within 14 months; the removal will be […]
Fact: The Afghanistan National Army Special Forces (ANASF) is the most overused force in Afghanistan. I have personally worked with several Kandaks (units), and their training, motivation, and ops schedule vary greatly. A Special Forces Captain will often be visiting, building rapport, and convincing their unit commander to do more operations. These Kandak commanders struggle […]
In light of the recent Green-on-Blue attack in Nangarhar Province Afghanistan which claimed the lives of two Special Forces members and wounded several more, it may surprise you to know that both the President and the Democrats seeking their party’s nomination in the upcoming November elections all seem to be in rhetorical agreement. The U.S. […]
Editor’s note: Please consider supporting the families of the fallen. You can support Sgt. Rodriguez’s family by donating here; and you can support Sgt. Gutierrez’s family by donating here. On Saturday, a Special Forces team was ambushed in Afghanistan by a rogue Afghan policeman. Two American commandos were killed and six wounded. The Department […]
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