green berets

Two Navy Seals get hoisted up into a CV-22 Osprey during a training mission June 28. The Osprey and aircrew are from the 8th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Fla. U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andy M. Kin

U.S. Army Rangers from 75th Ranger Regiment run towards a mock insurgent building, July 25, as part of an assault on the structure on Fryar Drop Zone, Fort Benning, Ga., as part of the Regiment’s 2011 Ranger Rendezvous events. Photo Credit: Sgt. Marcus Butler, USASOC Public Affairs

Members of the U.S. Army Parachute Team “Golden Knights” and the U.S. Navy Parachute Team “The Leap Frogs” train together, Feb. 22, 2016, on canopy relative work over Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla.   Photo courtesy of the Department of Defense

Aviators from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment lower a rope ladder to other soldiers so they can board their MH-47 Chinook during helo-cast training in the Gulf of Mexico, Aug. 5.   Photo Credit: Courtesy of USASOC

Green Berets from 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) rehearse close quarters combat in a shoot house on March 4, 2016 in Nevada.   U.S. Army photo by 3rd Special Forces Group    

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, secure the area after being lowered from a U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk during a mission Nov. 7, 2012, in Afghanistan. Pararescue teams assault, secure, and dominate the rescue objective area using any available Department of Department or Allied, air, land, or sea asset. U.S. Air […]

U.S. and Polish Special Operations Forces Soldiers move across a field to their objective as a Lithuanian Mi-17 helicopter hovers above during a casualty evacuation exercise rehearsal held Oct. 14 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany. Image courtesy of the U.S. Army

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — A Special Operations Forces sniper team engages targets at varying distances over a barrier during the United States Army Special Operations Command’s International Sniper Competition, where 23, two-man teams from special-operations, foreign-partners and law enforcement agencies put their skills to the test, March 20-24. Photo courtesy of USAJFKSWCS

A special operations combat medic from the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) rappels down a cliff side at a Fort Carson, Colorado training area to retrieve a mock-casualty during medical evacuation training Nov. 9. During the two-day training event, medics from 10th SFG(A) were placed in several different scenarios and tested on a variety of […]

In a video interview, the mother of Abu Tayeh claims that the Jordanian government gave him a promotion and a medal after he murdered three US Special Forces soldiers at King Faisal Air Base.  The Green Berets were stopped at the gate checkpoint outside the base where Abu Tayeh was in charge of running the […]

Naval Base Coronado, California – Critical Skills Operators with Bravo Company, 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, prepare to board a target vessel during Visit, Board, Search and Seizure training near Naval Base Coronado, Calif., Jan. 14. Image courtesy of the U.S. Marine Corps

On Sunday night, KPBS will launch the first of a ten-part, 18-hour presentation by film makers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick on the Vietnam War. In recent weeks they have hosted numerous preview clips at private screenings from the series across the country from Los Angeles to New York City and smaller venues in San […]