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The Army selection panel had reviewed the application packets of seven female officers. Of those, two were approved for the SFAS class, he said.

Delta Force underwent a transformation of sorts, Sacolick said, all aimed at preventing another “Black Hawk Down.”

The Battle of Mogadishu, “revolutionized how we did business,” he said.

The Robin Sage exercise is an important part of the Special Forces Qualification Course as it prepares the prospective Special Forces Soldier for a variety of missions and how to work with indigenous forces.

General Mark Milley, the Chief of Staff for the United States Army, is bringing a revolutionary concept into being. He is moving forward with the establishment of advisory brigades within the U.S. Army. The United States military has a long history of advisory efforts but for the most part, except for the U.S. special operations […]

We had minimal intel on enemy activities on the ground in the target area, we knew the enemy was gearing up to attack our recon teams to keep us out of Laos. Remember, in March 1968, the U.S. could have no conventional military troops in Laos, hence the secret war. We carried no identification papers or dog tags.

Several military personnel were rescued by helicopter Friday in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park after some had trouble climbing one of the state’s highest peaks. Defense officials told Fox News that 11 Green Berets from Fort Carson in Colorado Springs were involved in a climbing training exercise Thursday on 14,259-foot Longs Peak, but a few […]

Blue Light left a powerful legacy for today’s special operations soldiers, and gave America the beginnings of a very robust counterterrorism capability.

Imagine American Special Forces soldiers traveling around Baghdad in civilian vehicles, speaking the local language, carrying false passports, and operating under a cover as they case targets and dodge foreign intelligence agents. Today, such a thing is an impossibility, a much sought after capability that Special Forces has been unable to attain in recent years. […]

Several books have been published stating that Blue Light was never invited to try out for Delta Force and none of them ever served in Delta. Both claims are false.

Blue Light had begun their training as an interim counterterrorism unit while Charlie Beckwith took his 18 to 24 months to stand up Delta Force.

Following an exchange program with the British Special Air Service (SAS) in 1962, Charlie Beckwith realized that America was missing something.

Following a violent hostage crisis in Washington, D.C., the Army green-lit two dedicated counterterrorism units to address the issue.