Afghanistan

June 18, 2013 came and went with little coverage by the media on the monumental milestone in the Afghan War.

National Geographic Channel’s new series is starting this July… Eyewitness War ***UPDATE*** Series begins Monday, July 1 at 10:00 pm EST. The MARSOC/ODA episode is scheduled to air July 29 at 10:00 pm EST. More information can be found at the official website > Eyewitness War %EMBED2% So set your TiVo, Direct TV, Dish Network, DVD-R, […]

As the U.S. and NATO forces start their withdrawal from Afghanistan, President Karzai is consistently making statements and instilling policies to help save himself from the future wrath of the Taliban. From forcing SOF out of Wardak to influencing the U.S. that peace talks between Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Taliban are an real possibility, Karzai […]

Fair winds and following seas brothers. Staff Sgt. Eric D. Christian and Cpl. David M. Sonka died on Saturday, May 4, in Bala Baluk, Farah Providence, Afghanistan. Both were members of 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion out of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Christian specialized in counterintelligence and human intelligence, and Sonka was a multi-purpose canine […]

It is very humbling for me to write an article about this event because it involves the loss of four brave Patriots. I do not want the importance of their mission to go unrecognized by the American people in general; becoming just another prime-time news blurb or NATO press release from Afghanistan. So here are […]

Commandos from the 4th Commando Kandak, assisted by U. S. Special Operations Forces, were attacked during a presence patrol…

I already know what you are thinking… “another foundation?” It seems like everyone and their mother has a foundation going these days. Well guess what? Your mother just got another one – the MARSOC Foundation. Of all of the great organizations out there doing wonderful things for our injured and returning Warriors, this one is […]

I am sitting at the terminal gate in San Francisco, hung over and almost missed my flight – damn you New Belgium, damn you straight to hell. Follow-on flight to San Diego in two hours, so I thought I would take this time to (re)introduce myself and share a thought that has been bothering me. […]

On March 11th, two U.S. SOF soldiers were killed and several more were wounded when an Afghan policeman fired a vehicle mounted machine gun at a group of SOF soldiers operating in the Jalrayz district of Maidan Wardak. The SOF unit returned fire and killed three Afghan police as well as the man who fired […]

The allegations of beheadings and kidnappings by US Forces has caused Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, to order a withdrawal of US special operations forces from the “key” Afghani province of Maidan Wardak. These allegations bring up a myriad of questions about the future of SOF in Wardak. What is the potential blowback of losing SOF […]

It was now day five for our Sniper/Recon team, which consisted of me (sniper), “P” as my spotter, and four reconnaissance Rangers.  We had been gathering intelligence and tracking a high-value target behind enemy lines in southern Afghanistan for the past four days.  With the intel we had gathered, we sent up our reports to an assault […]

Read about day one of the Lone Survivor rescue mission, as told by a former 3rd Battalion Ranger Medic.