On the X with Delta Force and the Night Stalkers

On the X with Delta Force and the Night Stalkers

You can read part II here. Chalks-02 and -03 were touched down with their assaulters already collapsing on Mullah Omar’s walled compound, where they quickly blew a large breach. Chalk-04 with the Falcon and his men had already slammed into the side of a mountain trying to evade ground fire en route to Gecko. Then […]

22 a Day: Is there a suicide pandemic within the ranks?

22 a Day: Is there a suicide pandemic within the ranks?

Two cadets, among 1,000 seniors isolated at the Air Force Academy, committed suicide within days from each other amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This has rattled the service from the senior leadership to its trainees. Unlike other branches, the Air Force has kept cadets on campus. The cadets have been socially distancing in single rooms, away […]

Robert Levinson: Former FBI agent and CIA asset dies in captivity in Iran

Robert Levinson: Former FBI agent and CIA asset dies in captivity in Iran

Robert Levinson, a former FBI special agent and undercover CIA asset, has died while in captivity in Iran, according to a statement by his family. Levinson’s story is complicated, to say the least. The former FBI special agent retired from the Bureau in 1998. He then proceeded to work as a private investigator. In 2007, […]

D-Day in Asscrackistan with the Night Stalkers and Delta Force

D-Day in Asscrackistan with the Night Stalkers and Delta Force

You can read part one here and part two here.  D-Day in Afghanistan! America’s first house-call after the 9-11 attack by extremist Islam. As with most countries that come to garner American G.I. contempt, the country was kindly awarded the nom de guerre “Asscrackistan” lest any of the G.I.’s be accused of any faux respect […]

The Video of the Week: The five fundamentals of Special Operations

The Video of the Week: The five fundamentals of Special Operations

The 75th Ranger Regiment encompasses the Big Five Philosophy: marksmanship, physical training, medical training, small-unit tactics, and mobility for the success of the individual Ranger and the Ranger mission. Special Operations units excel at the battlefield partly because they have mastered the basics of soldiering.

Boston brings in General Stanley McChrystal to fight Coronavirus

Boston brings in General Stanley McChrystal to fight Coronavirus

The State of Massachusetts and the City of Boston is also wracked with cases of the coronavirus. In response, Boston’s mayor, Marty Walsh, has sought outside help and has hired a retired Army general to advise the city on its efforts.  General Stanley McChrystal was best known for his work in the Joint Special Operations […]

How a New Zealand SAS team responded to a volcano eruption

How a New Zealand SAS team responded to a volcano eruption

Last December, a tourist visit to an island with an active volcano in New Zealand went catastrophically wrong. On December 9, while 47 tourists were admiring the natural beauties of the Whakaari/White Island, the volcano in the center of the island erupted. In total, 20 people died and 25 wounded, most of who critically with […]

Peace? Not today, Afghan Special Forces repel multiple Taliban assaults

Peace? Not today, Afghan Special Forces repel multiple Taliban assaults

The Taliban, despite signing a peace deal with the United States, have vowed to keep attacking Afghan governmental forces. Over the weekend and on Friday they did exactly that by ramping up their attacks and targeting a number of Afghan towns and outposts. They launched an attack on security posts in Bariha, located in the […]

Navy’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal community is looking for officers

Navy’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal community is looking for officers

The Navy’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) community is looking for its future leaders. More specifically, the Navy EOD community is looking for either civilian candidates or Sailors already serving in the fleet who are looking into commissioning through the Enlisted to Officer Commissioning Program (OPNAVINST 1420.1B). Both categories of candidates will have to complete the […]

Disbanded but not forgotten: The Czech Special Operations Group

Disbanded but not forgotten: The Czech Special Operations Group

The Special Operation Group (SOG) was a SOF unit from the Czech Republic. The unit was part of the Military Police and was one of the youngest units kicking around having been formed only in 2002. SOG consisted of two departments: the Department of Protection for the Minister of Defense and the Combat Operation Department. […]

US withdrawal from Afghanistan is getting complicated

US withdrawal from Afghanistan is getting complicated

Since the U.S. and Taliban leaders signed a peace deal on Feb 29, the world has been unraveling due to the spread of the Coronavirus. As a part of the deal, the U.S. agreed to decrease the number of troops in Afghanistan from 13,000 to 8,600 in the coming months and to have all troops […]