What motivates suicide bombers? This new documentary reveals the truth

Have you ever wondered what motivates ordinary people to commit acts of unthinkable violence? The last decades have been dominated by images of destruction: New York, London, Madrid, Nice, Baghdad, Kabul, and countless other cities. Now, a British filmmaker is endeavouring to describe the incentives behind these attacks in a new documentary called Path of […]

A small but professional force: New Zealand’s Special Air Service

Founded in 1955, New Zealand’s Special Air Service (NZSAS) is a small but formidable unit. Currently task organized into four squadrons, including the counter-terrorism tactical assault group, NZSAS has seen multiple deployments to Afghanistan in recent years conducting operations in and around Kabul. The unit has had both its share of honors and controversies. One […]

SOCOM’s long-term drone program

The U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has just awarded an $18 million contract to Insitu, a subsidiary of Boeing, as part of the MEUAS III unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) program. Insitu manufactures the ScanEagle UAV for the U.S. military. The ScanEagle is an ISR-capable drone that can operate at high altitudes (its maximum operational ceiling is […]

Did Czech SOF and American SF beat an Afghan commando to death?

xA number of Czech soldiers and a team of Green Berets from 7th Special Forces Group are being investigated over the death of an Afghan commando who killed a Czech soldier and wounded two others in an insider attack. Last October, Wahidullah Khan, fired at a vehicle carrying Czech soldiers, who were returning from a […]

Would you cover 9,518 miles for a cancer-stricken comrade? These men just did

Jordan Brown is a 19-year veteran serving in the Royal Air Force (RAF). He is assigned to the RAF Regiment, a unit that provides soldiering support to the RAF. Airmen serving in the RAF Regiment can perform a variety of roles to include airfield security, Joint Terminal Attack Control (JTAC) support to ground combat units, […]

Local Hero, Special Forces NCO Eric Emond Killed in Afghanistan IED Attack

“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived.”  ― George S. Patton Jr. The United States Special Operations Command had three of their commandos killed in an IED attack in Afghanistan on Tuesday. The bombing killed Captain Andrew Patrick Ross, 29, of Virginia,  Air […]

Remembering Johnny Michael Spann, CIA Special Activities Division, KIA 2001

In the early days after 9/11, the United States was striking back at the Taliban in small ways which would prove to be huge in the coming days ahead. CIA arranged for a small team from their Special Activities Division, part of the agency’s Special Operations Group to be airlifted into Afghanistan from airbase K2, […]

American and Czech SOF Under Investigation For Afghan Detainee Death

Opinion: American Green Berets and Czech forces are under investigation for the death of an Afghan commando who was beaten unconscious and later died while in coalition custody in western Afghanistan. The Afghan commando, Wahidullah Khan was accused of killing a Czech soldier in another deadly insider attack by Afghan troops on the coalition. While […]

Ranger KIA in Afghanistan, Cost of Staying Remains High

The story over the holiday weekend that a U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan on Saturday, a member of the 75th Ranger Regiment and on his third deployment to the country, brings to light again the high cost of our continuing our presence there. The members of the Special Operations Command are paying a very high […]

To hell and back: How a group of UK Commandos broke a Guinness World Record

Last year, a group of eight Royal Marines broke the Guinness world record for speed-marching. This is how they did it. Filmmaker Chris Terrill, who, as a civilian, has undergone the 32-week Royal Marines Commando training course and graduated with an honorary Green Beret, filmed the group’s preparation and attempt. The group of active and former […]