Pentagon spokesman provides update on Afghanistan after ISIS-K leader killed

Pentagon spokesman provides update on Afghanistan after ISIS-K leader killed

Pentagon spokesman, Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, took part in a press conference in Washington D.C. on Monday, in which he addressed the ongoing fight against Islamist Extremists in Afghanistan, particularly since the death of Abu Sayed, emir of an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria affiliate known as ISIS-Khorasan, on July 14th. The U.S. air […]

Importance of intelligence operations in special operations missions

Importance of intelligence operations in special operations missions

The attacks of 9/11 which seem so long ago caught the United States by surprise. There were some warning signs that were missed by our intelligence and law enforcement agencies but pointing the finger isn’t the purpose here. The last 16 years has our forces fighting a different kind of war, with a different set […]

Ranger Leroy Petry Awarded the Medal of Honor July 12, 2011

Ranger Leroy Petry Awarded the Medal of Honor July 12, 2011

On this date, July 12, 2011, SFC Leroy Petry was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Obama in a White House ceremony attended by his family and those of his fellow soldiers. Petry was assigned to the 2nd Bn. 75th Ranger Regiment based in Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington. Petry’s actions took place on […]

Ranger Leroy Petry Awarded the Medal of Honor July 12, 2011

Ranger Leroy Petry Awarded the Medal of Honor July 12, 2011

On this date, July 12, 2011, SFC Leroy Petry was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Obama in a White House ceremony attended by his family and those of his fellow soldiers. Petry was assigned to the 2nd Bn. 75th Ranger Regiment based in Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington. Petry’s actions took place on […]

US Soldier in Hawaii Caught Passing Classified Data, Drone to ISIS

US Soldier in Hawaii Caught Passing Classified Data, Drone to ISIS

A senior NCO stationed in the US Army’s Schofield Barracks in Hawaii was arrested this weekend after allegedly attempting to provide military documents and a drone to the ISIS terrorist group. The soldier, an Air Traffic Controller, Sgt. 1st Class Ikaika Kang, 34, was arrested late Saturday night by an FBI SWAT team at the […]

MARSOC Critical Skills Operators Worthy of Their WWII Lineage

MARSOC Critical Skills Operators Worthy of Their WWII Lineage

The Marine Corps hadn’t had a Special Operations unit since World War II, but all of that changed in 2003 when on June of that year, the Marine Corp and USSOCOM formed Marine Corps Special Operations Command Detachment One (MCSOCOM Det 1) to explore unit level Marine Corps participation in USSOCOM. Prior to this, Marine […]

Pakistan Courting China and Russia as US Ties Weaken

Pakistan Courting China and Russia as US Ties Weaken

The governments of China and Russia have used the precarious position of Pakistan and its weakening ties to Washington to make serious inroads in their influence. The government of Pakistan, once a considered a key ally in the U.S. war on terrorism, has had to face allegations that it harbors more than a dozen terrorist […]

It turns out Trump didn’t give Mattis full control of troop levels in Afghanistan

It turns out Trump didn’t give Mattis full control of troop levels in Afghanistan

Last month, President Donald Trump gave Defense Secretary James Mattis complete authority to set troop levels in Afghanistan. But apparently that’s not the case. Shortly after Trump gave Mattis full authority to set troop levels, National Security Adviser Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster sent a memo around the White House saying that the Pentagon chief had to […]

Watch: Live with Big Phil Campion, former British SAS- July 5, 2017

Watch: Live with Big Phil Campion, former British SAS- July 5, 2017

Phil confronts the story that broke over the weekend about the British SAS supposedly going “rogue” in Afghanistan. He turned down an interview with the BBC regarding the supposed incident because he is concerned about BBC’s intentions. Phil stands by the SAS and states the accusations are untrue. Check out the video below.

Former Gitmo prisoner to receive apology, millions from Canada

Former Gitmo prisoner to receive apology, millions from Canada

Omar Khadr, a Canadian-born man who killed an American Special Forces soldier in Afghanistan when he was 15 while fighting for Al Qaeda, will receive an apology and $8 million from the Canadian government. The decision was made this week following years of political controversy in Canada over the plight of a man who had […]

Amid possible surge, Marines help Afghans ‘shape the battlefield’

Amid possible surge, Marines help Afghans ‘shape the battlefield’

As the U.S. considers sending more troops to Afghanistan, Marines in Helmand province recently showed how U.S. advisers can help Afghan security forces take the fight to the Taliban. In June, Afghan troops and police resupplied two battalions in Marjah as part of Maiwand Three, an operation named after a major battle in the Second […]