If you are fond of watching Five-Sided Puzzle Palace gyrations, then chances are you learned recently in the news that a sequester-level budget will not fund the Combat Rescue Helicopter, or CRH. Last year, the Air Force awarded a joint venture between Lockheed-Martin and Sikorsky that would replace the aging HH-60G fleet with 112 HH-60M […]
At around 10 p.m. on Sept. 14, 2012, 15 heavily armed insurgents penetrated the perimeter of Camp Bastion, a base in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. Slipping through a hole in the wire, heavily armed and outfitted in American military uniforms, they wreaked havoc across the northeast flight line, killing two American Marines, wounding nine […]
If you’ve gotten a ride or jumped out of an airplane with the military, there’s a very good chance it was a C-130 Hercules.
Tragedy struck last weekend with the news that world-class climber and guide, Marty Schmidt, along with son Denali Schmidt, were killed when an avalanche struck their camp on the Pakistani mountain K2. Tributes to the father and son have been coming in from all corners of the globe. The Sydney Morning-Herald, Climbing Magazine, and Rock […]
Everyone knows it sucks to be the medic. Especially the medics themselves. You have to carry more shit, go to a bunch more schools, be kinda smart, and then, when the shit hits the fan, you’re dragging dudes behind cover instead of dealing death. For years, in the combat medicine world, it has been SOP […]
I need your help to make this Veterans day meaningful for the Special Operations Warfighter who gave all for their country. Many of you have asked what you can do in the past to support the community, here it is. I’m asking you to read the names of two fallen warriors from the list housed […]
My old pipeline friend Nick Gibson is joining up with the USAF’s Seven Summits team to summit Mount Everest next spring. As soon as I was able to contain my insane jealousy, I thought I’d better get in touch with him to see what it was all about. My fondest memories of Nick, a former […]
I first wrote about the status of HALO (or MFF) being integrated into the Special Forces Qualification Course in Part II of this series. Now it looks like we are that much closer. The big issue was securing the sheer number of aircraft that would be required for training every single Q-Course student in MFF […]
Apparently there be some gringos in the mix. -Jack Al-Shabab used the port to bring in weapons and earn revenue. But the al-Qaeda-aligned group has told the BBC the attack has been rebuffed and none of the city has fallen. Kenyan troops are part of the AU force trying to wrest control of the country […]
The Asymmetric Warfare Group (AWG) is one of the newest organizations created during the War on Terror. Its principal mission is to advise commanders on the best methods to use in defeating a foe using asymmetric methods such as terrorism and guerilla tactics to offset troop and equipment advantages the U.S and its Allies hold […]
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Staff Sergeant Kyle Klapperich , a pararescueman, deployed in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM as the primary rescue specialist and sole medic attached to a combined U.S. Navy SEAL and Afghan Commando Team. On the night of September 7, 2011, Sergeant Klapperich inserted with a combined helo-assault force into a known insurgent stronghold which was […]
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