AFSOC

AFSOC veteran Jeff Emanuel helps cut through the media hype and tells why the constant political posturing will not translate into war. -Jack “U.S. Ponders Ways to Use Force on Iran” “Here’s How the U.S. Could Invade Iran” “U.S. Said Set to Attack Iran” “Does [the U.S. President] Plan to Invade Iran?” “Saudis Deny U.S. […]

From the Craycroft gate on D-M, it’s approximately 138 miles to our destination at Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field for the July 25 combat search and rescue training mission for pararescuemen from multiple rescue squadrons and rescue groups on D-M. As we arrive at Gila Bend and take the dirt road to our final […]

In The Shadow: Chinese Special Forces Build a 21st Century Fighting Force by Scott J. Henderson In its effort to build a modern 21st Century fighting force, China has had its own revolution in military affairs that has touched almost every aspect of the armed forces. Chinese special-operations forces have been no exception. Major transformations […]

Everyone knows about the polygraph. Funny enough, it was invented by William Moulton Marston who was also the mind that came up with the DC Comics character Wonder Woman. Now you know why she carries her “lasso of truth”! But familiarity with the polygraph also means that plenty of people know how to defeat or […]

It’s no secret that the SOF community is huge on physical fitness.  The training pipelines are brutal, the daily PT regimens are physically taxing. (Never go on a “fun” run with a PJ… it inevitably turns into a freaking marathon.) All that body armor, weapons and ammo  does weigh a few pounds, after all. Inside this […]

Four Thai soldiers were shot dead today in a brazen daylight attack carried out by suspected Muslim insurgents in Thailand’s violence-prone south. Two other soldiers were wounded. Video footage of the attack in Pattani province was captured by surveillance cameras that authorities have installed throughout Thailand’s three southernmost provinces, where an Islamist insurgency that erupted […]

Sun Tzu, the master and author of the “Art of War” knew that having a powerful grasp on the situation and increasing what is called his “State of Awareness” can lead to victory after victory on the battlefield. In some circles it’s been called the “All-Seeing Eye”, and one that never rests. “If you know […]

Taliban and AQ had learned very quick to play dead at night. A good example is around 2:48, didn’t work out to well for this guy. %EMBED3% This video is a great example of coordinated professional air to ground pounding courtesy of Apache Helos, great job Doom 02.  15:07 Send it… Special thanks to Christian […]

This is it. You’ve made it though the US Air Force’s MEPS, you took the oath, and went off to basic training. You weren’t one of those types who just thought you’d sort out a job when you got there, oh no. You always knew what you wanted. You wanted to be with the best, […]

I did a post on the best helicopter night flyers in the world a while back. SOCOM’s TF 160th pilots are the best in the world in my opinion, these guys have more night vision flying time then most career airlines pilots have total hours. %EMBED3% I’m glad to see Hutmacher’s (Commander of US Army […]

I think that most Special Operations personnel are compensated fairly for their service with exception to their retirement. That’s a different story all together.  The fact that an E-9 cook (no offense) behind the wire will get the same retirement as an E-9 Green Beret has always bothered me. Spec Ops special pays should calculate […]

You don’t have to look very far these days to realize that the inter-service “Camo Wars” has been a disaster and ultimately produced some terrible looking (and more importantly, poor performing) camouflage uniforms. A few guys at Crye Precision kicked the shit out of Natick Labs with their Multicam pattern. It took Natick and the […]