Roland and Sibley: Remembering the Men Killed During the Darkest Day in Combat Controller Afghan history
They wouldn’t have traded places with anybody, for anything—and that tells you everything you need to know.
Ambush
The Tragic Tale of Wess Roley and the Idaho Firefighter Ambush
He didn’t die a misunderstood young man—he died a coward who lured heroes into the woods and shot them in the back.
Why the Wagner Ambush in Mali Underscores Russia’s Decimated Force Projection
Already bogged down in a perpetual ten-year war that has not yet captured a fully occupied oblast or reached any military objective, the Neo Russian Empire Putin envisioned he would have, akin to Peter the Great, is now rapidly taking heavy losses simultaneously in various regions akin to the last Tsar, Nicholas II. Time will tell if Vladimir Putin’s disastrous imperial ambitions will leave him in the same fate as Nicholas II.
Claymore Mines: A Legendary Directional Weapon That Reshaped Modern Warfare
Discover the iconic Claymore mine – a directional force of devastation that redefined warfare, leaving a lasting impact on the battlefield.
A Mattis Christmas
General Jim Mattis has been on our minds a lot lately, in large part due to his lead-from-the-front leadership style. This tale says it all.
The Pic of the Day: SF operators hone their quick-reaction drills
A 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Soldier takes cover behind a car during an indoor live-fire training range in Fort Carson, Colorado. The indoor range tests the operators’ ability to move and communicate in an urban environment, suppressing enemy small-arms fire while quickly rescuing incapacitated teammates in an ambush.
The Video of the Week: Special Forces operators ambushed in Afghanistan
The following video depicts a Special Forces team getting ambushed by insurgents in Afghanistan. The buzzing sound that can be heard in the background is none other than M134 Miniguns laying down some hate. The video was shot from the helmet camera of Zack Hughes, a former Special Forces operator and Chief Operating Officer of […]
Pentagon identifies fallen Special Forces team members
Editor’s note: Please consider supporting the families of the fallen. You can support Sgt. Rodriguez’s family by donating here; and you can support Sgt. Gutierrez’s family by donating here. On Saturday, a Special Forces team was ambushed in Afghanistan by a rogue Afghan policeman. Two American commandos were killed and six wounded. The Department […]
Update: How the Special Forces team was ambushed in Afghanistan
Update: The Department of Defence has published the names of the two KIAs. Sgt. 1st Class Javier Jaguar Gutierrez, the senior communications sergeant (18E) on the ODA, and Sgt. 1st Class Antonio Rey Rodriguez, a SOT-A soldier, were killed during the incident. Yesterday, a Special Forces team was ambushed in Afghanistan by a rogue […]
Breaking: Special Forces team ambushed in Afghanistan, multiple casualties
Update: At least eight U.S. casualties (2 KIA and 6 WIA). One KIA is a Green Beret and the other an enabler. The WIAs include senior members of the ODA and Company. Most of the WIA have gunshot wounds to the legs, but at least one was shot in the face and is in critical […]
Vindicated Warriors: Marine Raiders of ‘MARSOC 7’ reunited
In June of 2019, seven men from MARSOC Fox Company and one of the panel members from their 2008 court of inquiry (COI) were reunited—some for the first time in 12 years—during a fishing trip at Big Horn River in Montana. The trip was hosted and paid for by The Bar X Project, an organization […]
Analysis: Latest Islamic State propaganda video shows recovered weapons of Niger ambush?
A video recently released by the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS), the group responsible for the ambush on October 4th, shows U.S.-made weapons. The video is titled Punishments of Traitors and features brutal executions, accompanied by nasheeds (Islamic ballads). In the video, Abdelhakim al-Sahrawi, the Emir of Gourma for ISGS, can be seen […]
