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First female soldier in Green Beret training fails to complete the course

“The Special Forces Assessment and Selection process, and subsequent Special Forces qualification training are very challenging experiences — experiences that can be made more difficult with the additional pressure that often comes with focused media attention on particular individuals due to their race, color, gender, religion, national origin, and sexual orientation,” Lt. Col. Robert Bockholt, the command’s public affairs director, said in an email.
The female soldier’s failure to complete the Special Forces class follows reports earlier this month that the first woman to try out for the 75th Ranger Regiment has failed to complete the course. The 75th Ranger Regiment is an elite group of light-infantry soldiers specializing in day and night raids often on short-notice combat deployments around the world.

Navy SEALs are about to get more lethal

The vehicle is able to hold up to eight SEALs and their gear, in addition to a pilot and navigator.

The submersible consists of three compartments: a swimmers’ compartment where the SEALs will ride for the duration of the time, a “line in and line out” compartment where they exit and enter the submersible, and a compartment for the navigator and pilot.

The swimmers’ compartment is only about 10 to 12 feet long, which could be a tight squeeze for eight SEALs.

Army taking second look at case of paralyzed Green Beret facing discharge

In looking into Brumit’s case and his disability benefits, the Army had conducted a “Line of Duty” probe to determine the circumstances of his injury. Their determination that he was reckless increased the likelihood he would face an other-than-honorable discharge and potentially lose benefits.

For now, those medical expenses are paid for. Brumit lives at his parents’ place in Georgia and has had seven surgeries to date. A denial of benefits could leave the family facing millions in lifetime medical costs, though some charity efforts have been launched.

Top U.S. Special Operations general: ‘We’re hurting ourselves’ with all these movies and books

While much of the press surrounding Special Operations forces have centered around a relatively small component of it — the SEALS — Thomas said the issue of unwelcome publicity is spread across the various components of his command.

“Enforcing it isn’t exclusive to one camp of special operators,” Thomas said. “We’re hurting ourselves with this gratuitous release of movies, books and whatnot.”

So you just joined the Army? Some advice from our hardest-core Best Defenders

Step up. Don’t be the soldier who spends an hour trying to skate out the crappy job it would have taken five minutes to do. If you get the rep as a weasel, you’ll never shake it.

There will be something you will be afraid of, or your body will tell you you’re afraid of. Remind yourself that if you give in you’ll have to live in the body of a coward for the rest of your life.

‘Lone Survivor’ Marcus Luttrell recalls discipline, chaos, pain in his life

“I don’t care what you do for a living. If you don’t do your best, you are beaten,” he said.

“You train the hard way so you can live the easy way. Most people will always go for the easy,” he also mentioned.

“Pain and misery have made me who I am,” said the outdoors boy from Texas, then acknowledging he had left all he had this day on the forum stage, just as he had during his time in the military.

“That’s all I got for you,” he said.

Firsthand account of Lt. Clair Hess during the Battle of the Bulge – 101st Airborne – 1945

Lieutenant Hess explains the division was responsible for the defense of Bastogne leading up to the Battle of the Bulge. As Lt. Hess recounts the action, we see snow-covered scenes of the battle and the frozen bodies of soldiers killed in action. Lt. Hess tells of one of the most famous events in WW2 history.

On December 22, 1944, German emissaries asked for the American surrender, to which General McAuliffe answered tersely, “Nuts!” (Lt. HessHess explains that it was “just GI American for ‘Go to hell!’”) A few days later the skies cleared, allowing Allied air forces to retaliate and to drop much-needed food, medicine, and weaponry to ground troops. On Christmas Eve, the Americans allowed the Germans to get as close as possible before opening fire. “You could hear them hollering, ‘Comrade!’ Begging for mercy. Asking for a break. Oh sure. We gave ‘em a break,” says Lt. Hess as the film shows the dead, frozen bodies of Nazi soldiers in the mud and muck. “The German supermen. They didn’t know what the hell had happened.”

Duterte wants U.S. Special Forces to leave South Philippines

This year, before Duterte became president on June 30, the Pentagon announced agreements with the Philippines that will allow for more frequent rotations of American troops and joint sea and air patrols with Philippine forces in the South China Sea. The changes were seen as a way of checking China’s disputed claims to territory there, including reefs and waters belonging to the Philippines.

Mother may I? U.S. special operations troops in Daesh ‘ISIS’ fight frustrated with limited role

“If you have [the Islamic State’s] No. 3 in the crosshairs and he’s using human shields, would we be able to strike him or not?” the officer asked. “This is an important debate. But are we fighting a war or are we not? They are clearly waging a war against us. Are we waging a war, or are we conducting a police action?
“How do you ‘advise and assist’ someone when you are not allowed to go into combat with them?” the officer added.

Racism in the ranks? Sailor broadcasts flag protest, cites Kaepernick, faces NJP

Wherein she broadcasted an act of dissent across social media, on base; for every foreign intelligence service, opportunists, and terrorist from here to Kandahar to see and seek to exploit. Above all else, and as a service member, she should have known the security risk involved in such a selfish act. Similarly, the apparent violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, breach of oath, and total dereliction of duty . After all, who wants to be shoulder to shoulder in defense of the nation with a seditious service member? A service member who has not only taken action without regard of her own integrity and a disregard of duty, but has also failed to conduct any independent research.

The countermeasure ‘force field’, Congressional Research Service; APS still too unreliable for U.S. Military

Active Protection Systems considered too likely to cause collateral damage as well as not survive jamming, high number of targets and clutter(particularly in the urban environment). They are also judged to cause too much of an increase in the tank’s electronic signature. Additional costs and redesigns to provide power, space and cooling for APS systems greatly complicate implementation on platforms not designed for them.