Watch: American close air support and follow-up in Afghanistan (Graphic Video)
Four 500lb bombs were dropped upon the targets, killing 16 insurgents… Overall, bad day to be an insurgent!
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Sept 11 motivation for Ranger Regiment
“That event changed the trajectory of my entire Army career. As a New Yorker, I wanted to find the guys responsible.” – Chief Warrant Officer 2 Darren Holcomb
Things that matter: Special Forces jungle fatigue uniform
The jacket always was worn tucked in to reduce noise while he moved through the countryside. Pockets were moved up from the lower jacket or pants to the shoulders. The camouflage was created by using black spray paint on the clothing. In addition, an “A+” was painted on the fatigue jacket to indicate his blood type should he be wounded.
Espionage and intrigue on the campaign trail ’16 – FBI trains campaign staffs to avoid spies
Foreign spies met with campaign contacts and staff, used human source networks for policy insights, exploited technology to get otherwise sensitive data, engaged in perception management to influence policy.
Law enforcement special operations units are being tasked to counter narcotics
I’m not going to put detective’s lives in danger just because of some dope,” said Capt. Randy LaBelle, who commands the special operations unit and also oversees criminal investigations.
Despite cuts, Fort Bragg expects boost in special ops
The majority of that will come in special operations, with just $84 million planned for other projects.
China to begin train, advise, assist mission in Syria to back Assad Regime
A few years ago, relatively early on in the war against ISIS, I was smuggled into Northern Syria along a PKK re-supply route. Taking a small inflatable boat across the river which acted as the border between Syria and Iraq, my first stop in the Kurdish held areas of Syria (known as Rojava) was a […]
Strange Russian state secrets -How a recent mole-hunt gone mad may launch the next war
Nevertheless, everyone locally involved was destined to perform a series of events that may very well launch an extremely bloody war.
Army’s ‘Mad Scientist’ initiative looks at future differently
Chemical-energy munitions, shaped charges, etc., like that — is that the cost curve as well as the physics is working against us.
America’s mercenaries – Foreign policy without ‘Boots on the ground’
Even more troubling: Most of those fighting for the United States abroad aren’t even Americans. Private military companies are multinational corporations that recruit globally.
Pioneering Female Spy Doris Bohrer, of the OSS – Remembered
Soon she’d been dispatched to the Adriatic coast to analyze aerial photographs of concentration camps and plan troop drops. She was 21.
Erik Prince, Blackwater founder and Navy SEAL on defeating Daesh ‘IS’ and politics
Of Blackwater’s involvement in the development and execution of such a plan, Erik Prince said that something would be “fully baked by the time the next administration comes on board.”
