Tag: Balkans

Perhaps SEAL Team SIX forgot their clown car as they could barely lead a VIP to the local airport without disastrous results.

American power succeeds only when it enters a conflict with limits, legitimacy, and a political end state already within reach, and it fails when it tries to invent those conditions at gunpoint.

Street Craft is about blending in, not standing out; it’s the art of hiding in plain sight. Today, I’ll teach you how to run a proper Delta approved dead drop.

With every fiber of my being, I knew the time had come to shed the shackles of my past, leaving behind the chaos of Delta and embracing the uncertain freedom that lay ahead.

Navigating through danger with a mix of quick thinking and teamwork, we managed to outmaneuver our pursuers, proving that even in tight situations, staying calm and working together makes all the difference.

In Delta Force, do not ever (EVER!) meddle in the non-commissioned business of an assault squadron.

The Serbia-Kosovo crisis talks hit a roadblock in Brussels as both sides fail to reach an agreement, raising concerns about regional stability and the need for diplomatic solutions.

During the early to mid-1990s, Yugoslavia,  a multiethnic state of Serbs, Croats, and Bosnian Muslims was disintegrating and bloody conflict breaking out. Bosnia-Herzegovina was the scene of some of the worst fighting, where nearly 100,000 people were killed, many of them victims of ethnic cleansing. The United States and NATO got involved in 1992, enforcing […]

William “Chief” Carlson came to Delta Force from one of the Green Beret groups around 1995. He was a Siksika warrior from the Blackfeet tribe of Montana. He was man whose reputation preceded him wherever he went in our community; no matter where you were at, there would be guys in your organization who had heard […]

On May 2, 1999, Lieutenant Colonel David Goldfein’s F-16 fighter was shot down by a Serbian surface-to-air missile. A combat search-and-rescue team comprised of Pararescuemen and Combat Controllers scrambled to his rescue. After a hair-raising operation, the Serbs were trying to capture Goldfein who was escaping and evading, the Air Commandos managed to locate and […]

Aviation and Special Operations go hand-in-hand. Whether it is rotary-wing or fixed-wing, SOF units have been using SOF aircraft to increase their effectiveness and lethality. Recognizing the lack of a dedicated SOF aviation program, NATO has decided to launch a training facility that aims to bring together the Alliance’s elite aviation units for training. The […]

Skopje, FYROM—The name dispute between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) enters its final mile. A referendum will take place Sept. 30 to decide whether or not the Prespa Agreement between the two countries will be ratified. If the agreement receives the green-light from the citizens of FYROM, the country will change […]