Lost Hero: MSG Jared Van Aalst

This Veteran’s Day everyone will remember their war time experiences and the friends they lost in slightly different ways.  The veterans of a past war will no doubt recall the jungles, the crack of AK-47 fire, and the chopping of a Huey’s rotor blades as some gutsy pilot came to pull them out of a killzone. Our […]

New intel on the Benghazi Consulate attack

I wanted to share this exclusive article (if you’re not reading it already) published by Fox News’ own Jennifer Griffin not more than an hour ago (current time of 1248EST/26OCT12). EXCLUSIVE: CIA operators were denied request for help during Benghazi attack, sources say This is a very interesting and in depth breakdown of what exactly […]

SEAL Team Six Throws OPSEC to the Wind, Next Time Use Delta Force or Rangers…

With the 9/11 attacks being the story of the last decade, the raid that resulted in the killing of Osama Bin Laden may be the big story of this decade.  Before SEAL Team Six inserted via classified stealth helicopters and killed HVT #1, the White House, the Pentagon, and the CIA had an agreed upon narrative that […]

The Next Bin Laden Raid: Will SEAL Team Six Strike Chapo Guzman in Mexico?

The conflict in the Middle East is winding down, US forces are withdrawing, and wars are being handed over to various proxy forces to fight in the context of the so-called Arab Spring from Egypt, to Libya, to Syria. Once Syria falls, more than likely after the US Presidential elections are complete, the Arab Spring […]

Calling Out the Durango Herald

See if you get through more than a couple paragraphs of this gem before feeling sick to your stomach.  I embrace the hate.  This weaselly Steve Buscemi look alike, fondling his airsoft pistol like every Lethal Weapon veteran stereotype while he recounts losing men in Afghanistan, I love every detail.  It’s so perfect that I […]

Book Review: INSIDE DELTA FORCE

INSIDE DELTA FORCE has been on my list for a while and I finally was able to take it down in two days. From the beginning, you can tell Eric Haney (Command Sergeant Major, USA ret.) is authentic and cares deeply about the US Army and Delta. My favorite part of the book is the recounting of his […]

Comic Book Review: The Activity

When I first read about The Activity in a USA Today article I thought, “holy shit, those guys have a comic book?!” Intelligence Support Activity is SOCOM’s more secretive, and compartmentalized unit. To tell you the truth, even those of us in SOF knew very little about them or what kind of operations they had going […]

“Mad Dog” Shriver and General Bargewell in MACV-SOG

Cogito (Ergo) Vivo – You haven’t lived ‘til you’ve almost died. For those who have fought for it, life has a flavor the protected will never know. This observation, which is embraced by every combat veteran I know, has been adopted as the motto of the Special Operations Association. The very first time I heard […]

The Washington Times on Delta Force, Here We Go Again…

Well, Rowan Scarborough is out with an article about Delta Force in the Washington Times today.  Stick with me here and we’ll walk through it piece by piece. “As Navy SEALs bask in the limelight for daring missions, some in the Army are wondering whether the other half of the nation’s counter-terrorism covert warriors – […]

Joint SAS/JSOC Hostage Rescue in Afghanistan

The dramatic details of how the SAS completed a “brilliant” rescue of a British aid worker and three other female hostages in Afghanistan can be revealed. Defence sources said the “surgical” operation showed the “precision, skill and courage” of British special forces after they stormed the cave where Helen Johnston, 28, was held, and killed […]