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My Glock 17 is 30 years old now. It is the first and last pistol I ever bought.

How can the best-of-the-best in the U.S. Army be determined? And what does Brian have to do with it?

We practiced chopping through heavy steel vault doors and several feet of reinforced concrete wall — and doing it all while down in bottomless holes!

Our primary choice for a secondary (backup) firearm was the M-1911 .45 caliber blazer, legacy of the venerable John Moses Browning.

Within a few smacks on the roof tack with the bottom edge of the can it burst, completely engulfing his head and face.

Loose lips sink ships and a horde of international journalists was about to find that out the hard way in Somalia. Enter the Navy SEALs.

Editor’s Note: Geo’s memoir, Brothers of the Cloth, a true account of special mission unit soldiers, is now available for pre-order. You can purchase it here.  “THERE’S A FREAKIN’ FENCE OUT THERE. A CHAIN-LINK FENCE!” came the holler from our man in the doorway of the building we were in. That fence was blocking our […]

Editor’s Note: Geo’s memoir, Brothers of the Cloth, a true account of special mission unit soldiers, is now available for pre-order. You can purchase it here.  No shite, there I was. That is how this sort of story typically unfolds. There’s no moral to it; no special message. Perhaps the message is that when it […]

Read which are the traits shared by Navy SEAL candidates who pass selection.

A rare wordsmith, Geo is a master of the English language. But it takes more than that to create a compelling memoir, especially one so heavily focused on others.

Retired Sergeant Major John “Shrek” McPhee served for over 20 years in the Army. All of his operational time was spent in Special Operations units, including the 75th Ranger Regiment, the Special Forces Regiment, and Delta Force. He has has some interesting advice on SOF selections. You can follow him on his website.