Fieldcraft Tips From a Former Delta Force Operator: How To Run A Proper Dead Drop
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.
Close Target Reconnaissance
Geo Hand Explains How Delta Was Snubbed by SEAL Team Six and Why They Should Get Driving Lessons
Perhaps SEAL Team SIX forgot their clown car as they could barely lead a VIP to the local airport without disastrous results.
Borderline Illegal: The Story Behind the UK’s Most Secretive SOF Unit
The secretive SOF unit’s arsenal contained every weapon imaginable. But the unit was too irregular and unmanageable.
Risk aversion in Special Operations: When aid workers have more freedom in a combat zone
Who has more freedom of movement in a combat zone: a highly trained and well-resourced Special Operations fighter, or an untrained volunteer working for a cash-strapped religious non-governmental organization (NGO)? In the author’s opinion and experience, the answer is the NGO worker — and by a long shot. The reason for this predominantly boils down […]
Women & standards in Special Operations and Special Mission units
SOFREP recently published an exclusive piece covering the journey of the first female candidate set to graduate the Special Forces Qualification Course and earn her coveted green beret — an amazing achievement. Similarly, recent years have seen the services open their previously male-exclusive roles, including the opportunity to attend Ranger School and others, to women […]
Hollywood and Celebrities: Special Forces bodyguards in action
Several years ago, I had just gotten out of the hospital after having my knee scoped — another wonderful reminder of the joys of carrying a rucksack with 100 lbs of “lightweight gear” around for years. A torn meniscus, all kinds of loose cartilage and junk floating around in there made Steve a very unhappy […]
Better than Hollywood: SAS operators conducting hairy urban counterterrorism ops
This is a series. You don’t want to miss part one and part two. A British soldier roams the crowded bazaar. His tour in that hell hole called Aden almost over, he seeks to buy something for his sweetheart. Whilst he bargains his way to a smart linen dress, he doesn’t notice the two Arabs […]
Delta Force and SEAL Team 6 operators on the loose?
How far would the CIA and the military’s elite Special Operations units go to avoid political oversight for their covert activities? To the end of the world, it seems. Congress is suspecting that the CIA and the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) haven’t been transparent when it comes to briefing lawmakers about their covert operations. […]
SAS operator who singlehandedly stopped terrorist attack recognized
The Special Air Service (SAS) operator who responded to and stopped a terrorist attack in Nairobi, Kenya, in January will receive the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross (CGC). The CGC is Britain’s second-highest military award for valor in combat and second only to the Victoria Cross. On January 16, four terrorists associated with the al-Shabaab terrorist group […]
This isn’t the SAS: Britain’s most secretive SOF unit in Northern Ireland
Editor’s note: This is the fourth part of a series. Captured by the IRA or a blown cover. These were the ultimate sins. In case an operator was compromised, he would either be sent to a different Detachment and location or to the conventional army. So, the three-week Induction Phase, when fresh operators were paired […]
A mix of SAS and James Bond: The selection process for Britain’s most secretive SOF unit
You can read part one here. “From time to time, there is a requirement for men and women to volunteer to undertake special duties of a hazardous nature in Northern Ireland. Selection and training for the special duties is both rigorous and arduous. For further details, see defense council instructions…” Divine words for anyone stranded […]
When the SAS defied their government to rescue their own
19 September, 2005. Basra, Iraq. The British soldiers couldn’t believe what they were seeing. Before them, on a TV screen, sat two of their own, faces bloody from beatings, being paraded on Iraqi TV. The announcer read in Arabic that they were being charged with the murder of an Iraqi policeman; they were held in […]
