I came across some information regarding a Special Forces unit that was part of the attempted hostage rescue of Americans during Eagle Claw in 1980. We now all know what transpired at Desert One — due in large part to the very successful new movie Argo — and the role that Delta was to play in […]
Special Forces Combat Divers are a rare breed in an already elite community. Only a small number of Army Green Berets volunteer for and go through the Special Forces Combat Diver Qualification Course (CDQC), arguably the toughest school in the Army, and ultimately qualify to serve in a dive team. Special Forces Operational Detachment Alphas […]
Pope Airfield in Fort Bragg, NC has been a pivotal piece of America’s effort to wage war since WWII. The airfield serves as an extremely vital tactical jump-off point for the 82nd Airborne and units of the Army Special Operations Command and Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC): Delta Force uses it in case of a […]
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 […]
German law enforcement officers arrested four Islamic State sympathizers who were plotting to attack U.S. installations and personnel in the country. The four men came from Tajikistan. Identified only by their first names and the first letter of their surname (Azizjon B., Muhammadali G., Farhodshoh K., and Sunatullokh K.), they age between 24- and 32-years-old. […]
As U.S. troops have begun withdrawing from Afghanistan after 19 years of warfare, it looks like U.S. Special Operations units are going to be the last bastion of defense in the country. The agreement between the U.S and the Taliban stipulates that American troops are to be gradually withdrawn from the country within a 14-monthly […]
The Afghan government announced that its security forces arrested the leader of the Islamic State in Afghanistan in an operation. Abdullah Orakzai, also known as Aslam Farooqi, was captured by operators from Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS), the Afghani intelligence service and a rough equivalent of the CIA but with greater emphasis on domestic duties. […]
You can read part II here. Chalks-02 and -03 were touched down with their assaulters already collapsing on Mullah Omar’s walled compound, where they quickly blew a large breach. Chalk-04 with the Falcon and his men had already slammed into the side of a mountain trying to evade ground fire en route to Gecko. Then […]
In the early hours of December 20, 1989, 28 years ago, the United States began operations against Manuel Noriega and the Panamanian Defense Forces in Operation Just Cause. During the opening hours of the US operation, several US Special Operations units conducted operations to rescue American Kurt Muse from the notorious Modelo Prison, stop Noriega […]
In early March, Army Special Operations (ARSOF) troops and their families got the chance to talk to Colonel Andrew Morgan, an ARSOF medical officer and NASA Astronaut, and ask him about life in space. Col. Morgan is a qualified Special Forces Combat Diver, arguably one of the toughest ratings to achieve in the Army, and […]
Some of my experience in this field includes live nerve agent decontamination training with the Delta Force and years of platform instruction and field training for First Responders in Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Crisis Response. It is strongly suggested that if the below procedures are followed when entering and exiting your private residence you will […]
An officer with the Qwat Al-Khasah, Special Forces of Iraq, speaks to the soldiers preparing to go out on a mission during the training stage for an upcoming mission with the United States Special Operations Force at Camp Taji, Iraq March 7, 2020. The Qwat al Khasah, Special Forces of Iraq, are leading a coalition […]
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