Tag: Delta Force

The Islamists are way too close to home for Italy’s liking, and America wants ISIS defeated in Libya without a major U.S. troop deployment.

The U.S. Army’s elite Delta Force operations to target, capture or kill top ISIS operatives have begun in Iraq, after several weeks of covert preparation, an administration official with direct knowledge of the force’s activities told CNN. The official said the group has spent the last several weeks preparing, including setting up safe houses, establishing informant networks […]

Ground Branch operators, the CIA’s elite, carrying out their missions and staying in the shadows to protect national security.

Former Delta Force sniper John McPhee gives tips on how to judge distances quickly.

A great documentary that takes you into the raw, unfiltered emotions of fighting and overcoming PTSD.

Who is it that defines what constitutes the best combat medical care? And just who is responsible for making sure that the medical care our fighting men and women receive meets that high standard?

April 25, 1980, was a defining moment the American people and Special Operations. At 7 a.m., a somber President Carter announced to the nation and the world the tragic news of Desert One. He revealed a secret hostage rescue mission had failed; eight American servicemen were dead and several others were seriously injured. Problems with […]

What exactly happened in the run up to the Benghazi attack has been extremely difficult to penetrate, as perhaps as few as 50 people in the entire world were read on to these classified, compartmentalized operations.

Helmet cam footage has emerged from the raid conducted by Mexican Marines which ultimately resulted in the capture of El Chapo, Mexico’s most notorious drug lord. Read more about the involvement of JSOC and the US Marshals in the raid here on SOFREP. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPhFWHJsgkc

This type of arrangement is hardly unprecedented, as Delta Force also worked in the shadows during the search for, and eventual killing of, Pablo Escobar in Colombia. They’ve also served in advisory capacities during hostage-rescue missions in places as diverse as Sudan and Peru.

Early reports are indicating that British citizen Mohamed Emwazi, AKA Jihad John, has been killed by a US drone strike in the so-called Islamic State’s capital city of Raqqa, Syria.  Jihad John was used as an ISIS frontman, a sort of Cobra Commander figure, in propaganda films in which hostages such as John Foley were beheaded. […]

I got a letter from Delta. I made it to the top of Mozark. I am finished with this walk, and I don’t have an atom of energy left to entertain your bullshit!