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Award-winning author Toby Harnden has written a riveting account of the very first days of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan that followed the September 11th Attacks in 2001. Harnden’s book, “First Casualty: The Untold Story of the CIA to Avenge 9/11,” relies extensively on personal interviews with the particpants of these early battles to overthrow Taliban control of Afghanistan.

Panic is a by far a deadlier and more contagious “virus” that COVID can ever be!

“We are going to rescue 70 POWs from a camp called Son Tay. This is something American prisoners have a right to expect.”

Well, there I was, attending the Special Operations Combat Medic Course (SOCM), the Army’s elite combat medic course in Fort Bragg, NC.

The Special Forces’ pre-scuba and Combat Diver Qualification Courses may have a serious safety problem.

In a war with China, allied and partner commando units that U.S. special operation forces have helped stand up or train would be an advantage for the U.S. military.

From the profane to the hilarious and the nonsensical these military and tactical expressions leave most civilians baffled.  

“This is an absolute tragedy, especially when we lose someone as capable and promising as Lincoln,” said the commander of 19th SFG.

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

Geo’s “Brothers of the Cloth” is probably the best account of the men who comprise Delta Force, our nation’s top special operations unit.

Rushing to recover the body of his dead comrade Melvin Morris took on the North Vietnamese for hours. His actions earned him the Medal of Honor.

The woobie has been the infantryman’s indispensable companion since Vietnam, and is now also used widely by civilians.