HARDAN, Iraq – Surrounded by smoke and flames, the sound of gunshots echoing around him, the young man crouched in the creek for hours, listening to the men in his family die. On the other side of the mountain, another survivor peered through binoculars as the handcuffed men of neighboring villages were shot and then […]
Ride along with F-16 pilot Nate “Buster”Jaros, as he takes us and his wingman for a night mission over Iraq to help an Army convoy in trouble. It was a cold winter night over Iraq. It was 2003 and OIF (Operation Iraqi Freedom) was in full swing and US fighter aircraft were getting used to […]
The role of combat controller is one of the most fascinating special operations career fields around. But info on the job is hard to find.
Ankara views the YPG as a threat because of its close links to Kurdish militants waging a three-decade-old insurgency on its own soil. It has been alarmed by the YPG’s gains in northern Syria since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011, fearing it could extend Kurdish control along Turkish borders and fuel the ambitions of Kurdish insurgents in Turkey.
There’s a hotel in Jordan and the room service attendant memorized my order. When I returned after a four-month break, it was still memorized. Jordan has a small town feel. It’s a small country. Jordanians refreshingly have a strong national identity.
As a soldier and as a special operations assaulter, the only acceptable standard of care with a weapon is error-free.
I have been an amputee for almost 12 years now. While in the Army serving with the 10th Mountain Division I was hit by a VBIED (vehicle born improvised explosive device) more commonly known as a suicide car bomb. In my last 12 years I have been up and I’ve been down and to be […]
Since you are the lone AF guy around (although there’s the potential to have a PJ attached with you, and maybe even another controller if you are in a place that supports a lot of operations) you help out as much as possible in order to bond with the team and get shit done.
Iraq on Sunday executed 36 men convicted of taking part in the Islamic State of Iraq an Syria (ISIS) massacre of hundreds of soldiers in 2014, officials said. The men were hanged at the Nasiriyah prison in southern Iraq, according to provincial Gov. Yahya al-Nasiri. A Justice Ministry official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because […]
“We will be an alternative army subordinated to the state, just like Iran’s [Islamic] Revolutionary Guard Corps.”
A member of the Iraqi parliament stated on Thursday that Peshmerga forces will receive the same treatment as the Islamic State (IS) if they do not withdraw from liberated areas. Mohammed Saihoud an Iraqi MP from the State of Law bloc, led by the former Iraqi PM Nuri al-Maliki, said that “if Peshmerga forces do […]
After increased rules of engagement for U.S. forces, the U.S. strategic bomber returns to Afghanistan.
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