Iraq

Qwat al-Khasah: The battle-hardened Iraqi Special Operations unit

Coalition Special Operations forces have been fighting the good fight in Iraq for over 17 years. The face of the enemy has somewhat changed over the years, but the tactics the enemy uses to inflict damage and terror have largely remained the same. Our Special Operations units have proved their worth time and time again […]

Israeli airstrikes target and kill six Iranian-backed militiamen in Syria

The Iranians keep pushing Quds Force troops into Syria and supplying their proxy forces with arms, ammunition, and missiles… and someone, supposedly Israel, keeps hitting them hard with airstrikes. According to reports coming out of Syria, at least six Iranian-led militia members were killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike on Saturday night. The strike hit […]

The Video of the Week: A Special Forces amputee still rocking it

The U.S. Army recently did a three-part piece on Warrant Officer Nick Lavery, a Special Forces operator with the 5th Special Forces Group and an amputee who has managed to stay operational despite his injuries. His story is an inspirational tale full of grit and perseverance.

$10 million bounty for information on the new ISIS leader

The U.S. government has increased the bounty for information that will lead to the capture or killing of the new leader of the Islamic State to $10 million. Amir Mohammed Sa’id Abdal Rahman al-Mawla, also known as Hajji Abdallah, became the new leader of ISIS after his predecessor Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed during a […]

Israeli Air Force keeps pressure on Iranian forces in Syria

An airstrike, reportedly conducted by the Israeli Air Force, struck several different sites in southern and eastern Syria on Tuesday. According to different reports, one of the targets hit by the Israelis was an Iranian arms shipment. So far, two Syrian soldiers have been reported killed and another four wounded in the airstrike. Iranian militia […]

Help keep Army Special Operations history alive

De Oppresso Liber – To Free the Oppressed Known as the quiet professionals, the Green Berets have been “freeing the oppressed” all over the world, for decades. Their extraordinary contributions in Vietnam alone, serve to remind us of their uniqueness as the ONLY presidentially appointed unit. Now, the Special Forces’ legacy is desperately calling upon […]

The Pic of the Day: Crisis Response Marines

A U.S. Marine assigned to the Special Purpose Marine-Air Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central Command 20.2, coaches shooters during combat marksmanship sustainment training in Kuwait, June 20, 2020. The combat marksmanship program is designed to improve the Marines accuracy and lethality with their service weapons. The SPMAGTF-CR-CC is a crisis response force, […]

American fighter jets pound 3 ISIS mountain camps in Iraq

A flight of American F-15 Eagle Strike fighter jets struck and destroyed three remote Islamic State bases in the mountainous region of Iraq. Another strike pounded a cave complex in Nineveh. Defense Department officials stated that the airstrikes were carried out in coordination with the Iraqi government. The ISIS bases were in Wadi al-Shai, an […]

The Iranian commando who became an American Green Beret

The first time Changiz Lahidji joined a Special Forces unit, his loyalty was to Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran. But he found himself guarding lavish parties in the middle of the desert, protecting the opulent ruler of Imperial Iran and his guests. It wasn’t exactly the life of adventure that John Wayne movies led […]

Op-Ed: Are Generals Mattis and Petraeus patriots or revolutionists?

The following Op-Ed was written by Fred Galvin (USMC retired). Generals Mattis and General Petraeus collaborated and published the U.S. Army’s Field Manual 3-24 on counterinsurgency operations (COIN) in 2006; it later became Joint Publication 3-24. The publication contained the lessons the generals learned from nearly 19 years of operations in Afghanistan and 16 years […]

Army experiments with ground-based version of popular precision-guided munition

BAE Systems, one of the largest defense companies in the world, successfully tested a ground version of its popular Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS). First introduced in the early 2010s, the APKWS is able to convert unguided rockets into precision-guided munitions. BAE Systems achieved that conversion with the addition of a laser guidance kit […]

Iran to execute man accused of spying for the US and Israel

Iranian Judiciary spokesman, Gholamhossein Esmaili, announced that Iran will soon execute an informant who allegedly gave the United States and Israeli forces information on General Qassem Soleimani. According to Iran, the information led to the airstrike that killed Soleimani in January. Esmaili said, “Mahmoud Mousavi-Majd, one of the spies for [the Central Intelligence Agency] and […]