RANGERS

Saddam Hussein was unable to battle in the air during Desert Storm because of coalition forces’ air superiority. He decided to use Scud missiles to attack Israel in January 1991. Tactically, the Scud would not have a major impact, but its strategic effect was felt Jan. 18 when seven Scuds hit several Israeli cities. The […]

Special Warfare Boat Operators (SB) from Naval Special Warfare Boat Team (SBT) 12 make their way to a cargo ship to practice maritime visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS) operations off the coast of San Diego. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kristopher Kirsop/Released

Soldiers assigned to 1-10th Special Forces Group, maneuver through a shooting range during a weapons training exercise at the Panzer Range Complex, Boeblingen, Germany, Nov. 08, 2016. Army Photo by Spc. Jason Johnston

U.S. Special Operations Soldiers head toward their objective during Jackal Stone 2016 in Tblisi, Georgia. Jackal Stone 2016 is a bilateral Georgian, U.S. counter terrorism and crisis management exercise.   Army photo by Staff Sgt. Marcus Fichtl

Key West, Florida – A 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion critical skills operator surfaces from the ocean and advances up a beach during a combat dive exercise in Key West, Fla., Feb. 18, 2015. The operator’s team spent a week in Key West practicing various maritime operations skill sets, further solidifying the development of their […]

A Green Beret from 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), practices horse riding techniques in Nevada, Feb. 26, 2016. Photo courtesy of the 3rd Special Forces Group  

POLAND — U.S. Navy SEALs assigned to Special Operations Command Europe and Polish GROM operators prepare to board a ship off the coast of Poland during a recent U.S. – Polish exercise in the Baltic Sea. The training improved operational coordination, communication and cooperation between the two forces.   Department of Defense photo

Two Navy Seals get hoisted up into a CV-22 Osprey during a training mission June 28. The Osprey and aircrew are from the 8th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Fla. U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andy M. Kin

Independent of one another, America’s M1 Abrams tanks, AH-64 Apache attack helicopters, and special operations troops from the U.S. Army Rangers are each capable of engaging and destroying our nation’s enemies with extreme prejudice, but when you put those disparate combat elements together on a single battlefield, the whole becomes even greater than the sum […]

U.S. Army Rangers from 75th Ranger Regiment run towards a mock insurgent building, July 25, as part of an assault on the structure on Fryar Drop Zone, Fort Benning, Ga., as part of the Regiment’s 2011 Ranger Rendezvous events. Photo Credit: Sgt. Marcus Butler, USASOC Public Affairs

Members of the U.S. Army Parachute Team “Golden Knights” and the U.S. Navy Parachute Team “The Leap Frogs” train together, Feb. 22, 2016, on canopy relative work over Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla.   Photo courtesy of the Department of Defense

Aviators from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment lower a rope ladder to other soldiers so they can board their MH-47 Chinook during helo-cast training in the Gulf of Mexico, Aug. 5.   Photo Credit: Courtesy of USASOC