RANGERS

I was in my senior year of high school on September 11th 2001.  It was another morning in computer class.  Mr. Greer came in and said that he didn’t want to upset anybody but that a plane had just crashed into the World Trade Center.  We figured it was some kind of large scale accident. […]

PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 28, 2014) Maritime special operations forces prepare for a mission during a training exercise aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). SEALs and Marine Corps special operations forces from Special Operations Command Pacific conducted maritime interoperability training aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington. George Washington and its embarked […]

BELGRADE, Serbia-A U.S. Navy SEAL assigned to Naval Special Warfare Unit 2 observes the target as a member of the Serbian Special Anti-terrorist Unit shoots in the prone position on the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon during a Special Operations Command Europe Joint Combined Exchange Training Nov. 28. Photo by Staff Sgt. Larraine Whetstone/24th Press Camp […]

I’ve been using the Hatch Task Specific Gloves for over two weeks now while at the range. I’m very familiar with products that fall in the “shooting” glove compartment, but as of now I’ve put the Hatch product in the top three of my favorite shooting glove list. Key Features Touchscreen knuckle Trigger Finger cut ring Soft […]

On this date, July 12, 2011, SFC Leroy Petry was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Obama in a White House ceremony attended by his family and those of his fellow soldiers. Petry was assigned to the 2nd Bn. 75th Ranger Regiment based in Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington. Petry’s actions took place on […]

What does nearly every successful mission by Navy SEALs, Army Rangers, Marine Raiders, and Green Berets have in common? They’ve probably been carried to and from their missions by members of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment Airborne with the abbreviation of 160th SOAR (A). The 160th SOAR commonly known as the “Night Stalkers” are […]

This is a tough pill to swallow. Since 2003 we’ve seen the troubled city of Mosul in northern Iraq change hands numerous times.  From Saddam, to the coalition, to the government of Iraq (GOI), to ISIS, and now the city appears to be back under the nominal control of GOI, at least on paper.  Many […]

An Army Ranger team leader who led a convoy during the fierce battle known as Black Hawk Down in Mogadishu, Somalia, who is now Columbus, GA chaplain is among 17 Rangers that were inducted Wednesday into the Ranger Hall of Fame at Fort Benning. The Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade and the 75th Ranger Regiment […]

An Army Ranger team leader who led a convoy during the fierce battle known as Black Hawk Down in Mogadishu, Somalia, who is now Columbus, GA chaplain is among 17 Rangers that were inducted Wednesday into the Ranger Hall of Fame at Fort Benning. The Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade and the 75th Ranger Regiment […]

An Army Ranger team leader who led a convoy during the fierce battle known as Black Hawk Down in Mogadishu, Somalia, who is now Columbus, GA chaplain is among 17 Rangers that were inducted Wednesday into the Ranger Hall of Fame at Fort Benning. The Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade and the 75th Ranger Regiment […]

The Department of Defense released a statement regarding the suspected insider attack in Achin, which is located in Nangarhar province. The Afghan soldier responsible for the attack was killed as well. Shortly after the attack, Taliban claimed responsibility and stated they infiltrated the Afghan army for this exact purpose. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the […]

Touching down before dawn, Somali “Lightning” commandos climbed out of U.S. military helicopters and carefully advanced in the dark toward a ramshackle compound tucked into muddy farmland dotted by banana trees. U.S. surveillance had monitored the site for days after an intelligence tip signaled the location of Moalin Osman Abdi Badil, the suspected leader of […]