Spec ops technology: Could a digital flashbang make the difference in close-quarters combat?

A new, reloadable flashbang with a digital fuse promises to give law enforcement officers and war-fighters a crucial tactical advantage when it comes to close-quarters combat (CQC). Liberty Dynamic has been working on the Enhanced Diversionary Device (EDD) for more than four years. According to the manufacturer, their flashbangs are superior to current products for […]

The Pic of the Day: How actors train for a Navy SEAL television show

The cast and crew of the CBS television series “SEAL Team” prepare to film a scene for the series at Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton, California, on January 14, 2019. The series used MCB Camp Pendleton’s rugged terrain to display live action role-playing of a team of United States Navy SEALs with the assistance […]

Navy SEAL pleads guilty to the murder of Green Beret Melgar

One of the Navy SEALs accused of murdering Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar, a Special Forces operator, in Mali in 2017 pled guilty in exchange for his case to be judged by special court-martial. Chief Special Warfare Officer Adam Matthews reached the pre-trial agreement with the government’s prosecutors earlier this week. Instead of facing a general […]

24 hours of pain for a noble cause: Air Commandos honor their fallen

Approximately 100 airmen participated in the 8th annual Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) Association’s run, which took place on March 28th in Biggs Park, Texas. But this wasn’t your regular run. Lasting 24 hours, the event was open to all physically fit military and civilian personnel associated with the Fort Bliss base. Rotating in shifts, […]

New Black Hawk Down war movie offers a fresh perspective on the battle

A new documentary/war movie about Operation Gothic Serpent, also known as the Black Hawk Down incident, offers a fresh perspective on the battle that cost 19 Americans their lives. Retired Air Force Colonel Randall Larsen worked with retired Brigadier General Bill David, who fought in the battle, to produce “Black Hawk Down: The Untold Story.” […]

Aid workers to train and work alongside SEAL Team 6?

Since the Vietnam War, the United States government has experimented with embedding development workers within military and intelligence teams to advance its work in counterinsurgency (COIN) missions with programs such as Civil Operations and Rural Development Support (CORDS) and Phoenix. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has always led the charge in providing […]

Chief Gallagher’s war crimes case expands to SEAL Team 6 operators

The war crimes case of Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher just got more complicated as the Navy is expanding its investigation to SEAL Team 6 operators. According to warrant documents and emails leaked to the Navy Times, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) is trying to determine if Chief Gallagher colluded with SEALs from the […]

SEAL and Marine Raider seek plea deals in exchange for Melgar murder information

In an interesting development in the murder trial of Special Forces Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar, two of the four accused special operators are negotiating plea deals with the government in exchange for information about the murder. According to the Military Times and the Daily Beast, these men are Navy SEAL Chief Special Warfare Operator Adam […]

Kid finds hatchet belonging to fallen SEAL Team 6 operator killed in Yemen

Andrew Moore, a 13-year-old from Houston, Texas, sold a hatchet replica of an ax belonging to Senior Chief Special Warfare Operator William Ryan Owens, a SEAL Team 6 operator who was killed during a High-Value Target (HVT) operation in Yemen in 2017. Moore had won the hatchet during a biker rally event that was organized […]

The legal controversy behind the SEAL Team 6 bin Laden raid

In the early hours of May 2, 2011, two specially-designed stealth Black Hawk helicopters full of Navy SEALs from SEAL Team 6 infiltrated Abbottabad, Pakistan. Their mission was to kill or capture the world’s most wanted man: Osama bin Laden. Shortly after they landed, the leader of al-Qaida and mastermind behind the terrorist attacks of […]