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.” […]

January 1, 1962, The US Navy SEAL Teams Are Born

On this day in 1962 is the official date of the beginning of the United States Navy’s Sea, Air and Land Teams (SEAL) as President John Kennedy established the Navy’s Unconventional Warfare unit. SEAL teams are designed to conduct direct action missions from any environment. Although the official date for the SEAL Teams is in […]

Top Admiral to decide whether two DEVGRU SEALs murdered Green Beret in Mali

The U.S. Navy has concluded its investigation over the involvement of two Navy SEALs assigned to SEAL Team 6 in the death of Army Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar, a Special Forces operator. Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer specifically chose Rear Admiral Charles Rock, commander of Navy Region mid-Atlantic, to oversee the investigation and determine whether […]

Bin Laden’s Head Had to Be Reconstructed After Take Down, Book Says

The former Navy SEAL that had reportedly killed Osama bin Laden in the raid on the terrorist leader’s house in Abbottabad, Pakistan has said that the dead terrorist’s head was so disfigured by the shooting that it had to be pressed back together for proper identification. Robert O’Neill, the SEAL Team 6 commando penned, ‘The […]

SEAL Team 6 Testing New Communication Headsets To Improve Performance

  US Navy Special Operators from SEAL Team 6 will be testing new communication headsets that are supposed to maintain their peak performance during operations. The Commander of all Naval Special Operations asked industry leaders at a conference in Washington, D.C. to develop and demonstrate technologies that offer “cognitive enhancement” capabilities to boost his elite forces’ […]

Chinese Mimic US Raid bin Laden Raid on Television

Sometimes imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. With the increasing sword rattling between the US and China in different areas of the world, the Chinese are showing their people that maybe they just like the way the US operates. Chinese special operations security forces conducted a mock assault on “terrorist compound” that bore more […]

Army PAO SGT Faces QMP Over Flap for Trying to Secure Information

In a SNAFU of epic proportions, an Army PAO SGT is facing being forcibly removed from the service for trying to safeguard classified information. SGT Ricardo Branch was serving in the PAO office of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Night Stalkers). Members of the Night Stalkers were to visit the Boeing aircraft company site […]

Joint SAS/JSOC Hostage Rescue in Afghanistan

The dramatic details of how the SAS completed a “brilliant” rescue of a British aid worker and three other female hostages in Afghanistan can be revealed. Defence sources said the “surgical” operation showed the “precision, skill and courage” of British special forces after they stormed the cave where Helen Johnston, 28, was held, and killed […]

JSOC Covert Ops in the Philippines?

On the night of February 2nd, 2012, a bomb was dropped on a terrorist cell’s meeting in progress taking place in The Philippines southern Sulu Province. The resulting explosion killed three terrorist leaders as well as twelve other members of the infamous Al-Qeada associated Jemaah Islamiyah, or JI for short.