Second Female Will Don the Coveted Green Beret This Week
We have yet to see a culture shift in the all-boys club, but the graduation of the second modern female Green Beret is an important milestone.
SOF
Asymmetric Warfare Group Set to be Deactivated After Nearly 15 Years
The AWG is the only unit within TRADOC with the capability to engage warfighters and disseminate information to enhance soldier survivability.
The Pic of the Day: US and Greek SOF
A Hellenic Navy special forces sniper participates in maritime bilateral training exercises in Souda Bay, Crete.
Delta Force SGM Thomas Payne Awarded Medal of Honor
On Friday, SGM Thomas Payne became the first living member of the Army’s elite and secretive Delta Force to be awarded the Medal of Honor.
Want Stability in Africa? Let Special Forces Do Their Jobs
Bureaucracy is undermining the Special Operations mission in Africa and leading to increased attrition of our best SOF soliders.
SOCOM Gets Its First New CH-47 Chinook Block II Variant
The new Chinook Block II will give U.S. Special Operations Forces significantly more capability for extremely challenging missions.
Major James Capers: Marine Recon legend & Commando Hall of Fame member
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on June 23. Major Capers was honored with a parade and homecoming ceremony in his birthplace of Bishopville, SC on August 28. Visit United American Patriots to view photos and videos from the event. We’ve all seen those Hollywood films where the protagonist has a resume that is […]
Helicopter crash kills 2 Special Operations soldiers, injures 3
Two special operations soldiers were killed and three others injured on Thursday evening when their Black Hawk helicopter crashed during routine training off the Californian coast, Army officials said. Their helicopter crashed on San Clemente Island, which is about 70 miles west of Coronado and San Diego. The deceased were Staff Sgt. Vincent P. Marketta, […]
Nasty Nick: The Special Forces obstacle course from hell
Ah yes… the Nasty Nick Obstacle Course. If you are an aspiring Special Operations soldier in the Army, you will become intimately familiar with this obstacle course. It is one of those rites of passage gated events that you have to complete. Part of the reason we do so much upper body training while preparing […]
New MARSOC commander, same false advertising about the Marine Raider ‘family’
Marine Raiders, Gunnery Sergeant Daniel Draher, Gunnery Sergeant Joshua Negron, and Chief Petty Officer Eric Gilmet, and their families are in a fight for their lives. Each of those men — the MARSOC 3 as they are called — is being sent to a general court-martial for crimes they did not commit. On June 26, […]
Five personality traits of a Special Operator
People are always asking, “What do I need to do to become a Navy SEAL?” Or they say, “Those Rangers are all psychos and mindless killing machines; that’s not for me.” Or, perhaps someone thinks they have what it takes, physically, to be a Special Forces soldier, but they don’t know if they have the […]
US & Syrian troops engage in firefight at checkpoint
A joint United States-Kurdish (Syrian Democratic Forces) anti-ISIS patrol came under fire soon after passing through a Syrian military checkpoint. No U.S. casualties were reported. After receiving fire from the checkpoint, the American-led coalition troops returned fire, killing one Syrian soldier and wounding two others according to statements from U.S. military officials and Syrian state-run […]
