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If our trackers tracked morale and training they would face an existential crisis. Life in the military can be tedious but, a relatively new tracker system to limit command’s exposure to controversial mishaps is the hurting the force. When I left the military, I did so under some duress. That stress stemmed from trackers and […]
President Barack Obama’s decision to allow more aggressive U.S. military action in support of Afghan combat operations against the Taliban could have a game-changing effect on the long war, Gen. John Nicholson, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, said Saturday. After prohibiting U.S. forces from targeting the Taliban except in limited circumstances beginning in 2015, […]
ANASOC is supported by the Special Mission Wing (SMW) which provides aerial insertion by helicopter as well has rotary-wing gunship support.
The teams’ mission could be one of several –direct action (DA), strategic reconnaissance (SR), or unconventional warfare (UW).
Funding is provided by the United States to field up to 30,000 ALP. Current strength (mid-2016) is at about 29,000.
The infantry is no place for a woman, and to permit them to serve in close combat roles is a pure politically correct extravagance.
Delta Force underwent a transformation of sorts, Sacolick said, all aimed at preventing another “Black Hawk Down.”
The Battle of Mogadishu, “revolutionized how we did business,” he said.
President Clinton issued some ultimatums to the dictator which were rejected, so he ordered a military invasion.
In the early 1960s the United States Army Special Forces was engaged in a secretive mission in the remote country of Laos in Southeast Asia. During this time we were in the midst of a Cold War with the Soviet Union, Red China, and other communist bloc nations. The perception (and reality) was that slowly […]
For the individual team member there is the challenge of passing Pre-SCUBA, the Combat Diver course at Key West, and then maintaining your physical fitness and swim skills to pass a dive re-qualification once or twice a year.
The VJTF was established within the overall NRF structure and would have up to five maneuver battalions that would be supported by maritime, air, and special forces.
Akhmed One-Arm was detained following a series of raids executed by Turkish Special Forces on known Daesh (ISIS) collaborators and sympathizers in what is being described as the ‘Asian and European side of the city,’ of Istanbul. To put that into perspective, Istanbul, is divided in two by the Bosphorus Strait.
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