Imagine American Special Forces soldiers traveling around Baghdad in civilian vehicles, speaking the local language, carrying false passports, and operating under a cover as they case targets and dodge foreign intelligence agents. Today, such a thing is an impossibility, a much sought after capability that Special Forces has been unable to attain in recent years. […]
The Islamist Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), hidden in jungle redoubts on southern Filipino islands in Sulu, beheaded John Ridsdel, a Canadian hostage yesterday. “Ridsdel’s head, which was placed in a plastic bag, was dumped by motorcycle-riding militants Monday night in Jolo town in impoverished Sulu, about 950 kilometres south of Manila,” CBC News reported. ASG […]
The Blue Light members had to storm the building and engage in target discrimination as they fired on the enemy silhouettes.
In a scenario eerily reminiscent to US Special Forces deployments to Central America in the 1980’s, Obama announced today that 250 more Special Operations troops would be deployed to Syria to help fight ISIS. In the 80’s the numbers of Special Forces troops allowed in countries like El Salvador and Nicaragua was capped around 50, […]
Colonel Mountel clearly wanted Jakovenko on Blue Light, so when Jakovenko demanded his entire ODA be allowed to come with him, his request was granted.
Blue Light had begun their training as an interim counterterrorism unit while Charlie Beckwith took his 18 to 24 months to stand up Delta Force.
Following an exchange program with the British Special Air Service (SAS) in 1962, Charlie Beckwith realized that America was missing something.
Following a violent hostage crisis in Washington, D.C., the Army green-lit two dedicated counterterrorism units to address the issue.
Assembling a rapidly deploying Special Forces element — Blue Light — to respond to terrorist attacks came just in the nick of time.
Australia’s elite special forces are the subject of a sweeping review that has led to a slew of disturbing stories about soldiers’ conduct, including during operations in Afghanistan, being referred to an independent investigator. It’s as though the older generation built up this reputation and now the younger generation are coming through and tearing it […]
Colonel (ret.) Mark Boyatt is the former commander of 3rd Special Forces Group, and has written a book about returning Special Forces to their core mission.
Despite the hype and panic in the media, it does appear that the noose is slowly tightening around ISIS. The question remaining is what will Syria look like after ISIS is destroyed?
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