U.S. Special Operations forces conduct helicopter raid in Somalia

U.S. Special Operations Forces conducted a joint U.S.-Somali helicopter raid against the terrorist group al-Shabab in Somalia on Tuesday, according to U.S. defense officials. A defense official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the operation because it had not been made public, said that there were no U.S. or Somali casualties. Pentagon […]

Captured U.S. target was ISIS chemical weapons mastermind

The ISIS figure captured by American Special Operations forces in Iraq a few weeks ago was the terror group’s chief of its chemical weapons unit, a U.S. official said today. ISIS has a rudimentary mustard gas capability that it used last summer to limited effect against Kurdish forces in Iraq and Syria, U.S. officials said. […]

The might of the AC-130 on display

The AC-130 can track and engage two targets simultaneously, with different levels of ordnance, making it an invaluable asset to forces on the ground.

SWCC: A look into the role of Special Warfare Combatant-Craft crewmen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YgeFq1DKd4&feature=youtu.be Imagine this scenario: You are on a boat at one a.m. in the dark, damp, cool air. You have an M240 machine gun to man on the forward section of the boat. There are three more boats in your patrol—one ahead and two behind. The mission was time-sensitive tasking, and you’ve been at the […]

Congressman not happy about some SEALs having to buy their own gear

Featured image courtesy of American Special Ops The Navy SEALs have been telling a San Diego congressman that they’re under-equipped and forced to spend their own money on combat gear, and he is on a quest for answers. Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., asked the military’s top special operator whyNavy special operators are forced buy some pieces of […]