Special Operations

Learn about the shadowy world of Delta Force with this comprehensive guide to the covert unit written by former SEALs and SOCOM members.

When people ask if Navy SEALs fear sharks, I tell them the truth which is that during BUD/S you are too focused on surviving the next evolution to waste a thought on whatever might be circling beneath you.

MARSOC operators once hunted Taliban on motorcycles, turning enemy tactics into a deadly advantage in Afghanistan’s remote hills.

MARSOC Marine Raiders are the pointy end of the spear for the Marine Corps. Learn more with our complete guide written by special operators.

Rangers lead the way! The U.S. Army Rangers are an elite light infantry special operations unit. Read more about them in our updated guide.

You can slap a beret on a guy and call him elite, but if he hasn’t earned it under fire, all you’ve got is a tourist with a cool hat.

In every platoon, there’s always that one guy who manages to be a human IED—volatile, unreliable, and liable to blow up your mission and your morale in a single bad moment.

Mista’arvim units are the terror of Hamas. Indistinguishable from Palestinians the units’ elite operatives blend in and strike at the crucial moment.

The men of the NCDUs who stormed Normandy’s beaches faced certain death but fought with relentless courage, clearing the way for Allied forces in what would become the deadliest day in Naval Special Warfare history.

From Spartan warriors to Viking berserkers and stealthy ninjas, history’s most fearsome fighters laid the ideological and tactical groundwork for the elite special operations units we rely on today.

In special operations, there’s a hard line between clandestine and covert missions—one’s a ghost story you tell after the blood dries, the other’s a lie you take to your grave.

From an elevated hide site in Mosul, a JTF2 sniper peered through his scope, steadied his breathing, and made history with a record-shattering kill shot from an astonishing 3,540 meters away.