Air Force Special Tactics

Commandos from the 4th Commando Kandak, assisted by U. S. Special Operations Forces, were attacked during a presence patrol…

I’ve found that to a lot of people, civilian and military alike, Air Force PJs are like the Kraken of the special operations community: People have vaguely heard of them, sorta know that they’re supposed to be pretty badass, have huge arms, and spend a lot of time underwater, but have never actually seen or […]

A SOFREP reader just recently brought this declassified training footage to my attention! -Jack [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj3uLDR2qFg&w=640&h=385]  

At this point the classified existence of SEAL Team Six and its status as an apex counterterrorist force rank among the worst kept secrets in the history of secrets.

Blacker Than Black   Along with the previously detailed assault squadrons (Blue, Gold, Red, and Silver) and the training section (Green), the Naval Special Warfare Development Group is also rumored to maintain a special boat unit (Gray). In addition, there is a large framework of NSWDG support staff (military and civilian) for “administration, supply, medical, […]

Land Sharks   Delta’s lead role in Iraq gave the Army unit the inside track on the $100 million checklist of HVTs it took down there, including Saddam Hussein, his sons Uday and Qusay, and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq. But DEVGRU’s patience would pay big dividends when the nation’s attention […]

Feral Jundi recently directed my attention to this article which I felt I needed to pass on to our readers.  It is written by Eeben Barlow, the founder and CEO of Executive Outcomes.  EO was the Private Military Company that went into Angola and Sierra Leone, leading highly successful operations at a fraction of the […]

 Into the Fire   Despite being forced to wait its turn to enter the fight in the Global War on Terror (Delta was the first special mission unit that JSOC sent to Afghanistan in the wake of 9/11), DEVGRU would play a pivotal role in a number of major actions that took place during the […]

“It Is What We Do” Operation Neptune Spear was merely the conclusion of a vast and overarching mission that stood out as exceptional in a multitude of ways.  A nation’s desperate call for justice was answered in the early hours of May 2, 2011; Osama bin Laden met his end inside his Abbottabad, Pakistan, hideout […]

I first wrote about the status of HALO (or MFF) being integrated into the Special Forces Qualification Course in Part II of this series.  Now it looks like we are that much closer.  The big issue was securing the sheer number of aircraft that would be required for training every single Q-Course student in MFF […]

The Cockleshell Heroes In the mid 1970’s, much effort was being put into strangling northern Mozambique. More and more ZANU Terrs were based there in the Tete Province. The relationship that ZANU had with FRELIMO made Mozambique a very difficult area to operate in, especially over a prolonged period. Captain Robert Mackenzie, an American who had served with […]

Apparently there be some gringos in the mix. -Jack Al-Shabab used the port to bring in weapons and earn revenue. But the al-Qaeda-aligned group has told the BBC the attack has been rebuffed and none of the city has fallen. Kenyan troops are part of the AU force trying to wrest control of the country […]