Fieldcraft Tips From a Former Delta Force Operator: How To Run A Proper Dead Drop
Street Craft is about blending in, not standing out; it’s the art of hiding in plain sight. Today, I’ll teach you how to run a proper Delta approved dead drop.
Task Force Orange
Task Force Orange: Supporting Delta Force in Bosnia
Tasked with high stakes, the Mandarins managed to fumble like amateurs—a real letdown when you’re counting on every detail.
Geo Hand on the Differences between Officers and Enlisted Men in Delta Force
In Delta Force, do not ever (EVER!) meddle in the non-commissioned business of an assault squadron.
US strike kills terrorist leader behind the deadly Manda Bay attack
Last week, a series of U.S. airstrikes killed the terrorist leader behind the attack on the joint American-Kenyan base in Manda Bay. According to the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), the senior al-Shabaab leader was killed inside Somalia, which borders Kenya from the north and provides a safe haven for the Jihadist organization. His wife, also […]
Delta Force and SEAL Team 6 operators on the loose?
How far would the CIA and the military’s elite Special Operations units go to avoid political oversight for their covert activities? To the end of the world, it seems. Congress is suspecting that the CIA and the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) haven’t been transparent when it comes to briefing lawmakers about their covert operations. […]
Irish Tier 1 SOF unit deploys to Mali
The Irish government decided to deploy its elite counterterrorism unit to Mali as part of the United Nations (U.N.) peacekeeping effort in the region. A team of 14 operators from the Army Ranger Wing (AWG), also known as the Irish Army Rangers, will be attached to the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali […]
Diplomacy with a big stick: New spec ops chief for Africa faces a hard task
Special Operations Command Africa (SOCAFRICA) welcomed its new chief, U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Dagvin R.M. Anderson, on June 28th. The departing commander, Air Force Maj. Gen. J. Marcus Hicks, said in a statement: “To the men and women of Special Operations Command Africa, you have accomplished so much with so little, so quickly and […]
Take a look at the Delta Force and SEAL Team 6 wishlist for 2019: Target Engagement, Breaching and other classified projects
In the never-ending quest to remain technologically ahead of current and future rivals, the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) has assembled two documents containing lists of capabilities and technologies that will enable its special operators to dominate the battlefield. More specifically, the JSOC documents, which are titled Special Operations Forces (SOF) Capability and Technology Interest […]
America’s strategic dilemma: Allow Russian preponderance in Africa or partner with genocidal dictators?
Allow Russia to do as they please in Africa or partner with African leaders with a history of war crimes and a tendency toward genocidal behavior? That is the conundrum American military and diplomatic leaders face. Cameroon, specifically, is one of the better examples of the struggle between geopolitics and human rights concerns. Recently, General […]
From special operations to the boardroom: General McChrystal’s leadership advice
Retired General Stanley McChrystal, a former head of the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) and commander of all forces in Afghanistan, recently co-wrote a book on leadership, exploring what makes an effective leader. The book, “Leaders: Myth and Reality,” explores a wide range of leaders across centuries of human history. The authors’ selection of leaders […]
America’s Task Force Orange Targets Syrian Foreign Fighter Networks
After the 2003 invasion of Iraq by the U.S. military, the regime of Bashir Al-Assad gave de facto permission to foreign fighter networks operating in Syria to cross into Iraq via a clandestine ratline. There, they would kill and maim American soldiers. Such a move was hardly unprecedented; during the same timeframe, he allowed the Kurdish PKK […]
SEAL Team Six Blended Operations in Africa
While the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were splashed across the front pages of newspapers, early on in the War on Terror a more clandestine type of war was being waged in Africa by the CIA and JSOC, a war that included blended teams from SEAL Team Six, Delta Force, Task Force Orange, and the […]
