Greek Navy SEALs receive Special Operations boats from the US

The U.S. Navy officially transferred four Mark V Special Operations Craft (MK V SOC) to the Hellenic Navy last week. The four boats, which have been assigned to the Hellenic Navy’s Underwater Demolition Teams/Navy SEALs (ΜΥΚ), will have to undergo maintenance and refitting before they can requalify as operational. The MK V SOC packs two […]

The Video of the Week: Navy SEALs and Israeli SOF storm ship

Special operations forces assigned to Naval Special Warfare Group TWO, a component of U.S. Special Operations Command Europe, engaged in a continuous training cycle to improve specialized skills needed to conduct missions from sea, air, and land during exercise Noble Rose. Noble Rose is a bi-lateral Counter-Terrorism (CT) training exercise to enhance capacity, capability, and […]

SOCOM’s newest helmet for Navy SEALs and SWCC operators has some potential issues

The newest combat helmet to enter service with the U.S. spec ops community might have some issues. The U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) chose Gentex Corporation to provide the Special Operations Forces Personal Equipment Advanced Requirements (SPEAR) Family of Tactical Headborne Systems (FTHS) — Coxswain Helmet System. The contract, which was signed in early October, […]

The Pic of the Day: Coast Guard commandos and their K-9s

Tosca and her Maritime Security Response Team canine officer sweep the deck of Mississippi Canyon Block 582, Medusa Platform during a joint exercise. The MSRT, Murphy Oil Corporation, and DoD worked together to train to respond to threats aboard the production facility. The Coast Guard’s Special Operations Forces (SOF) are pooled under the Deployable Operations […]

Royal Marines Commandos turning SOF?

The Royal Marines Commandos might soon be joining the ranks of the United Kingdom’s Special Forces (UKSF). Although an elite unit as it is, the Commandos are currently considered a step down from Britain’s SOF. They are the country’s premier light infantry amphibious unit. In recent years, they were deployed in both Iraq and Afghanistan, […]

The Pic of the Day: Recon Marines storm ship

ANTA RITA, Guam (Aug. 26, 2019) Marines assigned to 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division and Clearance Divers assigned to the Royal Canadian Navy’s Fleet Diving Pacific and Atlantic Units board Military Sealift Command maritime prepositioning force container, roll-on/roll-off and mobile landing platform USNS Dahl (T-AKR 312), during a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) […]

Fleet protection and counterterrorism: European task force to deploy outside Iran

On July 19th the British-flagged tanker Stena Impero sailing in Omani waters through the Hormuz Strait was captured by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. The move came nearly two weeks after British Royal Marines Commandos seized an Iranian supertanker, near Gibraltar, believed to be carrying oil to Syria in contravention of European Union sanctions. Britain responded […]