The AC-130U Spooky gunship has completed its final combat deployment
The U.S. Air Force said its AC-130U, known as the "Spooky," has returned stateside from its last scheduled deployment
Tag: special operations command
Marine investigated for tweeting that people opposed to tanks at Trump’s July 4th event should kill themselves
Marine CWO 2 Kevin Ennett is under investigation for tweeting that people who objected to tanks in Washington, D.C., should "become a '22' statistic today!"
Trial for Navy SEAL who was Eddie Gallagher’s commanding officer set to begin in September
Navy SEAL Lt. Jacob “Jake” Portier is expected to go on trial starting on Sept. 3.
Eddie Gallagher busted down one rank after being found guilty of posing for photo with ISIS fighter’s body
A military jury sentenced Navy SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher to a reduction in rank to E-6, along with four months confinement and forfeiture of pay.
Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher found not guilty of murder
The jury in the military trial of Navy SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher has found him not guilty of premeditated murder and attempted murder during a deployment to Iraq in 2017.
Eddie Gallagher’s life is now in the hands of 7 jurors
NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO — The military judge in the war crimes trial of Navy Chief Eddie Gallagher said that some witnesses offered “inconsistent” testimony, but it was solely up to the jury to “determine the believability” as they deliberate over whether the veteran SEAL murdered a wounded ISIS fighter or shot at innocent civilians […]
Retired Special Forces soldier killed in Afghanistan while working as a defense contractor
Christian McCoy, a retired Chief Warrant Officer 4, was killed on June 24.
Pentagon identifies Green Beret and explosive ordnance disposal specialist killed in Afghanistan
Special Forces Master Sgt. Micheal B. Riley and Sgt. James G. Johnston were killed in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan.
Navy SEAL witness contradicts testimony from snipers who said Eddie Gallagher shot civilian
NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO — A Navy SEAL sniper on Wednesday contradicted earlier testimony of fellow SEALs who claimed he had fired warning shots to scare away civilian non-combatants before Chief Eddie Gallagher shot them during their 2017 deployment to Mosul, and said he would not want to deploy again with one of the prosecution’s […]
Prosecution rests in trial of Navy SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher
NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO — The prosecution rested its case against Navy SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher on Tuesday after a week of testimony from members of SEAL Team 7 Alpha Platoon, medical and forensic experts, and NCIS agents. The focus of Tuesday was on the investigative steps taken by the lead agent, Joseph Warpinski, 34, […]
Former Green Beret to plead not guilty to murdering suspected Taliban bomb-maker in 2010
Former Army Special Forces Maj. Matthew Golsteyn will plead not guilty to murder at his arraignment on Thursday at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Video from Eddie Gallagher trial shows Navy SEALs smoking and joking near alleged victim’s body
Shortly after Navy SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher allegedly murdered a wounded ISIS prisoner, half a dozen of his SEAL teammates watched as one SEAL flew a drone around their compound and hovered it just inches over the dead man's body.
Navy SEAL sniper testifies he fired near innocent civilian Eddie Gallagher allegedly shot moments later
Gallagher is accused of murdering a wounded fighter and separately firing on innocent civilians during a deployment to Mosul, Iraq in 2017. He has pleaded not guilty.
Testimony reveals Navy SEAL Team 6 member blasted judge in Gallagher trial and threatened to burn down courtroom
Testimony in the military trial of Navy SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher earlier this week revealed that a active-duty member of the elite SEAL Team 6 had disparaged the judge overseeing the trial and said many of his colleagues in the elite unit did not care about killing civilians
Retired Green Beret to be awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for heroics in Afghanistan
He charged the enemy's position "under continuous fire" upon realizing one of his teammates was pinned down.
Navy SEAL claims he, not Eddie Gallagher, executed ISIS prisoner in Iraq
A Navy SEAL combat medic called as a witness in the trial of Chief Eddie Gallagher claims that it was he, not Gallagher, who was responsible for the death of the ISIS prisoner in Iraq, dealing a massive blow to the U.S. government's case against Gallagher
Key witness says Eddie Gallagher stabbed wounded ISIS fighter in the neck but does not remember specifics
NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO — The main thing to remember about Navy SEAL Chief Craig Miller’s testimony on Wednesday is that he didn’t seem to remember a lot. Miller, considered a key witness in the trial of Chief Eddie Gallagher, testified that he saw his former platoon chief stab the wounded ISIS fighter but was […]
SEAL sniper: Eddie Gallagher said medics knew to take captured fighters and ‘nurse them to death’
NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO — An enlisted Navy SEAL sniper testified on Wednesday that Chief Eddie Gallagher told his platoon prior to their deployment that if they ever captured a wounded fighter, their medics knew “what to do to nurse them to death.” In early morning testimony, former Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Dylan Dille […]
Navy SEAL under investigation for allegedly manipulating (and hitting on) the widow of the Green Beret he helped kill
Navy Chief Special Warfare Operator Adam Matthews allegedly used a false name when talking to Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar's widow.
The trial of Navy SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher has officially kicked off
NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO — The trial of Navy SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher officially kicked off on Tuesday with the completion of jury selection, opening statements, and witness testimony indicating that drinking alcohol on the front lines of Mosul, Iraq in 2017 seemed to be a common occurrence for members of SEAL Team 7 Alpha […]
No jail time for special operations Marine convicted of assault for punching his former girlfriend
Staff Sgt. Daniel Christopher Evans' 60-day jail sentence was suspended.
Owen West resigns as assistant defense secretary for special operations
West is leaving as of June 22 to spend more time with his family.
Marine Raider convicted of misdemeanor assault for punching his girlfriend several times
Staff Sgt. Daniel Christopher Evans was found guilty of assault inflicting serious injury. He was found not guilty of assault on a female. He is due to be sentenced on June 17.
Marine Raider gets 4 years for Green Beret’s hazing death in Mali
Marine Staff Sgt. Kevin Maxwell Jr. plead guilty at general court-martial on Thursday to negligent homicide and related offenses as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors in connection with the June 2017 hazing death of Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar in Mali
Each of the 4 heroes killed in a deadly 2017 ambush in Niger has received a valor award
The four soldiers killed on Oct. 4, 2017 in Niger have all been awarded valor awards for their bravery.