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Multiple Deployments Are Forcing SOCOM To ‘Eat Our Young,’ Officials Say
Leaders for the U.S. Special Operations Command gave a bleak outlook for the special operations community — one that has taken on a...
Remembering the lost troops of Operation Eagle Claw, the failed Iranian embassy hostage rescue mission
In the early hours of April 25, 1980, President Jimmy Carter made a sober announcement to the nation: An attempt...
North Korea Reportedly Forms Special-Operations Forces ‘For The First Time’ Amid Tensions With US
Amid ongoing tensions with the U.S., North Korea has created special-operations forces “for the first time,” according to South Korea's...
SOCOM Needs Oxygen Masks For Its Dogs So They Can HAHO Like Badasses
What’s more terrifying — or maybe awe-inspiring — than a ferocious canine charging across the battlefield, hot on a terrorist’s...
US And Russian Troops Are Both In This Syrian City. What Could Go Wrong?
Nothing says “victory against terror” like two competing global powers’ militaries, operating without coordination, in one frontline Middle Eastern town...
What Air Force Combat Controllers Go Through To Earn Their Titles
You’re sitting on the roof of a dilapidated building in the middle of Baghdad, Iraq, with three other men who...
New Spec Ops Dirt Bikes Combine Stealth And Speed
U.S. special operations could be getting some ultra-stealthy new wheels. First introduced at a national defense industry conference in May...
UNSUNG HEROES: The Airman Who Gave His Life To Warn Others Of Insider Attack
On Aug. 26, 2015, Capt. Matthew Roland of the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron was leading a special operations forces convoy...
US Strikes Kill 150 Al-Shabab Fighters Preparing To Attack American Troops
A training camp in Somalia for Islamist militants belonging to the group al-Shabab has been pulverized by American warplanes, killing...
These Wounded Special Operations Vets Are Hunting Child Predators
A group of highly trained and driven veterans, most of whom served among the elite ranks of the military's special...
UNSUNG HEROES: The Navy Corpsman Who Killed The Shooter In An Afghan Insider Attack
When an Afghan commando turned on his American and Italian allies, Petty Officer 2nd Class Alejandro Salabarria, a hospital corpsman,...
This Pararescueman Is Raising Awareness For Vets By Jumping Out Of Planes In A Wingsuit
One special operations veteran is taking his charity work a lot farther than most — more than 30,000 feet farther....
As A Special Operator, I Almost Went Into Iran
In the Fall of 2012, I was a days away from being one of the first boots on the ground...
