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The US military predicts 10,000 troops could be wounded in combat if war...
US military leaders attended a training exercise designed to sketch out hypothetical scenarios if war were to break out with North Korea.Officials estimated around 10,000 troops would be wounded in the...
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US Special Forces troops killed 11 ISIS fighters in an undisclosed firefight...
US Special Forces troops reportedly took part in a previously undisclosed firefight in Niger, two months after a battle where four US soldiers were killed in October.Eleven militants who were believed...
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SOCOM accidentally bought way too much combat gear
A recent Defense Department audit found that SOCOM purchased at least $26.3 million in extra combat gear that will end up in the hands of other US service members. In effect, thousands of extra pieces...
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Step inside Jordan's special forces training center — which is carved out of...
Located on the outskirts of the capital city of Amman, the sound of gunfire, explosions, helicopters, and tire screeches reverberate around the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Centre.A...
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Why Green Berets are the smartest, most lethal fighters in the world
They're one of the most elite fighting groups in the world. They silently slip into hostile countries to train and lead guerilla forces. The US Army's Special Forces are known to the public as Green...
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Series of failures led to deadly Niger ambush, according to new Pentagon report
A series of individual and organizational failures led to a deadly ambush in Niger last year that killed four U.S. soldiers, a partial Pentagon report released on Thursday said.The report leaves key...
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At least one Green Beret killed, several other US service members wounded in...
At least one US special forces solider was killed and four US service members were wounded after an enemy attack in Somalia.Enemy forces used mortars and small-arms fire to attack the US-Somali-Kenyan...
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How a Medal of Honor recipient was saved by a sawed-off shotgun — and a...
"The tiger kinda' helped" in scaring off the enemy in March 1966, Special Forces legend and retired Command Sgt. Maj. Bennie Adkins said of the last hours of a four-day battle in Vietnam in which he...
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A Special Forces soldier is being investigated for smuggling millions of...
An Army Special Forces soldier was arrested this month in connection with a drug-smuggling attempt out of Colombia.The attempt involved a multimillion-dollar load of cocaine hidden aboard a military...
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Top-tier special operators from the Cold War are worried the military might...
As the shadow operators of the Cold War reveal more and more about their formerly classified service, they've highlighted the wide set of skills necessary for finding success as they stared into the...
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US soldiers are fighting for visas for the family of an Iraqi interpreter who...
Barakat Ali Bashar, an Iraqi interpreter who served alongside the US Army, lost his life when he used his body to shield a US Special Forces soldier from a suicide bomber.As he was dying, he made only...
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A Special Forces soldier accused of a multimillion-dollar drug-smuggling...
An Army Special Forces soldier was arrested in August in relation to a drug-smuggling attempt.The soldier, a master sergeant and recipient of the Silver Star, will go to trial on conspiracy charges in...
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Former US special operators were reportedly hired to assassinate Yemeni...
American mercenaries were reportedly hired by the United Arab Emirates in 2015 to take part in a “targeted assassination program in Yemen,” according to a new investigation. The contractors were...
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Here's how to tell the US military's most elite special operators apart
The US military's special operators are the most elite in the world. Depending on the unit, special operators are charged with a variety of missions: counterterrorism, direct action (small raids and...
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An Army soldier just made a historic step forward in her pursuit of joining...
For the first time, a female soldier has completed the Special Forces Assessment and Selection process.The process is the first step in Special Forces qualification, and it means she can now begin the...
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US special operators are being accused of war crimes and horrific atrocities,...
The Pentagon is conducting a sweeping review of the entire special operations community after several horrific incidents.These incidents, which call into question the ethics and professionalism of the...
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What we know about the death of a former Green Beret in Iraq, who was...
A military contractor's recent non combat-related death in Iraq could have serious implications for the US Special Operations Forces.The contractor, an Army veteran who served 20 years as a Green...
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Here's what the US military's new focus on a potential fight with Russia or...
The US military is reorienting itself toward a potential fight with a sophisticated foe, like Russia or China.That also means changes for US Special Operations Command, but the fight against extremism...
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2 former Army Green Berets were just sentenced to 9 years in jail for trying...
Two former Army Green Berets have been sentenced for their attempted to smuggled cocaine to the US.They each received nine years in prison, and another suspect is awaiting extradition from Colombia to...
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The Army is finally taking a nearly decade-old war crimes case against a...
The case against Army Maj. Matthew Golsteyn has been on hold since he admitted in 2011 to killing an unarmed Afghan man during a 2010 deployment.But the commander of US Army Special Operations Command...
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