Special Forces Heading To Iraq Won't Be Getting Extra 'Danger Pay'
Special Forces troops heading to Iraq to advise the Iraqi security forces will not receive combat pay but will have immunity from local law, Pentagon officials said Friday."This is not a combat...
View ArticleUS Special Forces Face An Increasingly Complex Challenge In Iraq
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. teams of special forces going into Iraq after a three-year gap will face an aggressive insurgency, a splintering military and a precarious political situation as they help Iraqi...
View ArticleIntense Photos Show Elite Soldiers Competing In A Special Forces Olympics
For nine days in July, the United States military sponsored dozens of elite Latin American soldiers and police from 17 countries for a "friendly competition" at the enormous Tolemaida military base in...
View ArticleInvestigation Finds June ‘Friendly Fire’ Airstrike That Killed 5 US Special...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Avoidable miscommunication between U.S. air and ground forces led to a "friendly fire" incident in Afghanistan that killed five U.S. soldiers and one Afghan in June, according to a...
View ArticleIran’s Revolutionary Guard Is Escalating Its Presence In Kurdistan — And...
For the past few weeks, a string of curious and deadly events has been taking place in Eastern Kurdistan. Salafi extremists have long been rumored to be operating inside Kurdistan with Iran’s support....
View ArticleChina's Special Forces In Hong Kong Go Through A Ridiculous Training Regimen
China's Special Forces go through intense training to ensure that the top soldiers of a country that views itself as the world's rising superpower can be as versitile as possible. China's People's...
View ArticleThe 'Black Hawk Down' Mission Happened 21 Years Ago — This Was The...
It's been 21 years since the Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia, which ended with 18 dead American soldiers, several thousand dead Somalians, and, as we all know, two downed Blackhawk helicopters.The...
View ArticleThis Incredible Special Forces Battalion Is One Of South Korea's Top Lines Of...
South Korea faces one of the biggest security challenges on earth: an opaque, belligerent, and possibly nuclear-armed northern neighbor with the largest artillery force in the world and a standing army...
View ArticleIran's Military Mastermind Says Both ISIS And The US Are 'Doomed To Failure'...
The commander of Iran's powerful Qods Force, Qassem Suleimani, has said that both the Islamic State (IS) group and the United States are "doomed to failure" in Iraq and Syria.The Qods Force is the...
View ArticleHere's What A Rocket-Propelled Grenade Looks Like In Extreme Slow Motion
A recent video from the YouTube channel Vickers Tactical shows Green Berets firing heavy weaponry in super slow-motion. The Green Berets, otherwise known as the US Army Special Forces, are a special...
View ArticleIt Was Inevitable That A Navy SEAL Would Speak Publicly About The Bin Laden Raid
Mark Bowden is one of the preeminent journalists of this era, with much of his work focusing on the fraught relationship between the US and the Islamic world. His books include now-classic works of...
View ArticleHere's What We Know About The Man Who Says He Shot Bin Laden
For all of his professional life, Rob O'Neill lived in the shadows.Indeed, his job was not to be seen. He would stalk Taliban leaders in Afghanistan, and hunt down targets in Iraq. On over 400...
View ArticleThe Man Who Says He Shot Bin Laden Explains The Hardest Part Of Being A Navy...
The Navy SEAL who is claiming to have killed Osama Bin Laden during a Fox News documentary later this week has allegedly been identified.Numerous news outlets have reported the Fox interviewee is...
View ArticleHere Are 18 Things Navy SEALs Never Leave Home Without
The Navy SEAL who claims to have shot Al Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden on May 2, 2011 and is speaking with Fox News later this week has revealed his identity to The Washington Post.Robert O'Neill...
View ArticleIran Helped Crush Syria's Revolution — And It's Repeating Its Strategy In Iraq
When protests started in Syria in 2011, Iran came to the aid of Bashar al-Assad’s government.It didn’t trust the armed forces so it helped create paramilitary groups to break up the protests and then...
View ArticleKiev Says Russian Special Forces Are Fighting At A Crucial Airport In...
KIEV (Reuters) - The Ukrainian military accused Russian special forces on Monday of taking part in attacks on the strategically important Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine, where fighting has...
View ArticleThese Are Germany's Version Of US Navy SEALs
After three years of training, the time has come: certification as a German Kampfschwimmer or "battle swimmer."In a simple ceremony the new naval commando receives his insignia, his certification...
View ArticleAl Qaeda Yemen Branch Threatens To Kill An American After Special Forces Raid...
Al Qaeda's Yemen branch published a video purporting to show an American hostage and threatened to kill him if unspecified demands were not met.In the video, the man identified himself as Luke Somers...
View ArticleThe Incredible History Of The Navy SEALs, America's Most Elite Warriors
One of America's elite special operations units was back in the spotlight when a SEAL claiming to be the "trigger man" who killed Osama bin Laden in May of 2011 decided to reveal his identity on a Fox...
View ArticleThe US Wont Apologize For Its Failed Yemen Rescue Operation
Sanaa (AFP) - US officials have said they had no choice but to launch a special forces rescue operation in Yemen that ended with Al-Qaeda killing an American photojournalist and a South African...
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