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The US's Failed Hostage Rescue Attempt In Yemen Is Raising Some Troubling...
Johannesburg (AFP) - Questions are mounting over a botched US rescue mission in Yemen that left one US hostage and another South African hostage dead, the day before he was expected to be released by...
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France Has Mobilized 88,000 Personnel After The Paris Shootings
French special forces are combing the fields and woodland around a small town northeast of Paris today in search of two suspects in Wednesday's methodical attack on the Paris offices of satirical...
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Intense Photos Of South Korean Special Forces Training In The Snow
About 200 South Korean Special Forces are taking part in ten days of grueling winter weather combat training.With a constant threat from North Korea, South Korea's Army Special Warfare Command (SWC) is...
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These Are The Elite French Police Units That Have Been Deployed To Fight...
It's been an eventful year already for France's special police units.Three separate "intervention" teams have been called to action since the attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and...
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Canadian Soldiers Were In 2 More Firefights With ISIS In Iraq
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian government officials insist that special forces troops in northern Iraq are not involved in a combat mission, even though the commandos engaged in two more firefights there over...
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The Head Of SOCOM Is Concerned About Growing Tensions In The Arctic
U.S. Special Operations Command leader Army Gen. Joseph L. Votel will travel to Norway within the next few weeks to discuss with his Nordic special operations forces counterparts growing tensions in...
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This is Canada's version of SEAL Team Six
Canada has its own version of the elite US Navy SEAL Team Six that is just as capable at counterterrorism, hostage rescue, and other sensitive missions.Known as Joint Task Force 2 and based near...
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Watch Spanish Special Forces drive a boat into a Chinook helicopter in the...
Spanish Special Forces train to carry out quick aquatic evacuations. That can mean driving a boat full of soldiers into the back of a Chinook helicopter idling over water.The Spanish Army's Department...
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Jordan's special forces are some of the best in the Middle East
Jordan's military has promised an "earth-shattering" response against the Islamic State after the group released a video in which Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasbe was burned alive. There are already...
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Here's how the Middle East responded to ISIS brutally killing a Jordanian pilot
CAIRO (AP) -- The horrific fate of a captured Jordanian pilot, burned to death by the Islamic State group, unleashed a wave of grief and rage on Wednesday across the Middle East, a region long riven by...
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Veterans Affairs Secretary apologizes for incorrectly stating that he was in...
Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald apologized Monday for misstating that he served in the military's special forces.McDonald made the erroneous claim while speaking to a homeless veteran during...
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An Army Special Forces officer shares 5 secrets to overcoming adversity
Life can be really difficult sometimes. We all deal with it. But how do top performers overcome challenges? And what can we learn from them?I figured I'd call an expert.Who knows about overcoming...
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How carrying a 150-pound log taught a Navy SEAL the meaning of teamwork
Eric Greitens has been a Navy SEAL, a Rhodes Scholar, and an Oxford PhD. Today, he's founder and director of The Mission Continues, an organization that helps veterans from the US's post-9/11 wars...
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This is the ‘Super Bowl’ for special ops commandos
Every year, Jordan’s King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center hosts the Warrior Competition. Operators from a number of nations battle to be named the top warriors in the world.This year,...
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Chuck Norris says US Special Forces exercises are a threat to Texans
Actor and karate king Chuck Norris is adding himself to the list of skeptics questioning whether a US Special Forces exercise is a government ruse to impose martial law over several states including...
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The 8 most elite special forces in the world
Elite special forces are some of the best-trained and most formidable units a country can boast.They go where other soldiers fear to tread, scoping out potential threats, taking out strategic targets,...
View ArticleGen. Stanley McChrystal on how Uber operates just like a special forces unit
Retired US Army General Stanley McChrystal, author of "Team of Teams," outlines how the management of incredibly high stake, dynamic situations that he encountered in the military can apply to...
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The 8 most elite special forces in the world
Elite special forces are some of the best-trained and most formidable units a country can boast.They go where other soldiers fear to tread, scoping out potential threats, taking out strategic targets,...
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Here are the differences between the US's 2 most elite special forces units
SEAL Team 6, officially known as United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU), and Delta Force, officially known as 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (1st SFOD-D), are...
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These are the most elite special forces units in the US
This post is originally by Geoffrey Ingersoll.Ever since the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in 2011, the American public and policymakers have taken an intense interest in US Navy SEALs and...
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