Here’s what training is like for the Air Force’s most elite operators
America has some of the world’s most elite special operators and they get a lot of press. But on most of the missions that Special Forces, SEALs, and other top operators conduct, they bring a very...
View ArticleHere is what it's like when Special Forces raid a compound
Few groups in the US military are as revered as Army Special Forces. They slip into other countries and work with the locals to build up friendly forces and take down enemies. Here's what it looks like...
View Article5 of the most elite special forces in the world
When the stakes are high, only the best can get the job done. These are 5 of the most elite special forces around the world.Produced by Lamar Salter. Follow BI Video: On Facebook Join the conversation...
View ArticleHere's how US special-ops spies caught Assad letting jihadis pass through...
After the 2003 invasion of Iraq by the US military, the regime of Bashir Assad gave de facto permission to foreign-fighter networks operating in Syria to cross into Iraq via a clandestine...
View ArticleImages show how a crashed special ops Black Hawk helicopter was covered to...
A Special Operations Black Hawk performed a “hard-deck landing” on the USNS Red Cloud off Okinawa, Japan.Seven military personnel were injured after a MH-60M Black Hawk helicopter belonging to the U.S....
View Article44 Army Rangers and instructors struck by lightning at Eglin Air Force Base
While training at Eglin Air Force Base outside of Pensacola, Florida, 40 Army Ranger students and four instructors were struck by lightning at 4:55 pm on Wednesday.The 44 were all then rushed to a...
View ArticleWatch the first two female Army Rangers complete a grueling training regime
US Army Lieutenant Shaye Haver and Captain Kristen Griest, certified badasses of the highest order, graduated from Ranger School on Friday.During a ceremony at Fort Benning in Georgia, Griest and Haver...
View ArticleThe difference between Navy SEALs and the 75th Ranger Regiment
The Internet has no shortage of basement-dwelling commandos beating at their keyboards like chimpanzees as they forcefully insist upon one incorrect factoid or another regarding Special Operations...
View ArticleThe 9 deadliest 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 Article7 things you didn't know about US Army Special Forces
Special Forces soldiers are the snake-eaters, known for slipping into enemy territory, living off the land, and then killing all the enemies of America they find. They trace their unit lineage back to...
View ArticleUS Special Forces in Afghanistan were drawn into combat in Kunduz, a city...
US Special Forces battled the Taliban forces that laid siege to the main airport in Kunduz city in northern Afghanistan.The fighting at the airport started on Sept. 29, just one day after the Taliban...
View ArticleSEAL Team 6’s plan to surrender and 7 other amazing JSOC tales
In the wake of Eagle Claw, the disastrous mission to rescue American hostages in Iran in 1979, President Carter and then-Defense Secretary Harold Brown ordered the U.S. military to form what would...
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...
View ArticleUS Special Forces mounted a risky hostage-rescue operation in Iraq
One member of a US special operations team was killed during an operation to rescue hostages held by Islamic State militants in northern Iraq, the first American killed in ground combat with the...
View ArticleRussia reportedly just sent its version of Delta Force to Syria
Russia has confirmed sending special forces troops to Syria over the past few weeks to support its mission backing the government of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, according to a report from the...
View ArticleSpecial Forces deployment doesn't mean US is entering Syrian civil war: Kerry
A decision by U.S. President Barack Obama to send special forces to Syria is strictly focused on fighting Islamic State insurgents and does not signify the United States is entering the civil war...
View ArticleRussia faced huge risks in trying to rescue its pilots that Turkey shot down
Combat search and rescue (CSAR) is one of the highest-risk missions that exist on the modern battlefield.The situation is often fluid and dynamic; the “known” information is extremely small and the...
View ArticleThe Russian security chief who just died helped transform one of the...
One of the most powerful intelligence figures in Russia died unexpectedly, according to a Russian government announcement on January 4th.Igor Sergun, the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of...
View ArticleThis shadowy general is expected to be the next leader of America’s special...
The White House will nominate a veteran Special Operations commander to lead U.S. Central Command, underscoring the Obama administration's affinity for using secretive elite military forces in Iraq,...
View Article5 of the most elite special forces in the world
When the stakes are high, only the best can get the job done. These are 5 of the most elite special forces around the world.Produced by Lamar Salter Follow BI Video: On Facebook Join the conversation...
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