Before even picking up that shiny new rifle you just purchased, let’s take a moment and talk about the four fundamentals of marksmanship. These aren’t going to make you a trick shot or a sniper on day one, but they underpin everything you need to hit your target, whether at 50 meters or 500. There More »
The M224 60mm Mortar – Every Light Infantryman’s Friend
The M224 60mm lightweight mortar is a man-portable, smoothbore, muzzle-loading, high-angle-of-fire weapon used for close-in support of ground troops, airborne and special operations forces. It is currently in use with both the U.S. Army and the Marine Corps. It was used extensively along with the M252 81mm mortar in the War in Afghanistan. Better More »
Delta Force’s Combat Diving Break
Editor’s Note: Geo’s memoir, “Brothers of the Cloth,” a true account of special mission unit soldiers, has sold out in hardcover and will soon be coming out in paperback! You can keep an eye for it here. During my nine months in-country hunting drug cartel kingpins in Colombia, the country held its presidential elections. More »
What Will the Future US Strategy in Afghanistan Look Like?
Foreign Policy The longest war in American history is now officially over. At 11.59 pm local time on August 30, the last American C-17 took off from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, carrying the last load of U.S. troops. While it is very hard to reconcile leaving Afghanistan — and for many people, this More »
Billy Waugh – The Legendary 71-Year-Old Osama bin Laden Hunter
From hitchhiking at age 15 in order to join the WWII effort to hunting Bin Laden in his 70s in the mountains of Tora Bora the story of Billy Waugh is straight out of a Hollywood movie; but it is entirely true. Billy Waugh had two long careers, one in Special Forces and the other More »
The Intriguing History of the Term Special Operator
Operator – someone who operates. In the civilian world, that could be someone operating an excavator, a wheeled tractor, and other similar heavy equipment. Historically, the term applied to people who worked in the old-school telephone centers and operated the manual telephone switchboards that were necessary in order for someone to call another number. In More »
People and Events That Shaped D-Day: The Special Operations Executive (SOE)
In a war of secrecy, spies, and destruction, Britain’s Special Operations Executive (SOE) was on the leading edge. Formed in July of 1940, under Minister of Economic Warfare, Hugh Dalton, the SOE’s mission was to conduct espionage, sabotage, intelligence gathering, and support resistance organizations in an effort to defeat the Axis powers. The SOE operated More »
The 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) – An Illustrious History
The 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) is one of the five active-duty Special Forces Groups (1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 10th) in the U.S. Army. The 3rd SFG is stationed at Fort Bragg, N.C., and its area of responsibility includes the area of operations of AFRICOM as well as the Caribbean Basin. All Special Forces More »
Malayan Emergency: The Birth of the Modern Special Air Service
Malaya — 1948. The United Kingdom and the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) are vying for the post-colonial soul of the country. From the start, it wasn’t going to be easy for the British military. Malaya, you see, was in that awkward situation so common wherever Europeans decided to plant a flag: One border, two ethnicities. More »
The Giant Killer: A Fascinating Look at the Smallest Green Beret in History
The Green Berets, the U.S. Army’s Special Forces, are the military’s premier unconventional warriors. And Richard Flaherty was, perhaps, the most unconventional Green Beret warrior to ever serve. Flaherty served with the 101st Airborne during Vietnam. He was awarded a Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, and two Purple Hearts. After Vietnam, he did contract work More »
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 7
- 8
- 9