The college football season can’t begin the bowl season and playoff without first the traditional Army-Navy game. This year is set for December 11 and will be held at MetLife Stadium with a CBS broadcast starting at 3 p.m. eastern time. One of the oldest rivalries in college football, the two service academies will meet More »
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A Very Crazy Special Forces Thanksgiving in Bolivia
During Thanksgiving, we all give thanks for spending time with our families, friends, and loved ones. We enjoy food, football, and spend time reminiscing. Early this Thanksgiving morning, I spent some time reading some excellent posts on Thanksgiving experiences and what the holiday means. We had a conversation at our home over morning coffee sitting More »
US Green Berets Raid Son Tay Prison and Make History
By mid-November 1970, there were 450 known American POWs in Vietnam, and more than double that amount reported as missing in action. Reports were surfacing of brutal conditions, torture, and starvation of American POWs. Operation Ivory Coast was a daring rescue mission conducted by U.S. Army Green Berets, flown in by Air Force Commandos, to More »
What Would ARSOF’s Role Be in Near-Peer Conflict With Russia?
The Army’s Special Operations Forces (ARSOF) are in transition. With the end of the 20-year war in Afghanistan and the slow winding down of combat operations in Iraq, ARSOF units are moving from an emphasis to a door-kicking counter-terrorism role to a more traditional role of countering near-peer adversaries such as Russia or China. ARSOF’s More »
Task Force Dagger Heals Families and Veterans Without Saying a Word
As a former Army Combat Diver, I take great interest in anything regarding the water. The water and ocean are healing, therapeutic, and often help calm the internal storms of our veterans. Task Force Dagger Special Operations Foundation harnesses just that. Task Force Dagger’s Mission The Foundation provides an emotionally safe space for veterans More »
The Best Way to Prepare for Special Forces Selection
When looking to improve yourself at anything in life, the first thing you have to do is push yourself straight out of your comfort zone. Joining any Special Operations Forces unit, means being able to make the uncomfortable known and to push yourself to your absolute limits. That is the most important part of your More »
GROM – Poland’s Tier 1 Special Operations Unit
The Polish Special Forces unit GROM (Grupa Reagowania Operacyjno-Manewrowego), which translates to Group for Operational Maneuvering Response, is Poland’s premier special operations unit. GROM, which also means “thunder” in Polish, traces its lineage to the exiled Polish paratroopers of World War II known as the Silent Unseen (Cichociemni Spadochroniarze Armii Krajowej). The Silent Unseen was More »
Green Berets Deploy to Taiwan as Tensions With China Rise
China continues to test and harass Taiwan’s air defense capability with nearly daily forays into Taiwanese airspace. Tensions between China and Taiwan which the Chinese consider a wayward province, and the United States continue to rise. Now, it was reported that U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) troops are in Taiwan training Taiwanese troops. For the More »
NSW Prep: The First Hurdle in Becoming a Navy SEAL or SWCC
It is a long and thorough process to earn a contract to attend BUD/S or SWCC school. Those that do receive a contract go to Navy Boot Camp and are assigned to 800 divisions. These 800 divisions are comprised of SEAL, SWCC, EOD, Navy Diver, and Air Rescue candidates. The purpose of these divisions is More »
‘I Stand Between My Brothers and Death’ – How Navy SEAL and SWCC Medics Are Made
Special Operations medics are arguably the best-trained emergency medical care responders in the military, or indeed in the medical world. The nature of SOF operations means that operators more often than not find themselves in austere environments far from resupply or assistance. As a result, their medic training has to be the best possible. A More »
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