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Son Tay Raider SGM Joe Murray Will Be Laid To Rest Today

By Steve Balestrieri | January 3, 2018 Army, Heroes of U.S. Special Operations, History, SOF, SpecOps, US SOCOM

Special Forces Sergeant Major Joe Murray passed away on December 23 and will be laid to rest today at the Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery in Spring Lake, NC. SGM Murray spent 30 years in the service of the US Army, with the vast majority of it being as a Green Beret in the Special Forces. More »

Operation Ivory Coast, November 21, 1970, The Raid on Son Tay Prison

By Steve Balestrieri | November 21, 2017 Air Force, Air Power, Army, Heroes of U.S. Special Operations, History, SOF, SpecOps, US SOCOM

By November of 1970, there were 450 known American POWs in Vietnam and more than double that amount who were missing. Reports were surfacing of brutal conditions, torture, and starvation of American POWs. Operation Ivory Coast was the mission by US Army Green Berets flown in by Air Force Commandos to rescue the POWs at More »

Remembering Bull Simons, A True Legend in the Special Forces Community

By Steve Balestrieri | May 23, 2017 Air Force, Army, Heroes of U.S. Special Operations, History, SOF, SpecOps, US SOCOM

On May 21, 1979, Special Forces had one its true legends take from it prematurely. Arthur “Bull” Simons died at the age of 60 and was buried in Barrancas National Cemetery in Pensacola, Florida. He was one of the best SF commanders to have ever served but never made it to General Officer rank because he lacked More »