Current National Defense Strategy Back in April 2022, General Richard Clark, commander of US Special Operations Command (SOCOM), and Christopher Maier, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict, announced the release of a sixteen-page document outlining the “Vision and Strategy” of US Special Operations Forces (SOF). This came on the heels of More »
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US Africa Command Special Operations Forces to Train in Benin, to Prepare for Violent Extremism Threats
Ouassa, Benin — Special Operations Command Africa forces partnered with the Beninese Army during a Joint Combined Exchange Training that concluded Sept. 9, 2022, in Ouassa, Benin. US Army Green Berets assigned to the 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) collaborated with the Beninese Army’s 1st Commando Parachute Battalion members to hone tactical and operational skills. More »
Watch: Kraken Special Forces Annihilate Russian Headquarters
Here Comes the Boom Our friends with the Kraken Special Forces unit in Ukraine are at it again. Watch as they target and destroy a building the Russians were using as their local headquarters. Ukrainian Kraken Special Forces destroy Russian headquarters. Video courtesy of YouTube and Zenger You can see Russian soldiers moving from the More »
Gary Beikirch, Green Beret, Medal of Honor, Dies of Cancer at 74
Green Beret and Medal of Honor recipient Gary Beikirch has died. He was 74 years old. His daughter Stephanie announced Beikirch died shortly after 3 p.m. Sunday following a long battle with pancreatic cancer. The Special Operations community has lost two of its heroes over the Christmas weekend. SEAL Team Six’s first commander Richard ‘Dick’ More »
How Delta Force Taught Social Distancing Before It Was Cool
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 out for it here. Isolation is a frightening prospect for a lot of us. True isolation — total isolation from More »
US Special Forces in Colombia – Storming a Dunkin’ Donuts in Bogota
It was with great interest that I read Brandon Webb’s piece about his travel to Bogota, Colombia. Having spent time there during the heyday of the Medellin/Cali Cartel, I was really interested in how much the city has changed. Bogota is beautiful and huge. I had heard from other SF guys who were there recently More »
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 »
Never Be Light: Integrity and leadership lessons in Special Operations, the Hard Way
Well, there I was, attending the Special Operations Combat Medic Course (SOCM), the Army’s elite combat medic course in Fort Bragg, NC. I had recently graduated SWCC training and I thought I was hot shit thinking that all of the Special Forces students at SOCM had just begun their training pipeline. The SOCM course was 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 »
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