Author: Jeffrey Forker

Grammar matters and can even piss off Special Forces guys. We just don’t like having or hearing our unit’s name misused, borrowed, or stolen.

Combat hand-to-hand is another animal entirely, not like being in a ring or on a mat, and is often not one-on-one.

Special operations continued to develop and improve its hand-to-hand combat systems, from LINE to MACP.

During the Vietnam War it became very clear that the U.S. military needed to revise their hand-to-hand training.

World War II saw the advent of modern special operations, and thus the need for special hand-to-hand fighting skills for special operators.

From the outset, the only hand-to-hand training given to most soldiers on both sides of the trenches involved the bayonet and the trench knife.

Swords and rifles get dropped and lost. Then, the warrior has only his wits and hand-to-hand fighting skills to rely on.

When shopping for ballistic vests, you want ESAPI plates, level IIIA at a minimum.

After Vietnam, much research and development was done on how to improve vests, to make them more effective and lighter.

Menton Day is celebrated on December 5th by U.S. Army Special Forces, often with formal dine-ins, ceremonies at memorials, or at the least assemblies at a local bar or tavern for stories and toasts. The day commemorates the 1st Special Service Force of World War II, a joint American-Canadian unit activated in 1942 and key […]

The French are embracing a different style of warfare than that of the U.S.—one that embraces limited, yet practical, objectives.

In the aftermath of the Paris attacks comes the dawning of a realization: Things are going to change, and probably sooner rather than later.