Author: Jonathan Weiss

Preparing for selection requires pushing yourself to your limits while not getting to the point that you break yourself in the process.

Well, there I was, attending the Special Operations Combat Medic Course (SOCM), the Army’s elite combat medic course in Fort Bragg, NC.

Whether calling in close-air support or coordinating insertion, extraction, or CASEVACs, the Air Force’s elite STS is as badass as they come.

Finding the balance between a healthy and fit lifestyle and just enjoying yourself isn’t always easy, especially nowadays.

It is a long and thorough process to earn a contract to attend BUD/S or SWCC school and NSW Prep ensures that only the best earn it.

The U.S. military has made great leaps in identifying and treating brain injuries. Today’s research, treatment, and care will help keep our warriors strong tomorrow.

In a war of secrecy, spies, and destruction, Britain’s Special Operations Executive (SOE) was on the leading edge.

I would choose the M240 machine gun every day of the week and twice on Sunday. It’s reliable, accurate, powerful, and easy to operate.

Not only are SWCC students subjected to long and tiresome swimming evolutions in the pool and ocean, but they are also tested on their water competency.

Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen (SWCCs) are a critical link in the SOCOM chain, supporting Navy SEALs in most water-borne operations.

Successfully performing blood transfusions on the battlefield could stop most of the preventable combat deaths.

Training accidents are an unfortunate reality in the high-risk training that special operations troops undergo in order to be the best.