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Past and present Rangers from the 75th Ranger Regiment describe and demonstrate what it is like to be a Ranger Communicator while serving with the 75th Ranger Regiment. As with every other Military Occupational Specialties (MOS) in the Regiment, comms guys must attend and complete the arduous Ranger Selection and Assessment Program (RASP). The Regiment […]
The Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) has identified the missing Special Tactics operator, who fell from a C-130 during a training exercise last Tuesday, November 5. U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Cole Condiff was a Special Tactics Combat Controller (CCT) assigned to the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron (23rd STS), 24th Special Operations Wing (24th […]
A vehicle-born IED is detonated inside a truck during a Dynamics of International Terrorism demonstration at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Oct. 30, 2019. The DIT demonstration is part of the U.S. Air Force Special Operations School FP100 DIT Course which is programmed to be an awareness and personal security class directed toward terrorist threats overseas.
Airmen and family members with the 320th Special Tactics Squadron and the 31st Rescue Squadron conducted a five-mile memorial ruck march in honor of two fallen pararescuemen. United States Air Force Tech. Sgt. Sean Barton, from the 320th STS, and Tech. Sgt. Peter Kraines, from the 24th Special Operations Wing, died from injuries sustained in training […]
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State (ISIS), is dead. He chose suicide over capture or death at the hands of the Delta operators and the Rangers. His death, however, doesn’t spell the end of the threat posed by the terrorist organization. ISIS might have lost huge swaths of land and be a […]
Italian Army paratroopers from the Folgore Airborne Brigade coordinate with the Special Forces Soldiers from the U.S. Army’s 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Sept. 17, 2019 after the Italian paratroopers parachuted onto a drop zone secured by special operations forces as part of exercise Saber Junction 19 in Hohenfels, Germany. Approximately 100 Special Operations Forces […]
Command Master Chief Rudy Boesch, an old school, hard-charging Navy SEAL who came to prominence after his participation in the first season of “Survivor,” died last week. Master Chief Boesch died aged 91 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He died peacefully in hospice in Virginia Beach, VA. The legendary Navy SEAL served in […]
A Special Tactics Airman is missing after falling from a C-130 during a training exercise over the Gulf of Mexico. The unintentional drop took place on the morning of November 5. The Air Commando, whose name hasn’t been released by the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), was scheduled to participate, alongside fellow operators, in […]
This photograph reportedly pictures Conan, the Special Operations Military Working Dog (SOMWD) which cornered Abū Bakr al-Baghdadi and forced him to detonate his suicide vest. A veteran of over 50 combat missions, Conan belongs to the cream of the crop of military dogs.
After more than a year since he was first accused, the legal saga of Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher has come to an end. And the verdict is that he will be demoted to the rank of Petty Officer First Class (E-6) and forfeit almost $3000 of pay/month for four months. In October 2018, military prosecutors […]
A Ukrainian Special Forces designated marksman surveys his surroundings while acting as OPFOR as part of Exercise Combined Resolve XII.
On Saturday night, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi chose suicide over death or capture at the hands of the Delta operators of A Squadron. The operation, however, had begun months before the Delta shooters came in knocking at the leader of ISIS’ door. The story behind the tracking of the leader of the Islamic State (ISIS) is […]