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One of the greatest advantages of Special Operations Forces (SOF) is their inherent flexibility and their ability to excel in the unknown. Whether we’re talking about a Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha (SFODA), a Marine Special Operations Team (MSOT), or a Navy SEAL platoon, SOF units can operate behind enemy lines with little or no […]
The Navy surely knows how to do recruitment. Going back to Top Gun and Navy SEALs, starring Charlie Sheen, Navy recruiters have had an easier time finding people than their Marine Corps, USAF, and Army brethren. Act of Valor and the SEALs’ popularity since Bin Laden’s death have made that task even easier. To be […]
A Spanish soldier lines up to perform a military free-fall jump from a U.S. Marine Corps KC-130T during Death From Above in Torrejon, Spain, Nov. 30, 2018. Death From Above is a bilateral exercise that allows U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa and Spanish soldiers to practice high-altitude jumps and air-delivery […]
AC-130U Spooky gunship special missions aviators load 40 mm and 105 mm rounds into their respective weapon systems during a training flight July 18, 2018, above Eglin Range, Florida. The AC-130U’s primary missions are close air support, air interdiction and armed reconnaissance. The Spookys have been almost constantly deployed since 2001 and are being replaced […]
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Tristen Albers with Headquarters Battery, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, sights in on his M16A4 service rifle while providing security during the patrolling portion of the Basic Jungle Skills Course at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, August 6, 2019. The BJSC is a 5-day training event […]
After 21 years of illustrious service to the nation, Master Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Edward Byers Jr. retired on September 19. As a member of the Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU) – another designation for SEAL Team 6 – Master Chief Byers participated in a hostage rescue operation in Afghanistan in 2012 that […]
Two senior Navy SEALs who were fired earlier on September are striking back at their leadership. Commander Edward Mason, the former officer in command of SEAL Team 7, and Command Master Chief Hugh Spangler, the senior enlisted leader of SEAL Team 7, have filed a complaint to the Department of Defence’s Inspector General (IG) against […]
Air Force Special Tactics Operators execute a full mission profile with Cypriot National Guard Special Forces and other coalition forces to attain a high-value target during Eager Lion 2019 at King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center. Eager Lion, U.S. Central Command’s largest and most complex exercise, is an opportunity to integrate forces in a […]
While rehearsing for the operation at Ascension Island, the seventy troopers of B Squadron that would perform the raid had rebranded it as Operation Certain Death.
According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, the “silver head of the Werewolf with golden eyes represents the governing, that is, the ‘main’ structure of the SOF. In its mouth, the wolf holds two arrows, symbolizing the enemy. One arrow is broken: it is a destroyed enemy. An intact arrow held in fangs means a […]
A Ukrainian Special Operations unit has become the first-ever non-NATO unit to pass the Alliance’s arduous SOF certification process. The 140th Special Operations Forces Center (140th SOFC) is now eligible to deploy and operate under the umbrella of NATO’s Response Force, the NRF. Being a SOF unit, however, means that if it were to be called, […]
In another page to the legal saga behind the murder of Staff Sergeant Logan Melgar, the Navy announced that U.S. Navy Chief Special Warfare Operator Tony E. Dedolph (SEAL) and U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant Mario A. Madero-Rodriguez have been referred to a General Court Martial for the murder of the Green Beret in Bamako, […]