Author: Steve Balestrieri

The formation of and many of the defining events in the history of the 3rd Ranger Battalion happened on October 3rd.

At Selection, your age won’t carry your ruck or find your points—your grit, your prep, and your ability to bleed with the team will.

You don’t have to look like a Marvel superhero to make it—just show up, shut up, carry your ruck, and don’t quit, no matter how much the suck tries to make you tap out.

You can slap a beret on a guy and call him elite, but if he hasn’t earned it under fire, all you’ve got is a tourist with a cool hat.

Mista’arvim units are the terror of Hamas. Indistinguishable from Palestinians the units’ elite operatives blend in and strike at the crucial moment.

The people behind the counter looked like we they were about to empty their bladders. Even donuts can be dangerous!

The Russian Mercenaries of Wagner Group are the stars of a new film lauding their work in Mozambique. It seems more to us like an infomercial for Wagner than entertainment.

A deadly attack by government troops in eastern Myanmar on civilians carried out on Christmas Eve included two Save the Children charity staff members, the non-profit organization said on Tuesday. “With profound sadness, we confirm two of our staff are among the burnt bodies found in Myanmar after an attack by the military on Xmas […]

An Israeli airstrike in the Syrian port of Latakia during the early hours of Tuesday morning hit the port’s container facility in the second attack on the port this month. “At around 3:21 am [0121 GMT], the Israeli enemy carried out an aerial aggression with several missiles from the direction of the Mediterranean … targeting […]

Terrorist factions in the Palestinian territories and Gaza are conducting joint exercises and planning sessions that suggest they intend to renew their war with Israel.

Green Beret and Medal of Honor recipient Gary Beikirch passed away the day after Christmas after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 72. His heroic actions as a Special Forces Medic in an isolated village of Montagnards in Vietnam are the stuff of legends. Badly wounded himself and unable to stand or walk, he had himself carried to various casualties in order to treat their wounds.

In a seeming de-escalation of the security crisis along the Russian-Ukrainian border, Moscow has withdrawn ten-thousand of the estimated 110,000 troops it has positioned near the border. Moscow did this even as it reasserted its demand of a legal guarantee that Ukraine will never be admitted to NATO, that the U.S. cease selling arms to Ukraine and that it act as mediator in negotiations between Russia, Ukraine and European countries.