Will SEAL Team Six Strike Chapo Guzman in Mexico?
The conflict in the Middle East is winding down, US forces are withdrawing, and wars are being handed over to various proxy forces to fight in the context of the so-called Arab Spring from Egypt, to...
View ArticleWhy SEAL Team Six Should Be Used as Benchwarmers
With the 9/11 attacks being the story of the last decade, the raid that resulted in the killing of Osama Bin Laden may be the big story of this decade. Before SEAL Team Six inserted via classified...
View ArticleJoint Ops in Iraq with LRSC
A while back I wrote about a joint operation I did with a LRS unit in Iraq in 2009 but for the life of me I could not recall the specific unit designation. Thankfully, I had a member of that patrol...
View ArticleWhat Does Four More Years of Obama Mean for US Special Operations Forces?
Since 9/11 we have seen a revolution in how the entire US defense structure approaches and deals with the issue of terrorism. While the Clinton administration introduced some legislation that would...
View ArticleLets Get Serious Folks…Chicks In Combat
The new debate about women in combat positions is an argument that few seem to be able to think clearly about. This post will contain some harsh language. Consider it a part of the selection process...
View ArticleSabah/Malaysia/Filippino/Abu Sayaaf/Military Stand Off
Two weeks ago the MNLF, one of the Muslim groups, kicked off a major offensive against the Abu Sayaaf group, another Muslim organization/terrorist group in Sulu. It seems that Abu Sayaaf got pushed...
View ArticleThe Difference Between Rangers and Special Forces
“Big dumb Ranger stomping through the woods,” a retired Sergeant Major from 5th Special Forces Group said with a smirk to me after an After Action Review in Robin Sage. Robin Sage is the culmination...
View ArticleThe Activity Comic Book w/ Nathan Edmondson for ABC News
In a dark corner of American special operations there exists, alongside the Army’s Delta Force and the Navy’s Osama bin Laden-killing SEAL Team Six, a small unit of Army spies known as the...
View ArticleAfrica Lost: Rhodesia’s COIN Killing Machine
Buy it on Amazon! Today I wanted to turn my readers on to a new e-book released today from my buddy and fellow writer, Dan Tharp. Dan has written at a great history of the Rhodesian Light Infantry,...
View ArticleBeyond Counter-Terrorism (Part 2)
During the planning of the D-Day (formally known as Operation Overlord) invasion of mainland Europe, “the Jedburgh concept was born in the minds of political and military leaders at the highest...
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