June 6, 1944: Rangers at Pointe du Hoc
Operation Overlord, the Allies’ plan to breach Nazi Germany’s Festung Europa (Fortress Europe) at Normandy, was the largest and most …
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The Year in Special Operations: 2014-2015 | Photos
The Year in Special Operations: 2014-2015 is making its debut at the National Defense Industrial Association‘s 2014 Special Operations Forces …
Movie Review – Lone Survivor
Hollywood has acquired a justifiable reputation in recent years of doing a hackneyed job in conveying military history. With few …
The Immaculate Mission: ODA 551 in the Karbala Gap
On the fourth day of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), a small blue symbol appeared on Blue Force Tracking (BFT) system …
USASOC Year in Review: 2012-2013
Army special operations entered its eighth decade of service to the nation as U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) began …
SOF Ground Vehicles
The early months of 2013 find the greater U.S. special operations forces (SOF) community facing a number of recent and …
SOCOM Year in Review 2012-2013
For U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM), 2012 was a year of both achievement and ominous warning as the command remained …
Book Review – Dog Company: The Boys of Pointe du Hoc
On June 6, 1984, as part of the 40th anniversary celebration of D-Day, a reenactment of the scaling of the …
Task Force Ranger Anniversary: The Battle of Mogadishu, Oct. 3, 1993
Divided between British and Italian colonial empires in the 19th century, Somalia was never really conquered. Highly individualistic, with a …
Urgent Fury: U.S. Special Operations Forces in Grenada, 1983
Located 1,530 miles southeast of Miami, Fla., the island of Grenada was sighted by Christopher Columbus in 1498 on his …