Coalition Casualties Syria – On March 30, 2018 Central Command announced that two coalition personnel were killed and five were wounded by an improvised explosive device in Syria at approximately 9 p.m. GMT March 29th. The wounded personnel received immediate […]
Afghanistan CRS Report March 2018. The Congressional Research Service (CRS) has published an update to its periodic report to Congress about Afghanistan. The contents of the 20 page report is outlined below: Overview Political Situation Reconciliation Efforts and Obstacles Military […]
SOF News Update 20180330 – video on top five SOF units, At War blog returns, dangers of ‘proxy wars’, UK’s ‘no comment’ policy on SOF, 3/3rd SFG cdr on Africa, TV documentary on ‘Operation Hot Pursuit’, Vietnam SF Vet recounts 3 tours, […]
Dynamic Front 18 – a field artillery exercise was recently held in Germany that included participants from 26 different nations. The exercise – with over 3,700 personnel taking part – focused on the interoperability of U.S. Army, joint service, and […]
Video Marine MFF – Reconnaissance Marines conduct military free fall training in Temple, Texas during Exercise Desert Hawk. The Marines practiced the MFF parachute jumps in order to be able to execute free fall insertion in the most complex environments. […]
SOF News Update 20180328 – GB Foundation’s “Honey Badger Classic”, Army’s new CSASS rifle, understanding Iran’s Guard Corps, an assessment of the 2008 Russia-Georgia War, VR training, reducing mandatory training requirements, Netherland’s MoD White Paper, increasing basic trainng for Army, […]
Video Marine FET Trains in Romania – A 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Female Engagement Team (FET) recently trained with a counterpart Romania FET during Exercise Spring Storm 2018 at the Capu Midia Training Area in Romania. Spring Storm is […]
Cold Weather Packing List Video – Have a look at what a U.S. Marine puts in his backpack to survive in the cold weather. 21 items weighing a total of 79 pounds will keep him warm. He can then survive […]
SOF News Update 20180326 – Gov Greitens still under fire, AT training facility in Jordan, conflict in Yemen to continue, retired SEAL on his career, medic instructor at Joint SO Medical Training Center, USASOC sniper competition, CRS report on Iraq, […]
Women of the SMW – The Afghan Special Security Forces (ASSF) have been in the lead for the introduction of women into the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF). The Special Mission Wing (SMW) is one of the Afghan […]
Video – SOF Winter Warfare Training U.S. Army and Air Force Special Operations Forces conducted SOF winter warfare training above the Arctic Circle near Kiruna, Sweden for six weeks in February-March 2018. The training focused on skiing, snow mobile maneuvers, […]
SOF News Update 20180323 – Russia’s SOF training in Gulf of Finland, Dunford enthusiastic about 1st SFAB, 1966 door gunner training video, OSS receives Congressional Gold Medal, LE CT training facility opens in Jordan, Poland’s more modern military, joining the […]
SOF News Update 20180321 – More GBU-69/B SGM’s for USSOCOM, BG (ret) Bolduc on leadership, UK sniper stories – fact or fiction (?), AF and multicams, Niger mission aftermath, PSYOP and Kony’s LRA, Jordan’s SOF training center, SF training in […]
SOF News Update 20180319 – Kurds fighting Turkish forces (not ISIS), HH-60 crash in Iraq, building coalitions, 4th Recon Bn Cdr dies, USMC seeks RIAB for PSYOP, NATO’s annual report, ‘7 Days in Entebbe’, Singapore’s combat divers, SF field kitchen […]
Arctic Edge 18 – Special Operations Command – North or SOCNORTH is currently participating in Arctic Edge 18. This is an exercise conducted by a host of military units to SOCNORTH, U.S. Marines, U.S. Army, and 11th Air Force. SOCNORTH, […]
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