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COMMUNIST VIETNAMESE SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES DURING THE VIETNAM WAR AND THE LESSONS THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO CURRENT AND FUTURE U.S. MILITARY OPERATIONS by James M. Cloninger Jr. This thesis examines the role of communist special operations forces during the Vietnam War and the relevancy of the lessons learned from …
Read More »Our Guerrilla Forefathers
by Daniel Kelly Throughout history, the guerrilla fighter and the war that he wages have been surrounded by a certain measure of fascination, disdain and even romance. From the Special Forces of today back to the legendary Sun Tzu of ancient China, guerrilla warfare has been the great equalizer of …
Read More »FBI Gotcha: Public Enemy Number One, John Dillinger and The Brady Gang That “would make Dillinger look like a piker.”
Transcripts below full story of the Brady Gang During the latter part of the year 1935, Alfred Brady (pictured), James Dalhover, and Clarence Lee Shaffer, Jr., formed a coalition for the purpose of engaging in criminal activities that later were to make them the objects of one of the greatest …
Read More »The Son Also Rises: Jack Hemingway, Adventures in the Army, A POW Camp and the OSS
Jack in uniform with his 2 half-brothers at Club de Cazadores del Cerro, Cuba,194 The Son Also Rises: Jack Hemingway From the files of the CIA Ernest Hemingway was one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, capturing the quintessential essence of the lost generation. His works are …
Read More »NVA General to SOG Recon Team: We suffered 90 percent casualties. Part 2
NVA General to SOG Recon Team: We suffered 90 percent casualties By Tilt Stryker Meyer SOF.Black.Part 2 Before ST Alabama could celebrate, the NVA charged again. Three more dead NVA were added to the cadaver wall. Silence dominated the battlefield. No bird chirps, no speaking, no noise of any type. …
Read More »ONE MILLION STEPS
By Bing West From the December 2014 issue of SOF The Setting Sangin was the most violent district in Afghanistan, a remote farmland in southern Helmand Province at the far south of the country. Beginning in 2006, British forces defended the government compound next to the district market, while the …
Read More »Jordan’s Prince Hussein and His Majesty King Abdullah II Live Fire Combat Drills
Prince Hussein along with His Majesty King Abdullah II during live ammunition training at the conclusion of a series of exercises recently celebrating the Prince’s 24th Birthday party.
Read More »3-4 Cavalry, Blasting Away During the Tet Offensive
Army SPC Dwight Birdwell Via Cherokee Phoenix Bob,Remember the article I wrote a while back in SOF about Dwight Birdwell and his actions as a tank commander during the relief of Tans Nhut AB during TeT of ’68 wherein he was put in for the MOH by his commanding officer, …
Read More »M18, New Air Force handgun is being fielded
AFLCMC acquires new Air Force handgun By Brian Brackens, Air Force M9 PistolM9 PistolPrimary function: Personal defense. Length: 8.5 in. Weight: 2.55 lbs. (fully-loaded). Caliber: 9 mm NATO. Maximum effective range: 50 meters. WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFNS) — Combat arms units across the Air Force are getting new …
Read More »Contributor SKK Comes in From the Cold, Credits SOF ‘Bad Boys’ for Supporting Her Early Career
“Those rough and tumble SOF ‘bad boys’ respected me as a peer, and judged me entirely on my ability to get the story.” – SKK As our readers well know, the people who write for Soldier of Fortune are a special breed of journalist. They don’t just sit around an …
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