How to perfect a water rescue: you train for it. Fairchild Air Force Base teams up with the 24th Special Operations Wing for Special Tactics members to get their master certification at Long Lake, Washington. Fairchild provided the UH-1N Huey for Special Tactic members to test for their medevac and …
Read More »I Ran a Black Market Supply Operation in Vietnam, Using Whiskey as Currency
Publisher’s note: This article includes a photo of former SOF managing editor Bob Poos, who was a war correspondent in Vietnam. ~SKK by Marvin J. Wolf, The War Horse I steered the Jeep off the dusty, rutted main road and rattled down a well-worn track until I beheld a bizarre …
Read More »An Angry Rhino, Three Rookie Trackers, and Trouble in Africa: ‘She Wants to Gore Us’
The world of anti-poaching is difficult and dangerous. Especially when you come face to face with an enraged rhinoceros. by S. Anderson I’ve always been fascinated by the African Bush. Lions, Leopards, Cape Buffalo, Elephant, and Rhino. The Big 5. Endless rolling hills, dense bush, and undisturbed ecology. Growing up, …
Read More »D-Day at Normandy: ‘Rock’ Was Lost in the Skies Over France
Then-Corporal Kenneth “Rock” Merritt poses for a photo. (Photo Credit: Courtesy Photo) During World War II, Kenneth “Rock” Merritt was aboard a plane that got lost over France. Here are his memories of his experiences in the Army from 1942-45. His words are as follows. … I was sworn into the …
Read More »In No-Man’s Land With Navy SEALs: Our Fight Left Us Smoked – With One Last Prank to Pull
Four days of a live-fire exercise left us smoked and ready for exfil. We still had to play a farewell joke. The metal monster boomed over us and arced up and away to the south. It had disgorged its 13 passengers – a U.S. Navy SEAL team, ready to hop …
Read More »The Gruesome Fate of Surgeons Who Built New Face For Mexican Drug Lord
by “Sol Prendido” One of the most influential capos in Mexico’s history met a tragic end – and so did his doctors, according to authorities. One of the most powerful drug lords in Mexico was Amado Carrillo Fuentes, who was born in Navolato, Sinaloa, in 1956. El Señor de los …
Read More »Rangers in the Congo: A Deadly Fight Against Mai Mai Militiamen
Everything became eerily still, until… it blinked. “ENEMY!” Fils screamed. Then all hell broke loose. by Heath Hansen The sun was just setting on the thick canopy of trees and bushes surrounding their position. It was a long day of humping through the dense growth; but it had been productive. …
Read More »Night Flight Aboard the Mighty Ike
This never gets old. The USS Eisenhower sends…
Read More »Juba the Baghdad Sniper: Was He Real, Or a Clever Psyop?
By Greg Chabot In mid-2005 the name Juba struck fear into coalition troops in Baghdad. He had become a folk hero to the insurgency with his attacks on check points that were filmed and uploaded to the internet along with a graphic novel written about him. He would leave an …
Read More »Night Stalker Crew Drops Off a Team at Work
Just another day on the job… Twice the action when an MH-47 Night Stalker crew drops off an ARSOF team at work. Army Special Operations sends.
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