Mission

U.S. Central Command relayed that U.S. forces eliminated a “senior al-Qaida leader” in Syria yesterday. Navy Lt. Josie Lynne Lenny, a CENTCOM spokeswoman said that “Initial indications are that we struck the individual we were aiming for, and there...

The Air Force is looking to equip special operators with a new light aircraft in the near future. Air Force Special Operations Command wants to field about 75 multipurpose, fixed-wing aircraft that could fly in remote locations without much...

The end of our military involvement in Afghanistan is the first time a United States fighting force comprised of solely volunteers has lost a war. The geopolitical consequences in Afghanistan will unfold over the course of the following years...

The Joint Special Operations Command is our country’s national mission force. They are trained to respond to the most tactically challenging of scenarios. In the months preceding 9/11, several combat-experienced senior members of Delta Force retired or shifted to...

4 Marine Raiders will receive bronze stars for their heroic action in March of last year when they were responsible for clearing out cave systems in northern Iraq of ISIS combatants. The Raiders were working with Iraqi security forces...

In the discussions surrounding the withdrawal of American and NATO Forces from Afghanistan, there was plenty mention of Over-the-Horizon (OTH) capabilities that would deter Taliban aggression. OTH is becoming a regular part of military language among official spokespersons and...

Special tactics Airmen belonging to the 24th Special Operations Wing responded to a request to aid in the Haiti humanitarian effort following an earthquake in August. The ST Airmen worked with the Joint Task Force Haiti to conduct airfield...

During an American-Polish joint exercise 16 Polish special operations members dropped into an abandoned runway near Biala Podlaska, Poland out of a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft that had been based at Ramstein Air Base. The C-130J belonged to the...

In the airspace above Illesheim Army Airfield in Germany, Black Hawk and Apache helicopters took to the sky in an impressive display of aerial might. The Black Hawk is the more multipurpose of the two craft with the Apache’s...

Christopher Maier was sworn in Thursday as the Defense Department’s new assistant secretary for special operations and low-intensity conflict (SOLIC) by Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. Maier said during an interview his new position requires him to take on...