Mission

Australian special operations units earned a name for themselves in Vietnam alongside US commandos.  They might have to repeat it in opposition to China. Despite the fact that the Vietnam War was fought by US forces, US allies Australia and...

FBI Domestic Delta Hostage Rescue Team (HRT). The FBI HRT (Hostage Rescue Team), the top hostage rescue organization in the country, was established with the aid of Delta Force, often known as the Combat Applications Group (CAG) or "Domestic...

According to a service official, AFSOC will start incorporating amphibious upgrades on MC-130J aircraft the next year.  Can an MC-130J Commando II freight plane from Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) land on water? From an engineering standpoint, a C-130 airframe probably...

At the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, during the Special Warfare Orientation Course, cadets practice infiltration into an objective area from an Army CH-47 Chinook chopper. To help fill open positions, the Air Force develops a special...

In Kharkiv, Ukraine retakes lost ground from Russian forces.  According to the British Defense Ministry, Ukrainian forces have made "significant gains" against Russian forces over the last day. According to a Sunday intelligence briefing from the British defense ministry, Ukraine's...

The Taliban claim to have killed 40 insurgents in a troubled region in northern Afghanistan.  In the unstable northern Panjshir province, Taliban security forces have begun a massive "clearing operation" against insurgent troops, killing dozens of them and arresting many...

In honor of the almost 3,000 victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and those slain in the years that followed, members of the Army's 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) bent their heads on Friday.   Members of the 7th...

Navy leadership has ordered an investigation into Seals basic training, and have launched separate probe into the BUD/S process.  An Investigation into Seals Basic Training and the BUD/S process follows the death of Kyle Mullen, a SEAL candidate whose death...

A senior Ukrainian official credits Ukrainian SOF for the successful attack on the Crimean ammo depot.  Multiple explosions rocked the Black Peninsula over the last few weeks as the Ukrainian military looks to disrupt supply lines deeper into what is...

An Afghan pilot was forced to choose between his family and his country when the Taliban took control of Kabul. Crowds gathered in Foroshgah, one of the main accessible marketplaces in Kabul, Afghanistan's capital, in an effort to flee the...