Operation Commando Wrath
By Brian Morris, SF MSG (Ret) On Monday, October 1, 2018 former Staff Sgt. Ronald J. Shurer II received the Medal of Honor for going above and beyond the call of duty on April 6, 2008 while assigned to Special […]
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Medal of Honor for John Chapman – USAF ST Combat Controller
President Trump will award the Medal of Honor to Technical Sergeant John Chapman posthumously during a White House ceremony. The event takes place on Wednesday, August 22, 2018. The award is for conspicuous gallantry during a battle with al Qaida […]
Special Operations News Update 20180319
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 […]
Night of Excellence – SSG Matthew A. Pucino Memorial Foundation
Night of Excellence – The SSG Matthew A. Pucino Memorial Foundation held a fund-raiser on Saturday, March 10, 2018 in Boston. The venue was the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel and the event featured several speakers, cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, silent auction, […]
SSG Dustin Wright – KIA in Niger Oct 2017
SSG Dustin Wright of the 3rd Special Forces Group was killed on Wednesday, October 4, 2017 in Niger as a result of hostile fire. He was a member of a U.S. Army Special Forces detachment conducting a reconnaissance patrol along […]
Hall of Heroes – USASOC Honors U.S. Army SOF Fallen Soldiers
Hall of Heroes – The United States Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) has unveiled it’s new Hall of Heroes digital, interactive memorial wall. This digital wall in the lobby of the USASOC building located on Fort Bragg, North Carolina pays […]
Marine KC-130 Crash Claims Lives of Seven from MARSOC
A Marine KC-130 crash claimed seven members of the Camp Lejeune-based 2nd Marine Raider Battalion. They are missing and presumed deceased in the Marine KC-130 crash LeFore County, Mississippi on Monday, July 10th at approximately 4 p.m. CDT. The aircraft […]
Blackbeard’s Ride 2017 | Special Forces NCO Remembered
Blackbeard’s Ride 2017 – The Matthew A. Pucino Foundation, LTD provides for the physical and emotional needs of combat wounded Soldiers and their families. The foundation runs a number of events in New England and across the country to raise […]
Isiah Booker 5th Special Forces – Died in Jordan Jan 7, 2017
Specialist Isiah Booker, age 23, a member of 2nd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group based at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, died in Jordan on January 7, 2017 in a non-combat related incident. He was supporting Operation Inherent Resolve – the fight […]
Special Operations News 20170109
SOF News Update 20170109 – SGM Robles (7th SFGA) dies of illness, video NATO SOF, Josuah Wheeler memorial, advising the YPG in Syria, tiff between Indonesian and Australian SOF, ex-SEAL and medical doctor talks on civilian shootings and medical responses, […]
Intel Update 20170109 – CIA flights, spy gadgets, and more
Intel Update 20170109 – gadgets that spies use, questions to be posed during CIA confirmation hearings, Trump to revamp Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), a CIA contract aircraft’s final flight, a partisan CIA, Trump and Intel, and […]
Video – Naval SEAL Foundation Whole Warrior Health
The Navy SEAL Foundation is taking a leading role in the health of combat veterans with traumatic brain injuries (TBI) with its Whole Warrior Health program. The organization recently held a conference on this issue. The Navy SEAL Foundation Collective […]
DoD Identifies Casualties of Bagram Air Field Suicide Bombing
The Department of Defense has identified the casualties of Veterans Day bombing in Afghanistan. On November 12th, 2016 on Veterans Day an explosion caused by a suicide bomber resulted in four deaths and 17 wounded. Two of the deaths were […]
Three Green Berets of 5th Special Forces Killed in Jordan
Three members of the 5th Special Forces Group [1] were killed in Jordan on November 4, 2016. 5th SFGA is based at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The Soldiers were identified as SSG Matthew C. Lewellen, SSG Kevin J. McEnroe, and SSG James […]
SFC Ryan Gloyer – 10th SFGA – KIA Afghanistan 3 Nov 2016
SFC Ryan Gloyer was killed in action in Kunduz, Afghanistan on November 3, 2016 while conducting a ‘train, advise, and assist’ mission with Afghan special operations forces. He died of wounds sustained during a mission against Taliban forces. Ryan Gloyer […]