Army Delays Discharge of Soldier Who Confronted Accused Afghan Rapist The Army held off on discharging a Special Forces sergeant who roughed up an Afghan commander accused of sexually abusing a...
US to Deploy 'Targeting Force' to Bolster Fight against ISIS The U.S. will deploy Special Forces troops to Iraq as part of a "targeting force" against the Islamic State, Defense...
SEAL Who Killed Bin Laden Says Women Deserve a Shot at Special Ops The former U.S. Navy SEAL, known for killing Osama bin Laden, said he supports women serving in elite special operations...
McRaven's View: A Warrior's Career Sacrificed for Politics The former head of U.S. Special Operations Command argues for the importance of respect between civilian and military leaders...
Special Forces in Syria Ordered to Take Off 'Unauthorized' YPG Patches U.S. Special Forces troops in Syria who showed up in photos wearing the arm patches of a rebel group regarded as terrorists...
A Year In, No Female SEAL Applicants, Few for SpecOps It has been more than 12 months since training pipelines for previously closed elite special operator jobs opened to women.
Seven MARSOC Raiders Among Troops Killed in KC-130 Crash A Marine KC-130 crash in Mississippi claimed the lives of seven elite troops from Marine Corps Forces Special Operations...
US Troops Ambushed in Niger, Pentagon Confirms U.S. and coalition troops were ambushed in Niger, the U.S. Defense Department confirmed on Wednesday evening.
SOCOM Works to Expand Roles for Women U.S. Special Operations Command is refining a plan to expand roles for women, allowing them to be SEALs, Rangers, etc.
Small Special Forces Unit Will Deploy to Nigeria A small group of U.S. Special Forces troops will arrive in Nigeria later this month to advise on combating Boko Haram.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
