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Why The White House Is Dragging Its Feet On The Benghazi Investigation
Some frustrated voices are starting to come out with information about how the FBI has positively identified a number of suspects who are thought to be behind the attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi...
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IRAQ 2009: US Special Forces Captured Groom At Wedding, But The Aftermath Was...
By 2009, insurgents and terrorists in Iraq had gotten fairly wily. For years, the U.S. Special Operations Task Force had been churning through the enemy. I played a small part in that endeavor in 2005,...
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Women Can Certainly Make It In Special Ops, But There Will Be Issues
We’ve done several posts about women in combat and Special Ops from a wide range of view points. We even interviewed a female soldier attached to an ODA team in Afghanistan. The issue has never been...
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The Things We Soldiers Do To Keep From Going Crazy
After a recent discussion with a fellow soldier, I started to think of the different things we military folk do to keep ourselves sane. Not the PTSD sanity, but the ‘I’m stuck here for hours and days...
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Can We Trust China To Make American Special Purpose Uniforms?
There’s an important under reported initiative called the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). The TPP is an international free trade agreement currently being negotiated between the US, Canada, Mexico,...
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Military Special Ops: We First-Aid Train On Live Animals For Good Reason
The public has always been fascinated by the training that US Special Operations Forces receive. What goes in to making an elite warrior? What skill sets are cultivated and polished in these young...
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Marine Recon Only Exists Because Of The Atomic Bomb
While Marine Recon got its start in World War II, with the Raiders and the 1st Marine Division’s Amphibious Reconnaissance Company, much of what Recon is today is thanks to Marine Test Unit 1.After the...
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Poor Leadership Led To Bradley Manning's Unprecedented Leaks
Many ask how Bradley Manning was able to access, amass and expose 700,000 of our nation’s classified documents. The simple answer is the use of a Lady Gaga CD and abuse of the trust that was placed in...
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FORMOZA: Meet Poland's Most Elite Group Of Naval Special Operators
I would like to start off this new series of articles on Europe’s Finest SOF Units that usually escape the limelight – but whose responsibilities, actions and sacrifice are not inferior to those of the...
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Navy SEAL: US Special Ops Are Starting To Look A Lot Less Special
“Innovation has nothing to do with how many R & D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R & D. It’s not about money. It’s about the...
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Islamist Militants Flock To Syria In The Latest Case Of 'Jihad Tourism'
Syria is becoming a new example of a phenomenon that has become known as “jihad tourism”: the influx of foreign Muslims to Muslim-affiliated wars in order to take part, waging jihad against the enemy...
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Spy Apps That Are Good For You
Full disclosure: My friend runs Escape the Wolf, and they’re a sponsor of ours but they didn’t pay for me to write this. I’m writing about their new App because it’s really fucking cool.I just...
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Technology Has Killed Old-School Intelligence Gathering
Many HUMINTers (human intelligence professionals) are forced to read FM 34-52 (The U.S. Army Handbook on Interrogations), the KUBARK Counterintelligence and Interrogation handbook, or something...
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FX’s Original Hit Series ‘Legit’ Salutes Veterans
When stand-up comedian turned actor Jim Jefferies entertained the troops in Afghanistan, something special happened — he became completely enamored. He was touched by their heroism, patriotism, and...
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The Arctic Is A Key Strategic Weakness For Canada's Military
Last September, a Danish commercial ship named Nordic Orion became the first cargo vessel to use the Northwest Passage. The Canadian Coast Guard and the Royal Canadian Navy are not ready to either...
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Behind The Japanese Mafia: Dinner With A Yakuza Mob Boss
The Japanese mafia, known globally as The Yakuza, is a funny beast. For example, they don’t hide themselves away from the prying eyes of law enforcement. In fact, you can usually look their local...
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'My Name is Brett Jones, I Am A Navy SEAL, And I Am Gay'
The people with whom I’ve worked in the Special Operations community are more concerned with an individual’s contribution to the team, and their ability to do their job exceptionally well, than their...
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Here's The Real Reason Why Photos Of Bin Laden's Body Haven't Been Released
There are a lot of puzzled expressions on people’s faces when it comes to the subject of the late Osama Bin Laden and why the White House has not authorized the release of any pictures of the body....
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Navy SEAL Sniper Instructor Describes America's Best Marksman Ever
In this excerpt from The Red Circle: My Life In The Navy SEAL Sniper Corps And How I Trained America's Deadliest Marksmen, former Navy SEAL sniper instructor Brandon Webb, describes the deadliest...
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The bankruptcy crisis has brought Greece to the brink of large-scale social...
Ever since World War II. and the Greek Civil War (1946-49), there has been a division in Greek society: the pro-Russians versus the pro-West, the communists versus the right-wingers, the “neo-liberals”...
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