JSOC and the Hunt for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi: The Making of a Terrorist
At 6:12 p.m. on June 7, 2006, a 500-pound, laser-guided GBU-12 bomb was released from a U.S. Air Force F-16 …
Special Ops
The Granville Raid
By the beginning of 1945, the German occupation of the British Channel Islands was well into its fifth year. The …
Operation Gunnerside: SOE’s Sabotage of Germany’s Atomic Bomb Program
“We didn’t think about whether it was dangerous or not. . . . You concentrated on the job and not …
SOE’s Dangerous White Mouse: Nancy Wake
Capt. Nancy Wake of Britain’s Special Operations Executive was a remarkable woman. The wife of a wealthy French industrialist, she …
Petty Officer Michael Thornton Medal of Honor Story
Six months after he had rescued Lt. Col. Iceal Hamilton (Bat 21), on the evening of Oct. 31, 1972, Navy …
Project Delta, Detachment B-52, 5th Special Forces Group
Special Forces – the Green Berets – whose motto is De oppresso liber (“To liberate the oppressed”) take pride in …
4th Psychological Operations Group (PSYOP)
“Truth is the best PSYOP.” — Col. Fred W. Walker, USAF, Director of Psychological Operations and Civil Affairs, USSOCOM
Activated …
1st Special Operations Wing (SOW) Fights Unconventional Wars, Marks Anniversary
If you’re turning a wrench on an AC-130U Spooky gunship in Florida or teaching an Afghan pilot to fly in …
11th Airborne Division, ‘Angels’, To The Rescue
Japan was in an increasingly desperate situation as World War II in the Pacific theater entered the climactic years of …
The Battle of Roberts Ridge
On March 2, 2002, Operation Anaconda, the largest set piece battle in Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan (OEF-A), was launched. Its objective …