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MARSOC Graduates Newest Special Operators

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – As U.S. and NATO forces, including up to 10,000 Marines, start an accelerated troop withdrawal from Afghanistan as early ... FULL STORY

Night Stalkers Earn Broken Wing Award

FORT CAMPBELL, KY – Three pilots assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) received the Broken Wing Award, Dec. ... FULL STORY

Force Recon Marines Commandeer Ship During Drill

OKINAWA, JAPAN — A helicopter hovers 25-feet above the deck of the ship as combat rubber raiding craft simultaneously crash through the waves toward ... FULL STORY

USSOCOM Artist Designs Vietnam Memorial

TAMPA, FL – A new Vietnam Memorial was dedicated on Veterans Day in Hillsborough County near Tampa, Fla., and the expansive memorial and ... FULL STORY

Pararescueman Receives Bronze Star Medal with Valor

RANDOLPH AFB, TX – While engaged in operations against enemy forces near Arghandab Province July 12, 2010, an Airman risked his life to ... FULL STORY

Afghan Special Forces Discover IED Facility

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Afghan National Army special forces, partnered with coalition special operations forces, located and captured an enemy improvised explosive device ... FULL STORY

What's So Civil About War, Anyway?

FORT BRAGG, NC - Civil Affairs qualification training sends students to win friends and solve problems in war-torn Pineland. It’s ... FULL STORY

'Horse Soldier' Dedicated Near Ground Zero

NEW YORK, NY – More than 10 years ago, Capt. Will Summers, a former Special Forces team sergeant for the 5th Special ... FULL STORY

WWII Survivor Receives Purple Heart

FORT WALTON BEACH, FL – Nearly 70 years later and after trekking 60 miles over unforgiving terrain on what would infamously become known ... FULL STORY

Special Tactics Students Clear Two Tons of Debris

HURLBURT FIELD, FL – Divers brought 20-foot logs, rusty chain link fencing and buckets full of cement to the surface during a Hurlburt Marina ... FULL STORY

Senior Green Beret Retires After 37 Years

MacDill AFB, FL – Lt. Gen. David P. Fridovich, U. S. Special Operations Command deputy commander retired Nov. 14, after more than 37 ... FULL STORY

USASOC Names 2011 Medics of the Year

FORT BRAGG, NC – The United States Army Special Operations announced the names of this year's Medic of the Year awardees, Nov. ... FULL STORY

Son Tay Raid Veteran Mentors MISO Soldiers

FORT BRAGG, NC - About two dozen Soldiers listen quietly, the silence only broken occasionally by the sound of laughter as retired ... FULL STORY

CSAF Presents AF Cross, Silver Star at Hurlburt

HURLBURT FIELD, FL – Two Air Force Special Operations Command combat controllers were presented military decorations here Oct. 27 by the Air Force ... FULL STORY

Commemorating the service of Special Forces

FORT BRAGG, NC – The U.S. Army Special Forces Command (Airborne) will hold its commemorative President John F. Kennedy Wreath Laying ... FULL STORY

Special Ops to Counter Lord's Resistance Army

WASHINGTON, DC — US President Barack Obama has authorized the deployment of 100 combat-equipped forces to Africa to help regional forces fight the ... FULL STORY

ANA Commandos and ANAF Strengthen Capabilities

HERAT PROVINCE, Afghanistan – For the first time, Afghan National Army commandos partnered with the Afghan National Air Force to conduct joint operations ... FULL STORY

Afghan Aviation Supports Independent Commando Op

PARWAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Members of 1st Commando Kandak conducted clearing operations with support from Afghan aviation in Qal’eh Jala Village, Bagram district, ... FULL STORY

5th SFG Voted Top Language Program by USSOCOM

FORT CAMPBELL, KY – The 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) was recently chosen as the 2011 United States Special Operations Command ... FULL STORY

US Army SOF Killed in Combat

FORT BRAGG, NC —Two U.S. Army Rangers and one Cultural Support Team member were killed in action Oct. 22, during combat operations ... FULL STORY

Small Sacrifice, Honoring the Ultimate Sacrifice

COLUMBUS, TX – A team of 18 special tactics have one objective in mind: honor the fallen. The team began an 812-mile march from ... FULL STORY

MARSOC Sergeant Major Change Over

CAMP LEJEUNE, NC - Sgt. Maj. Richard W. Ashton relinquished his post as sergeant major of U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command ... FULL STORY

US Army Ranger Killed in Afghanistan

FORT BRAGG, NC — A U.S. Army Ranger was killed in action Oct. 8, during combat operations in support of Operation ... FULL STORY

Farewell, Founding Air Commando

ARLINGTON, VA – Airmen gathered here Oct. 3 to render a final salute to retired Maj. Gen. John Alison as he was laid ... FULL STORY

MARSOC Reflects on 9/11, GWOT

FORT BRAGG, NC – As Americans across the country paused to remember and reflect on lives lost on 9/11, a small group of Marines ... FULL STORY

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