SPECIAL OPERATIONS
The Battle of Takur Ghar (2002)
In the early morning hours of March 4, 2002, on a mountaintop called Takur Ghar in southeastern Afghanistan, al Qaeda soldiers fired on an MH-47E helicopter carrying a Special Operations Forces (SOF) reconnaissance element. This fire resulted in a Navy SEAL, ABH1 Neal Roberts, falling out of the helicopter, and began a chain of events ... FULL STORY
Objective Rhino (2001)
While the campaign was under way in Northern Afghanistan, US Special Operations Forces also struck in the southern part of the country in the heart of the Taliban movement near Kandahar. On the night of 19-20 October 2001 Rangers and other Special Operations Forces (SOF) soldiers spearheaded ground operations by conducting airborne and air assault ... FULL STORY
Task Force Dagger (2001)
During initial combat operations in northern Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom (2001), Army Special Forces (SF) was tested to a degree not seen since the Vietnam War. With little time to prepare for this mission, SF teams were to land by helicopter deep in hostile territory, contact members of the Northern Alliance, coordinate ... FULL STORY
Operation Khukri (2000)
Operation Khukri was a daring rescue mission conducted by the Para Commandos special forces in Sierra Leone,June 2000. The kukri (Devanāgarī: खुकुरी) (also sometimes spelled khukri or khukuri) is a curved Nepali Gurkha knife which can be used as a tool as well as a close combat mêlée weapon. The mission was a ... FULL STORY
Operation Chavín de Huantar (1997)
The Japanese embassy hostage crisis began on December 17, 1996 in Lima, Peru, when 14 members of the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) took hostage hundreds of high-level diplomats, government and military officials and business executives who were attending a party at the official residence of Japan's ambassador to Peru, Morihisha Aoki, in celebration of ... FULL STORY
Operation Uphold Democracy (1994)
Operation Uphold Democracy (September 19, 1994 – March 31, 1995) was a response to the overthrow and expulsion of the duly elected government of Haiti by a military coup. The operation began with the alert of United States and Allied forces for a forced entry into the island nation of Haiti. U.S. Navy and Air Force ... FULL STORY
Operation Gothic Serpent (1993)
Operation Gothic Serpent was a military operation conducted by special operations forces of the United States with the primary mission of capturing warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid. The operation took place in Somalia, Africa from August to October 1993 and was supervised by the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). As part of the operation, the soldiers were ... FULL STORY
Operation Silver Anvil (1992)
Operation Silver Anvil was a non-combatant evacuation operation carried out by United States armed forces in Sierra Leone in April-May 1992. The operation successfully evacuated more than 400 people from the country. President Joseph Saidu Momoh was overthrown in a coup d'état on April 29, 1992. The evacuating force from Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR), a ... FULL STORY
Scud Hunting with Delta Force and the Special Air Service (1991)
During the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988), Saddam Hussein launched ... FULL STORY
Bravo Two Zero Patrol (1991)
Bravo Two Zero was the call sign of an eight-man British Special Air Service (SAS) patrol deployed into Iraq during the First Gulf War in January 1991. According to one patrol member's account, the patrol was tasked to "gather intelligence; find a good LUP (lying up position) and set up an observation post (OP)" on ... FULL STORY
Operation Nifty Package (1989)
Operation Nifty Package was a United States Navy SEAL-operated plan conducted in 1989 designed to apprehend or prevent the escape of Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega. Executed in the starting hours of Operation Just Cause, this operation was handled by SEAL Team FOUR. Consisting of 48 U.S. Navy SEALs (three SEAL Platoons), this SEAL Team was ... FULL STORY
The Seizure of Rio Hato Airfield (1989)
During Operation Just Cause, The United States Army 2nd and 3rd Battalions, 75th Ranger Regiment departed Lawson Army Airfield, Fort Benning, GA at 18:00 on 19 December 1989. Its mission was to seize Rio Hato and neutralize the 6th and 7th PDF Infantry Cos. At 01:00 on 20 December, the battalion jumped from C-130s onto ... FULL STORY
CoSNS
The AN/PVS-30 Clip-on Sniper Night Sight (CoSNS) is a lightweight, in-line weapon-mounted sight used in conjunction with the day optic sight on the M110 SASS and the XM2010 ... FULL STORY
