Special Operations News
Your latest special operations news.
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Special Tactics Airman Identified in Fatal Training Incident
HURLBURT FIELD, FL – Airman First Class Keigan Baker, 24, an Air Force Special Tactics combat controller assigned to the…
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USAF Changes Enlistment Path For Special Operators
SAN ANTONIO, TX – To better afford enlisted recruits the time and opportunity to find the path of their greatest…
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Benning to Host Infantry Week Competition
FORT BENNING, GA – Fort Benning’s prestigious Infantry Week competition in which Ranger teams, mortar crews, hand-to-hand fighters and snipers…
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Active Recovery Efforts Suspended for Special Tactics Airman
HURLBURT FIELD, FL – As of 6 p.m. Friday, active recovery efforts for U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cole Condiff,…
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Special Tactics Chief awarded Silver Star
HURLBURT FIELD, FL — What began as a typical reconnaissance patrol during a brisk November in Afghanistan quickly took a…
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Rangers Recognized as ATHP Team of the Year
FORT LEE, Va. – The team from the 75th Ranger Regiment proved they were the best at receiving and storing…
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Family of MOH Recipient Receives New Dog Tags
HURLBURT FIELD, FL — Even after decades, Air Commandos take care of their own. Angela Bennett-Engele, daughter of Medal of…
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1st Special Forces Group Soldier Dies from Wounds
FORT BRAGG, NC — Sgt. 1st Class Dustin B. Ard, 31, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, died August 29, 2019, from…
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NSW Commander: Portion of Force “Ethically Misaligned”
WASHINGTON, DC — Rear Adm. Collin Green, the Navy Special Warfare Command’s top commander, issued the following guidance after a…
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RAIDER KILLED IN IRAQ
WASHINGTON, DC — It is with heavy hearts that Marine Forces Special Operations Command announces the death of a Marine…
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Special Warfare Airman Receives Silver Star
LACKLAND, Texas — In the early morning hours of Jan. 11, 2018, a five-man team set out to conduct a…
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Air Force Transitions SOWT to Special Reconnaissance
HURLBURT FIELD, FL — Enlisted Airmen have been analyzing weather since the very beginning of American military flight in 1917.…
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Rangers Strengthen Ties with OSUT
FORT BENNING, GA – U.S. Army Rangers with the 75th Ranger Regiment are joining infantry One-Station Unit Training (OSUT) at…
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SF, EOD Soldier Killed in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON, DC — The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel.…
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Ranger Dies During Training
FORT BRAGG, NC — Sgt. First Class Ethan Carpenter, a reconnaissance specialist assigned to the Regimental Special Troops Battalion, 75th…
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Rangers Kill/Capture 1,900 in Single Battalion Deployment
HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD, GA — Fourteen Rangers from the 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment received awards for valor and three…
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SOF MOH Recipients Inducted into Commando Hall of Honor
TAMPA, FL — Twenty special operators who have been awarded the Medal of Honor were inducted into U.S. Special Operations…
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MARSOC Turns 13
CAMP LEJEUNE, NC — U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command celebrated its 13th anniversary on Marine Corps Base Camp…
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Special Tactics Airmen Plan 830-mile Ruck
HURLBURT FIELD, FL – Twenty Special Tactics Airmen will ruck from Medina Annex at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas to Hurlburt…
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Navy to Commission Destroyer Michael Monsoor
SAN DIEGO, CA — The Navy will commission its newest destroyer, USS Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001), Saturday, Jan. 26, during…
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