Special Operations

ShadowSpear June 17, 2014
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Capture of Benghazi Mastermind (2014)
On June 15, 2014, the U.S. Army’s 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (Delta Force) captured suspected Benghazi ring leader Ahmed…
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ShadowSpear March 28, 2014
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Operation White Star (1959)
Operation White Star was the code name for a United States military advisory mission to Laos during the first years…
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ShadowSpear March 28, 2014
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Operation Viking Hammer (2003)
Operation Viking Hammer was a unconventional warfare operation that involved US Army Special Forces during the Iraq War. The operation…
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ShadowSpear March 16, 2014
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Morning Glory Seizure (2014)
On March 16, 2014, US Navy SEALs boarded and took control of commercial tanker ship ‘Morning Glory’ that was seized…
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ShadowSpear March 15, 2014
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Objective Bastogne (2001)
After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, 3rd Ranger Battalion was deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring…
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ShadowSpear March 11, 2014
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Operation Thursday (1944)
Operation THURSDAY began on March 5, 1944, when the first C-47 launched from India towing two overloaded gliders filled with…
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ShadowSpear August 10, 2013
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Battle of Shewan (2008)
The Battle of Shewan was a military engagement between Coalition forces and Taliban insurgents that took place on August 8,…
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ShadowSpear March 4, 2012
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Raid at Cabanatuan (1945)
The Raid at Cabanatuan was a rescue of Allied prisoners of war (POWs) and civilians from a Japanese camp near…
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ShadowSpear January 26, 2012
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Octave Fusion (2012)
In a mission codenamed Octave Fusion, on January 24, 2012, SEAL Team Six successfully rescued an American woman and a…
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ShadowSpear May 11, 2011
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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…
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ShadowSpear May 3, 2011
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Operation Orchard (2007)
Operation Orchard was an Israeli airstrike on a nuclear reactor site in the Deir ez-Zor region of Syria carried out…
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ShadowSpear May 3, 2011
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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…
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ShadowSpear May 3, 2011
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Operation Khukri (2000)
Operation Khukri was a daring rescue mission conducted by the Para Commandos special forces in Sierra Leone,June 2000. The kukri…
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ShadowSpear May 3, 2011
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Operation Tailwind (1970)
Operation Tailwind was a covert incursion into southeastern Laos during the Vietnam War, conducted between 11 September and 13 September…
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ShadowSpear May 2, 2011
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Operation Neptune Spear (2011)
Osama bin Laden, the founder of the al-Qaeda organization responsible for the September 11 attacks in the United States, was…
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ShadowSpear April 20, 2011
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Operation Jaywick (1943)
Operation Jaywick was a special operation undertaken in World War II. In September 1943, 14 commandos and sailors from the…
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ShadowSpear April 1, 2011
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Operation Tombola (1945)
During World War II, Operation Tombola was a major Special Air Service raid on German rear areas in Italy. Fifty…
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ShadowSpear April 1, 2011
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Operation Titanic (1944)
Operation Titanic was the codename for an operation carried out on 5/6 June 1944 by the Royal Air Force and…
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ShadowSpear April 1, 2011
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Operation Entebbe (1976)
Operation Entebbe was a hostage-rescue mission carried out by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at Entebbe Airport in Uganda on…
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ShadowSpear April 1, 2011
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Operation Spring of Youth (1973)
The 1973 Israeli raid on Lebanon (known as Operation Spring of Youth, part of Operation Wrath of God) took place…
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