Category Special Operations
Meet The Real Life Green Beret That ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’ Turned Into A Playable Character
Meet the real life Green Beret that ‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’ turned into a playable character taskandpurpose.com · by James Clark · April 22, 2020 Tu Lam can now add “video game character” to a list that includes “veteran,” “operator,” “martial artist,” “entrepreneur,” “instructor” and “all-around badass.” As a child, Lam fled the communist government of Vietnam […]
Don’t Discount The Threat Posed By Returning Female Foreign Fighters/Jihadists
Don’t Discount the Threat Posed by Female Foreign Fighters georgetownsecuritystudiesreview.org · by GSSR · May 9, 2019 May 09, 2019 ISIS’ all-female al-Khansaa brigade, a morality police, ensures women in the caliphate adhere to Islamic norms. Photo Credit: The Strait Times. By: Alicia Chavy, Columnist In December, the U.S. announced that it would withdraw its troops from Syria, […]
Should We Send Armed Contractors to Syria?
Should We Send Armed Contractors to Syria? Gary Anderson https://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/should-we-send-armed-contractors-syria Should we replace American forces in Syria with armed contractors? Erik Prince thinks so. In an article for FOX News, Prince and retired General Anthony Tata suggested that a group such as the World War II Flying Tigers be formed to replace the […]
‘I Think I’ve Been Shot’: Nighttime Raid In Afghanistan Reveals New U.S. Strategy
‘I Think I’ve Been Shot’: Nighttime Raid In Afghanistan Reveals New U.S. Strategy American commanders see each battlefield win as a means of strengthening the allied position in peace negotiations https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-troops-raiding-afghan-villages-fight-with-little-hope-for-military-victory-1544025135?mod=e2twU.S. and Afghan commandos on a helicopter in preparation for a raid on suspected Taliban in Chimtal last month. MICHAEL M. PHILLIPS/THE WALL STREET JOURNAL218 COMMENTSBy Michael M. […]
Special Ops May Pass More Missions To Conventional Forces – Nominee Says
David Maxwell Comment: “I have not found the transcript of the testimony but it can be viewed at this link: https://news.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f6fa55ce0e459e2f060ddda0b&id=8270921d85&e=e98f0a3634 LTG Clarke’s 27 page response to the advance policy questions can be downloaded here: https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Clarke_APQs_12-04-18.pdf ( would note that unconventional warfare, counter-unconventional warfare or political warfare are not mentioned in any of his responses but are […]
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