It was my last night in Kurdistan before catching a 4 a.m. flight back home. That morning, the commander of German coalition forces in Kurdistan, Colonel Stephan Spoettel, had been found dead in his room at the Crystal Hotel in Erbil. After kebab and beers with former 22SAS operator Phil Campion, I decided to head over to the Crystal Hotel and see if I could find out more about … [Read more...] about My Time As a “Guest” of the German Bundeswehr in Erbil, Kurdistan
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SOFREP Exclusive: The Inside Story of Canada’s JTF2 Record-Breaking Sniper Kill
The Canadian snipers had carefully chosen their hide site. From an elevated position, the Special Operations sniper looked through his scope at a stationary human target leaning against a cement wall over two miles away. The four-man sniper team had been pushing their shots out further and further into Mosul over the course of several days, taking down ISIS terrorists in … [Read more...] about SOFREP Exclusive: The Inside Story of Canada’s JTF2 Record-Breaking Sniper Kill
Remembering James Hupp, A Green Beret Gone Too Soon
Through the green tint of my night vision goggles, I watched the urban sprawl of Mosul speed beneath my feet, my legs dangling outside the door of a MH-60 Blackhawk helicopter. To my left sat fellow Green Beret James Hupp, both of us anticipating our arrival at the landing zone. Behind us, the helicopter was packed with Iraq SWAT team members that we had trained and led on … [Read more...] about Remembering James Hupp, A Green Beret Gone Too Soon
Watch: US Special Forces Underwater Operations School
"In the Combat Dive Qualification Course, dive school trainees learn surface and subsurface waterborne infiltration. The school also conducts the Combat Diving Supervisor's Course and Diving Medical Technician Course. Since World War II and into modern conflicts across the globe, divers have played an integral part in not only the military's war records, but also in the … [Read more...] about Watch: US Special Forces Underwater Operations School
A US Special Forces Operator’s Guide To Military Weapons
I hope that this article proves useful as there are many misconceptions and outright fabrications drifting through the netherworld of the internet regarding military weapons and how they are employed. Every year or so I see a chain e-mail popping up on message boards, Facebook, and other venues on the internet. It is supposed to be a "weapons report card" written by an Army … [Read more...] about A US Special Forces Operator’s Guide To Military Weapons