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Maxim
April 27, 2018
A veteran-owned distillery is remembering 9/11 by using pieces of Twin Towers wreckage to make bourbon. The men of American Freedom Distillery were among an elite force of Green Beret soldiers inserted into the mountains of Northern Afghanistan on horseback following the terrorist attacks. Their storyÃâà...
New York Times
April 27, 2018
Michael D. Healy, a highly decorated Army major general who became a paragon for Green Berets, especially when he led them in Vietnam after a scandalous murder case in 1969 had depleted morale, died on April 14 at a hospital near his home in Jacksonville, Fla. He was 91. The cause was a heartÃâà...
ShadowSpear Special Operations
April 9, 2018
FORT BRAGG, NC – “In a life or death situation you need to be able to react instantaneously while under pressure,” said Master Sgt. Tim, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), lead combatives instructor. “I cannot think of many other skills that require such urgency.” Today's Soldiers are expected to performÃâà...
Loma Beat
March 25, 2018
This is the first event of its kind for The Green Beret Foundation, an organization that provides causality, family and transitional support for Green Berets and their loved ones. The purpose of the new and annual Honey Badger Classic is to raise money for the foundation, but also bring both veteran andÃâà...
Yahoo News
March 16, 2018
Green Berets were involved in another firefight with militants in Niger just two months after the ISIS ambush that killed four special forces soldiers and wounded two others in the West African country in October 2017. The New York Times reported that U.S. special forces killed 11 ISIS fighters—two of whomÃâà...
New York Times
March 15, 2018
Two months after four U.S. soldiers were killed in Niger, a group of Green Berets and local forces killed 11 Islamic State militants in a previously undisclosed battle. No American or Nigerien forces were harmed in the fight in December. But it indicates that the deadly Oct. 4 ambush was not an isolatedÃâà...
We Are The Mighty (blog)
March 15, 2018
These are the new custom stealth dirt bikes made for covert ops. By Blake Stilwell Mar. 14, 01:46 PM. When the U.S. military is looking for a custom bike, they look to DARPA. This time, they needed a stealthy dirt bike that could handle rough terrain… and maybe a few other tasks SEALs and Green Berets might need duringÃâà...
Business Insider
March 15, 2018
This time, they needed a stealthy dirt bike that could handle rough terrain… and maybe a few other tasks SEALs and Green Berets might need during an operation. Two potential models were the frontrunners for DARPA's project. The Silent Hawk, designed by Logos Technology, and the Nightmare, built by LSA Autonomy.
Task & Purpose
March 15, 2018
Just two months after four U.S. service members were killed by ISIS militants during a deadly ambush in Niger, their fellow Green Berets struck back against the terror group. Department of Defense officials announced on Wednesday that Army Special Forces personnel and Nigerien security forces killed 11Ãâà...
New York Times
March 14, 2018
WASHINGTON — Green Berets working with government forces in Niger killed 11 Islamic State militants in a firefight in December, the American military acknowledged for the first time on Wednesday. The battle occurred two months after four United States soldiers died in an ambush in another part of NigerÃâà...
Task & Purpose
March 8, 2018
The families of four U.S. soldiers killed in Niger last year will receive back pay now that the Pentagon has approved imminent danger pay for U.S. troops in several African countries, a Defense Department spokeswoman said on Thursday. Pentagon personnel chief Robert Wilkie has approved danger payÃâà...
We Are The Mighty (blog)
March 8, 2018
Outside of being extremely brave and skilled with their weapons, Green Berets are also trained in operating and maintaining weaponry from foreign arsenals. Given that a primary mission of Green Berets is to help train and support foreign military forces, this lesser-known skill is quite important. Take, for instance, theÃâà...
The Northwest Florida Daily News
March 7, 2018
Marian McBride of the Crestview Military Affairs Committee is now the honorary commander of the 7th's Group Services Battalion, which provides support services to the Green Berets stationed at the Eglin-affiliated compound. Kim Wintner of the Destin Military Affairs Committee is now the honoraryÃâà...
KCRA Sacramento
March 6, 2018
The other three Americans killed were Staff Sgt. Bryan C. Black, 35, of Puyallup, Washington; Staff Sgt. Jeremiah W. Johnson, 39, of Springboro, Ohio; and Staff Sgt. Dustin M. Wright, 29, of Lyons, Georgia. Black and Wright were Army Special Forces. Johnson and Johnson weren't Green Berets; the othersÃâà...
Chicago Tribune
December 31, 1999
His exploits in the Special Forces — the Green Berets — earned him mention in several books and may have been part of the inspiration for John Wayne's character in the 1968 movie “The Green Berets.” One of Healy's proudest moments came in 2015, long after his 1981 retirement, when the commandingÃâà...
mySanAntonio.com
December 31, 1999
They're one of the most elite fighting groups in the world. They silently slip into hostile countries to train and lead guerilla forces. The US Army's Special Forces are known to the public as Green Berets — but they call themselves the quiet professionals. They work in 12-man teams, known as an "A-Team,"Ãâà...
Newsweek
December 31, 1999
American Green Berets are training in the frigid temperatures of Alaska this month in order to prepare for potential battles in the Arctic. Around 1,500 troops are participating in the exercises, which include "conducting long-range movements in severe weather conditions over treacherous terrain with limitedÃâà...
Task & Purpose
December 31, 1999
It would take six more years before the American public finally met the soon-to-be-fabled Green Berets in the oddest way possible: the 30-minute mini-documentary “Phantom Fighters.” The film — produced by the Army Signal Corps and first broadcast on the Corps' documentary program, “The Big Picture”Ãâà...
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