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British Gurkhas posing with their Kukri knives

Hand-to-hand combat in modern military conflicts

November 5, 2019

Hand-to-hand combat is a synonym for a fight without weapons which refers to a battle where the participants were armed at the first stage. Hand-to-hand combat rarely happens, but it’s usually over very quickly if

US Navy SEALs in hard firefight with ISIS militants

Navy SEAL Salary: How much you can earn as Navy SEAL?

January 9, 2019

All members of the United States Navy are paid a monthly introductory pay rate determined by their paygrade/Navy rank. A Navy SEAL salary isn’t a top-secret. We receive a lot of questions, “How much does

Special Reaction Group (SRG) of the Civilian Police of the State of São Paulo

SWAT: Police tactical units trained to deal with dangerous situations

June 20, 2015

SWAT, ERT, REACT, Special Services – all police teams operating as specialized or highly trained units fall into the category we refer to as MOUT (Military Operations in Urban Terrain). Though many police departments are

Combat Scythe: Battlefield Invention That Saves Lives

November 6, 2019

There’s the combat scythe that has seen widespread use in Afghanistan. I don’t know who came up with the idea, but it was so successful that the private sector started producing a telescoping version for

Wagner Group secret group of contractors from Russia

Wagner Group in Libya suffered heavy casualties

October 5, 2019

Private contractors belonging to the Wagner Group in Libya had suffered heavy casualties. In the last few days, the bodies of Russian citizens killed in Libya’s civil war were sent home for burial. Officially, Russia

JTF-2 operator pleaded guilty after stealing military gear and selling them online

October 25, 2019

The elite Canadian SOF unit JTF-2 is exposed to a public scandal after it was acknowledged that one of its soldiers have stolen military gear and sold it online. The soldier, who was identified as

Green Beret inspires fitness gear revolution with GoRuck

October 25, 2019

Jason McCarthy, a retired Green Beret and founder of GoRuck company inspires fitness gear revolution with his GoRuck startups. His experiences as the U.S. Army Special Forces soldier inspired him to develop rucksacks like those

A joint special forces team move together out of a U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey Feb. 26, 2018, at Melrose Training Range, New Mexico. At Emerald Warrior, the largest joint and combined special operations exercise, U.S. Special Operations Command forces train to respond to various threats across the spectrum of conflict.

GSOF Symposium Europe reveals packed SOF agenda

October 19, 2021

Military, government, and industry stakeholders from the Special Operations Forces (SOF) community will come together in Warsaw, Poland, 26-28th October 2021 to network and explore topical developments affecting the SOF community in Central and Eastern