The stories were told and the movies were filmed, about Operation Red Wings, but the heroism shown by U.S. Navy SEALs is still shining like it was yesterday. On that tragic day, on June 25, 2005, […]
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Lt Col Mark Phillips, Special Forces hero who blew up Saddam Hussein’s communications pipeline
Lt Col Mark Phillips was a Special Forces hero who carried out hundreds of covert operations behind enemy lines, including an audacious mission to blow up Saddam Hussein’s telecommunications cables network, buried deep in the […]
Delta Force vets show us why they love Chevy’s big SUVs
The United States Special Forces are perhaps the best tactical fighting force the world has ever seen. Whether it’s hostage rescue, covert operations, or a Bin Laden-esque kill-or-capture mission, the Tier 1 Operators of the […]
Green Beret survived 5 years as POW and escaped thanks to his beard
During the Vietnam War, there were a certain number of United States Army soldiers who were taken as prisoner. Some of them never returned, while other were an exchange. A small number of them managed […]
Charles Mawhinney killed 16 Viet Cong soldiers in 30 seconds … at night
The Vietnam war era and the special forces of that time have raised many heroes. One of them was Charles Mawhinney or just Chuck. He was one of the most lethal snipers of the Vietnam […]
How Larry Thorne (Lauri Törni) became a Special Forces legend
Larry Thorne or Lauri Törni, was a war hero who fought under three different flags. Starting in his homeland Finland, doing some time in Nazi-Germany SS Division and finally getting killed in Laos as a […]
The story of Glen Doherty, a Navy SEAL killed in Benghazi
On September 11, 2012, diplomatic mission in Benghazi come under attack, US Ambassador to Lybia John Christopher Stevens and three other American citizens died while several were wounded. One of the Americans killed in the […]
Green Beret killed 175 enemies in a single battle
The men who killed 175 enemies in a single battle is a former Green Beret, retired SGM Bennie G. Adkins. From March 9 to 12, 1966 Adkins killed over a hundred enemy saved several fallen […]
The Ryan Pitts act of valor worth Medal of Honor
The most stories about Medal of Honor recipient ¸will leave you completely and utterly speechless, and this is also one of such stories. If you need to describe it in few sentences than it should look […]
Marine killed enemy combatant in hand-to-hand combat
In the world of Marines, the name of Clifford M. Wooldridge refers to the story and extraordinary things which occurred on June 18, 2010 when young Marine Wooldridge was part of the convoy which came […]
The life and death of Erin Doyle
“He died pulling the trigger. He died screaming into the face of the enemy.” The Canadian army has a policy on facial hair. Mustaches are OK, but beards are pretty much forbidden without medical cause and […]