Special Operations Forces from JSOC at undisclosed location posing in front of helicopter

The famous CIA raid in Syria near Abu Kamal during 2008

The now-famous Abu Kamal raid in 2008 was an assault carried out by CIA tactical operators from the Special Activities …

Ehud Barak, a commander of Sayeret Matkal during the Operation Spring of Youth (1973)

Operation Spring of Youth: Retaliation for the Munich massacre

Operation Spring of Youth was an Israeli military operation in Lebanon in April 1973. The operation was part of a bigger …

Sayeret Tzanhanim members

Sayeret Matkal’s failed attempt to rescue Nachshon Wachsman

Sayeret Matkal carried out the infamous rescue attempt of Nachshon Wachsman. The operation started as an incident in which Palestinian …

Sayeret Matkal operators training at undisclosed location

Operation Orchard: Bombing of the Syrian Nuclear Reactor

Operation Orchard was an Israeli secret operation to destroy a suspected nuclear reactor in Syria. The operation unveiled during 2006 …

Shayetet 13: People of Silence

Ansariya Ambush: Shayetet 13’s bloodiest battle

The Ansariya ambush was the deadliest firefight of Israel’s elite unit Shayetet. 12 Israeli special forces operator killed in an …

Navy SEAL freed Dilip Joseph from his Taliban captors in Afghanistan

Navy SEAL Team Six (DEVGRU) operators rescued Dilip Joseph from his Taliban captors in Afghanistan shortly after midnight on December …

Rescue of Singapore Airlines flight SQ 117 over in 30 secs flat

Fred Cheong, 55, has done a lot more than the average person across two starkly different lives. The Special Forces …

Hijacking of Lufthansa flight 181

Hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 181 and brilliant GSG 9 rescue operation

The hijacking of Lufthansa flight 181 on October 13, 1977, en route from Palma in the Balearic Islands to Germany, …

John Chapman: A last stand worth of the Medal of Honor

The United States had a lot of heroes in its history, one of them is John Chapman. But this was …

Under fire "like rain on water" in Afghan ambush

SASR in Afghan ambush: Under fire “like rain on water”

SASR in Afghan ambush refers to the events from late August 2008. A series of events will be always remembered …