Breaching and types of breaching in special operations
http://www.special-ops.org A man’s home may well be his castle, but just as the walls of Jericho came tumbling down, so too will the stoutest of strongholds crumble before a well-equipped and properly...
View ArticleSniper rifle M-14 – Enhanced battle rifle (EBR)
http://www.special-ops.org The large increase in military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have led to the unexpected return of a long and difficult individual weapons that many saw as written-off:...
View ArticleSpecial Ops missions and their lessons for the Bin Laden raid
http://www.special-ops.org On May 2, 2011, nearly 10 years after the fall of the World trade Center towers in lower Manhattan, a small team of Navy Seals raided a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and...
View ArticleFBI HRT – FBI Hostage Rescue Team
http://www.special-ops.org FBI Hostage Rescue Team or just HRT is a tactical counter terrorist team of Federal Bureau of Investigation. Their main goal is to rescue U.S. citizens and allies who are...
View ArticleThe Marine Corps of the United States (US Marines)
http://www.special-ops.org The Marine Corps of the America (USA), whose members are popularly called US Marines, the military forces of the United States responsible for providing support to the sea,...
View ArticleBiggest Spec Ops Training Center: KASOTC
http://www.special-ops.org The King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) is indeed a one-of-a-kind facility in the region. It was conceived to be a training hub for elite forces, law...
View ArticleAdventure Combat Ops – Rolling through the apocalypse with Mad Max Mullen
http://www.special-ops.org Friday, August 16th 2013, I had the privilege of being among the first group of people to experience a new form of tactical entertainment. A new venture called Adventure...
View ArticleSpecial Gear of the Special Forces
http://www.special-ops.org The Special forces of the US Military who conduct special operations are trained using special gear which allows them to properly execute their extraordinary task(s). These...
View ArticleRussian Special Ops – Spetsnaz GRU
http://www.special-ops.org The term Spetsnaz refers to any Russian Special Ops Group, specifically to any units that are considered special or elite and fall under the Federal Security Service, the...
View ArticleVIDEO: Russian Special forces seize Greenpeace ship in Arctic
http://www.special-ops.org Dramatic footage has emerged of the moment Russian security forces boarded Greenpeace’s Arctic Sunrise ship in September, before arresting 30 members of the crew. The ‘Arctic...
View ArticleU.S. hands over troubled area to Afghans
http://www.special-ops.org U.S. special operations forces handed over their base in a strategic district of eastern Afghanistan to local Afghan special forces on Saturday, a senior U.S. commander said....
View ArticleOperation NIMROD – a different view
http://www.special-ops.org April 30, 1980: DAY ONE “Sometimes I wake up at night thinking worried about what I would do if I The post Operation NIMROD – a different view appeared first on Special...
View ArticleU.S. Navy – Tables from the dive computer
http://www.special-ops.org It’s been more than a quarter of a century since, in 1970, the Navy SEAL’s, the U.S. Navy diving unit, introduced two innovations to Navy diving: the closed-circuit breathing...
View ArticleSpecial Operations Weather Team of the US Air Force
http://www.special-ops.org Special Operations Weather Team Airmen of the US Air Force and his members provide on-the-ground weather reporting to special operations units. Usually, they are...
View ArticleOperation DRAGON ROUGE
http://www.special-ops.org Operation DRAGON ROUGE, RED DRAGON in English, was one of the most dramatic military missions undertaken during the Cold War. It involved a flight of more than 4,000 miles by...
View ArticleThe USSOCOM Parachute Team
http://www.special-ops.org The United States Special Operations Command Parachute Team (USSOCOM Parachute Team) is composed of volunteers from the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and U.S....
View ArticleFrench GIGN: The hijacking of Air France flight 8969
http://www.special-ops.org On Saturday 24 December 1994 four terrorist from the Algerian terrorist group GIA (Islamic Armed Group) hijacked Air France Flight 8969 at Hourari Boumedinne airport in...
View ArticleOperation NIMROD: The Siege of Iranian Embassy in London
http://www.special-ops.org On the 30 April 1980 at 1130 hours six terrorist from a group called the Democratic Revolutionary Movement for the Liberation of Arabistan (DRMLA), took over the Iranian...
View ArticleDET 1 from AFSOC
http://www.special-ops.org Det 1 plans, executes, and manages developmental and qualification flight tests of Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) fixed wing aircraft and all USAF helicopters....
View ArticleDefinition of SWAT teams and their history
http://www.special-ops.org SWAT team marks an elite tactical unit in various law enforcement agencies. SWAT stands for Special Weapons And Tactics They are trained to perform high-risk emerging domain...
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