FBI Hostage Rescue Teams (HRT)

The FBI HRT (Hostage Rescue Team), is the first hostage rescue team in the United States and was founded with the help of Delta Force aka Combat Applications Group (CAG) and sometimes referred to as...

MACV-SOG: Covert Operations in Vietnam

The Military Assistance Command Vietnam, Special Operations Group (MACV-SOG) was an elite American special force tasked with conducting covert operations in Vietnam.

Danish Combat Divers: Special Maritime Operators Denmark

The Danish Diving Corps (Danish: Frømandskorpset - FKP) is a special forces unit of the Danish Defense Command. Based in Kongsøre, the unit focuses on special maritime operations. However, the unit also undertakes airborne and...

An Introduction to Fifth Generation Warfare

The incredible, exponential and accelerating pace of technology has upended centuries of standard operating procedure. Diplomats and military leaders have been propelled into uncharted realms, disrupted by an invisible enemy that makes us question our reality.

JTF2: Canadian Elite Joint Task Force 2

Joint Task Force 2 (JTF2) is a highly secretive and elite special operations unit of the Canadian Armed Forces. He specializes in counter-terrorism operations, both at home and abroad.

The KSSO: Russian Special Operations Command

The Special Operations Forces Command has established itself as the main special forces division of Russia. Also known as 'polite people', Russian Special Forces or KSSO and it rivals many Tier 1 Western Special Forces.

The 5 most successful military operations in history

Napoleon at Jena. Vietnamese in Dien Bien Phu. Washington's withdrawal from Long Island. What makes a military operation so perfectly complete that you can almost hear Shang Tsung himself saying "Flawless Victory" in the back...

Zaslon: Russia's Most Secret Unit

What is Zaslon? Zaslon "Barrier or Screen" is Russia's top secret special unit within the Russian external security service, Sluzhba Vneshney Razvedki (SVR). It roughly resembles the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) or the British...

Military self defense techniques to defend against an armed attack

A former US Special Forces soldier added his military training to his background in karate, judo, taekwondo and jujitsu and offered sage advice on weapon defense. The flight attendant probably felt uncomfortable watching the tense...