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The US Army is upgrading the awards of 60 special operators for heroism during the 'Black Hawk Down' incident
When two Black Hawk helicopters were shot down in Somalia in 1993, US forces quickly found themselv…
Ryan Pickrell
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Police are investigating how the gravestone of Medal of Honor recipient Gary Gordon received these mysterious markings
US Army Master Sgt. Gary Gordon's heroic actions were portrayed in the war movie "Black Hawk Down."
David Choi
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With new medals 30 years after 'Black Hawk Down,' members of Army's secretive Delta Force say they're the 'same deadly fighting machine'
"I guess it's something that the task force's fighting spirit is universally recognized after so ma…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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How US special operators held off Saddam's forces for days during the largest battle of the Iraq War, according to troops who were there
The four-day battle at Haditha Dam was the single largest engagement of the entire war, with 22 Ira…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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1 US special operator killed, 2 wounded in battle with Al Shabaab in Somalia
"We continue to support our Somali and regional partners to systematically dismantle this al Qaeda …
Reuters,Paul Szoldra
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This may have been legendary Marine Corps General Mattis' one mistake in battle
"Well, if they've taken fire," said the general, "and you can't tell me definitively how they got a…
Business Insider
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This may have been legendary Marine Corps General Mattis' one mistake in battle
"Well, if they've taken fire," said the general, "and you can't tell me definitively how they got a…
David Choi
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The 'Black Hawk Down' Mission Happened 21 Years Ago - This Was The 'Catastrophic Impact' That Kicked Off The Two Day Battle
The storied helicopter crash was relegated to fiction movies and books, only witnessed by the soldi…
Paul Szoldra,Geoffrey Ingerso…
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18 countries sent sharpshooters to a US military base in Germany to see who has the best sniper team in Europe
Dozens of snipers met at a US base in Germany in August for what was one of the largest versions of…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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Ex-GOP lawmaker says some of his colleagues expected 'shootouts in the streets' when they visited Mexico: 'Like Black Hawk Down'
In reality, US border towns are often safer than similarly-sized cities elsewhere in the US.
Brent D. Griffiths,John L. Do…
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Another helicopter went down on a US special-ops raid. Here's how elite aviators prepare for that worst-case scenario.
For the Night Stalkers, the risk of a crash is omnipresent during these kinds of operations, but th…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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How a Night Stalker pilot survived being shot down in Iraq and teamed up with Delta Force to go after the shooter
The "Night Stalkers" of the US Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment is the world's pre…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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Top Islamic State commander who led deadly attack on US soldiers killed by French troops
Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, head of the Islamic State in the Sahara, played a pivotal role in the k…
Jake Epstein
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3 movies that the US Army's elite Green Berets say actually show what their jobs are like
Current and former Green Berets told Insider which movies they thought really reflected the Army Sp…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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A veteran CIA officer was killed after his mission to capture a suspected bomb-maker called 'Engineer Ismail' was ambushed by Islamic militants
The officer was a former Navy SEAL and a member of the CIA's paramilitary division, the Special Act…
Joshua Zitser
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Meet the Army's 'Night Stalkers,' the special-operations pilots who can fly anything anywhere in the world
The Night Stalkers will take you anywhere in the world whenever you need to be there — plus or minu…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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The 'Ferrari' of US special-operations helicopters may soon be headed out of service
In the next five years, the Army and US Special Operations Command will have decide if the Little B…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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A former 'Night Stalker' explains how US military pilots plucked Americans from hostile territory in Kabul
"Flying in the urban terrain is the toughest of all environments," a former 160th Special Operation…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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More than 300 people died in the worst terrorist attack ever to hit Somalia, and officials still aren't sure who caused it
The massacre exposes Somalia's security vulnerabilities. Officials say attackers driving two vehicl…
Brennan Weiss
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How a little-known Pentagon agency trains troops to escape the enemy and get home safely
"The JPRA and its capabilities provide peace of mind to pilots and guys on the ground," a former sp…