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US Army Rangers have been training for a different kind of fight: neutralizing enemy underground nuclear facilities
Shifting their role, US Army Rangers linked up with a little-known unit to practice taking down an …
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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Only 12 Army Rangers who served in World War II are still alive, and they just received Congress' highest award for achievement
"This elite group once numbered 7,000, but now it's down to 12. A dozen left," President Joe Biden …
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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How the US Army's Best Ranger competition uses days of grueling challenges to find the military's best 2-man team
The annual competition uses days of grueling challenges to find the US military's best two-man team.
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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Former Army Ranger who fought in Ukraine says conflict there is far worse than fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq
David Bramlette, a former Army Ranger who served in Afghanistan and Iraq, said worst day of fightin…
Sinéad Baker
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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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5 'truths' have guided US special operators for 40 years, but they face new tests from Russia and China - and at home
US Special Operations Command's five SOF Truths are the philosophical foundations of the US special…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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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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Russia needs men so badly that its sign-up bonuses are reaching on par with the US military's
Russia has raised recruitment bonuses to $22,000 to attract more soldiers, placing it on par with t…
Aditi Bharade
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20 years of fighting terrorism took a heavy toll but has helped prepare for a bigger fight, US special operators say
In Afghanistan and Iraq, US special operators "were at the tip of the spear, and we fought relentle…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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How Delta, Rangers, and the Green Berets' unique training would pay off in an Arctic war with Russia
Arctic warfare demands a special set of skills to survive and win - skills that Army special operat…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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Watch this 94-year-old Army Ranger push a walker away to stand and receive the Medal of Honor
Retired Col. Ralph Puckett Jr. entered the ceremony in a wheelchair, but he stood on his own for th…
Ryan Pickrell
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Biden awards first Medal of Honor as president to Korean War hero who led Army Rangers in brutal battle against hundreds of enemy troops
Ralph Puckett Jr. received the highest military honor for valor for his actions in a battle where h…
Ryan Pickrell
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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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US commander appeared to suggest UK special forces were operating in Ukraine
A UK Ministry of Defence spokesperson told BI: "It is the longstanding policy of successive governm…
Nathan Rennolds
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How US special-operations forces helped the US military win its first post-Cold War victory
The first Gulf War was a textbook conventional war, but it featured an array special-operations mis…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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The US is preparing for a fight with China in the Pacific. Here's how Army special operators will stay relevant.
Army Special Operations Forces have a skill set and years of experience that will be invaluable in …
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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The toughest US Army Special Forces course takes place underwater. Here's why it has to be brutal.
The Combat Diver Qualification Course is a tough test of participants' diving know-how and ability …
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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Army special operators invited other US troops and other militaries to a sniper competition. Here's who came out on top.
US and foreign sharpshooters gathered in North Carolina in March for US Army Special Operations Com…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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What makes 2 of the world's toughest special-operations courses so tough, according to troops who've endured them
From time to time, US commandos head overseas to test their mettle at foreign special-operations sc…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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'It was an honor': US Army soldier, one of the first women to earn Ranger tab, on leading Ruth Bader Ginsburg's lying in state ceremony
"I am a huge fan of really strong leaders, and I think that Justice Ginsburg was able to champion a…