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Stories from Delta Force Selection: When not to dance

se·lect /səˈlekt/ verb 1.
carefully choose as being the best or most suitable: “he has been selected to take part” Every one of us inherently wants to be selected. “Oh…PICK ME, PICK ME!” We bustled on the school playground forming up for games. Doesn’t it seem like you can hardly just go participate in a thing […]

Red Rock Outdoor Gear | The Transporter

Red Rock Outdoor Gear | The Transporter Pack

I’ve recently started getting into precision rifle shooting.  All of the sudden, my nice little range bag was stuffed full of tools I needed to keep organized and accessible.  My old range bag just wasn’t up to the task.  I had a chance to test out Red Rock Outdoor’s Transporter Pack and wanted to know if […]

1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group M4 rifle range

1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group M4 rifle range

STUTTGART, BW, GERMANY U.S. Soldier assigned to 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) takes aim with his M4A1 rifle at Panzer Range Complex in Boebligen, Germany, on Jan. 23, 2015.(U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Adam Sanders/Released) *Courtesy of DVIDS

US Army Airborne School | My Discovery Channel special

US Army Airborne School | My Discovery Channel special

Way back in the early days of 2001 I had just graduated from Basic Training and Infantry AIT in the US Army. Next up was the revered Airborne School. My brother (4 years older) had just received the same school as a re-enlistment bonus from the USMC.  The only problem, I was slated for class […]

Book Excerpt: ‘A Warrior’s Path: Lessons In Leadership’ from an Army special missions unit operator

Book Excerpt: ‘A Warrior’s Path: Lessons In Leadership’ from an Army special missions unit operator

The following excerpt is courtesy of Robert A. Trivino’s book A Warrior’s Path: Lessons in Leadership. Robert is a former member of the US Army’s 18th Airborne Corps, 75th Ranger Regiment, and an operational member of the Army’s elite special missions unit. The book humbly highlights Trivino’s own successes – and particularly his failures – throughout […]

Loadout Room photo of the day: Green Berets train on urban combat

Loadout Room photo of the day: Green Berets train on urban combat

STUTTGART, BW, GERMANY Green Berets assigned to 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), organize their equipment before a Special Forces Advanced Urban Combat (SFAUC) training exercise near Stuttgart, Germany, Nov. 16, 2017. The SFAUC exercise tests the Green Berets’ ability to lead and execute direct action strikes in urban areas. Urban combat is a […]

Paratrooper Loadout: Airborne School

Paratrooper Loadout: Airborne School

Aside from combat, I am most often asked about my experiences as a paratrooper. To become Airborne qualified (jump wings) you must first attend and pass Airborne school at Fort Benning, GA. I attended this course directly after Basic/AIT training. However, there were many people in my class that had been in the military for […]

Ranger Sniper Discusses Milliradians

Ranger Sniper Discusses Milliradians

If you’ve read my review of Ryan Cleckner’s Long Range Shooting Handbook:  A Beginners Guide you will know how highly I thought of Ryan’s ability to translate complex knowledge into caveman speak.  Before he was a published author, he appeared as a guest instructor on tv’s Top Shot and put out a number of instructional YouTube videos […]

Loadout Room photo of the day | 3rd MSOB Marines conduct HAHO training

Loadout Room photo of the day | 3rd MSOB Marines conduct HAHO training

WENDOVER, UT, UNITED STATES A Marine with 3rd Marine Special Operations Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, untangles his parachute after conducting a High Altitude, High Opening jump as part of a Double-Bag Static-Line parachute course in Wendover, Utah, April 9 – 21. The course was taught by personnel from the 2d MSOB […]

Loadout Room photo of the day | Emerald Warrior 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne)

Loadout Room photo of the day | Emerald Warrior 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne)

HURLBURT FIELD, FL, UNITED STATES A 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) (7 SFG (A)) Green Beret waits to be jump master pre-inspected (JMPI) before conducting a High Altitude Low Opening(HALO) parachute jump Hurlburt Field, Fla., April. 23, 2013. Green Berets from 7SFG (A) participated in Halo jumps during Exercise Emerald Warrior, Emerald Warrior is an […]

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