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  • Mississippi Special Forces Teams Rescue Residents

    Special Forces Soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Mississippi Army National Guard responded to Hurricane Isaac making landfall on the Mississippi Gulf Coast

  • U.S. Special Ops Forces Unmatched in World, McRaven Says

    U.S. special operations forces are unmatched by any country in the world, said Navy Admiral William H. McRaven, who assumed command of the Tampa, FL based U.S. Special Operations Command today.

  • Green Berets Eliminate 60 Insurgents in Qeysar

    Afghan National Army commandos, partnered with U.S. Special Forces, eliminated more than 60 insurgents during clearing operations in Qeysar district, Faryab province in a three-day operation which began, May 13.

  • Special Forces Descend on Camp Atterbury

    They wore different uniforms—a hodgepodge of patterns. Some were in Army Combat Uniforms—the gray-green digital pattern that is the current standard of the Army.

  • Special Forces Soldier Plays Football in Texas

    As a Special Forces communications expert, Nate Boyer didn’t play a lot of football but after making up his mind to come to Austin and try out as a “walk on” player at the University of Texas, college, football—and the Texas Army National Guard—se...

  • Leading the Way: Model Sergeant is Advocate for Soldiers

    The most outstanding, complete noncommissioned officer I have ever had the pleasure to work with is Sergeant First Class Christopher W. Sullenberger. He is currently the senior food service sergeant from Company D, 5th Battalion, 19th  Specia...

  • ‘Pain is Fleeting’

    It’s tough, it’s dirty, and if you’re mentally and physically strong then it is your first step to a career as one of the Army’s most skilled and respected Soldiers.

  • New Weapon Lets Soldiers Hit Targets They Can't See

    The Army's Program Executive Office Soldier showcased some of its products May 5 at the Aberdeen Test Center here.Among those products were the XM153 Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station, the M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun with M2E2 Quick Change Ba...

  • Special Forces Soldiers Train With Slovenians

    Surrounded by the striking southern Alps, Soldiers of the Colorado Army National Guard’s 5th Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), spent the first three weeks of June conducting Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) with the Slo...

  • Utah, Morocco Partnership Excels

    In March of this year, as part of its ongoing State Partnership Program with Morocco, a Utah National Guard command visit coincided with a unit-level exchange between the 19th Special Forces Group and the 1st Ski Battalion of the Royal Moroccan Ar...

  • Silver Star for Ohio Green Beret

    Sergeant First Class Mark Wanner prefers the label Soldier to hero.The Ohio Army National Guard Special Forces medical sergeant stood unassumingly on a stage Feb. 6 in the Ohio Statehouse atrium to receive the Silver Star Medal—the nation&rs...

  • Utah Leaps Into History

    For airborne Soldiers, getting the chance to jump with airborne forces from other countries is a highly coveted and sought-after event. Such was the case for 49 Utah Army National Guard Soldiers of the 197th Special Troops Company (Airborne), 97th...

  • Special Forces in Iraq to Remain Through Drawdown

    WASHINGTON - U.S. special operations forces in Iraq will remain at current levels even as the number of American troops there is nearly halved over the next five months, the top special operations commander said April 1.As the 98,000-strong force ...

  • In the Presence of Greatness

    Sergeant First Class Mark Wanner prefers the label Soldier to hero, although the quiet professional graciously humors those who insist on the latter.The Ohio Army National Guard Special Forces medical sergeant stood unassumingly on a stage Feb. 6 ...

  • Ohio Soldier to Receive Silver Star

    Ohio Governor Ted Strickland will present the Silver Star Medal, the nation’s third highest medal for Valor, to an Ohio National Guard Soldier during a Feb. 6, 2010, ceremony in the Ohio Statehouse atrium. The public is invited to attend the...