“After Training With Them, I Quit” — A Green Beret’s Encounter With the British SAS. nu
“After Training With Them, I Quit” — A Green Beret’s Encounter With the British SAS He didn’t fail selection. He wasn’t wounded. And he didn’t burn out. He walked away, which is what made it unsettling. Master Sergeant Ethan Cole…
“We had the tech, they had courage” — why a CIA officer called the British SAS“completely different”. nu
“We had the tech, they had courage” — why a CIA officer called the British SAS“completely different” Ethan Cole didn’t believe in ghosts. He believed in systems, satellites that could read heat through thin mountain air, signals, intelligence that could…
“Get Them Out” — How a CIA Order About British Operatives Backfired in Iraq. nu
“Get Them Out” — How a CIA Order About British Operatives Backfired in Iraq In the summer of 2002, a senior CIA officer named Daniel Mercer sat inside a secure briefing room at Langley, Virginia, listening to a plan he…
He Commanded 600 Men And Air Support. The SAS Had 6 And Won Before The Helicopters Even Arrived. nu
He Commanded 600 Men And Air Support. The SAS Had 6 And Won Before The Helicopters Even Arrived. 17 seconds. That is how long it took six men to move from the outer wall to the interior of a warehouse…
THE P-51’S SECRET: HOW PACKARD ENGINEERS AMERICANIZED BRITAIN’S MERLIN ENGINE. nu
THE P-51’S SECRET: HOW PACKARD ENGINEERS AMERICANIZED BRITAIN’S MERLIN ENGINE August 2nd, 1941, Detroit, Michigan. Inside Packard Motorcar Company’s East Grand Boulevard plant, two Rolls-Royce Merlin engines roared to life on test stands. But something was different. These weren’t British…
Why Canada’s JFT2 Is The Most Laughably Underrated Commando Unit In The World. nu
Why Canada’s JFT2 Is The Most Laughably Underrated Commando Unit In The World The winter light cuts through the window of the study at precisely 4:30 in the afternoon. Outside, the Ottawa sky bleeds gray and white, the kind of…
The HORRORS of the M60 Machine Gun in Vietnam – Why It Was The Most Devastating Weapon of the War. nu
The HORRORS of the M60 Machine Gun in Vietnam – Why It Was The Most Devastating Weapon of the War November 20th, 1967. Hill 875 near Dakto, Kantum Province. Private First Class Carlos Lozada is 35 m forward of his…
They Mocked His “Stupid” Tripwire — Until It Took Out 22 Germans in 11 Seconds. nu
They Mocked His “Stupid” Tripwire — Until It Took Out 22 Germans in 11 Seconds March 9th, 1945. 0430 hours, Remagan, Germany. Corporal Thomas Brennan knelt in the mud beside the eastern approach to the Ludenorf Bridge, carefully positioning the…
The Most FEARLESS Pilot of Vietnam – Ed Freeman. nu
The Most FEARLESS Pilot of Vietnam – Ed Freeman To understand who just keyed that mic, you need to understand what kind of man volunteers to fly into a landing zone that every other pilot has been ordered to avoid….
The Australian Intelligence Trick That Made the Viet Cong Feel “Always Watched” in Vietnam. nu
The Australian Intelligence Trick That Made the Viet Cong Feel “Always Watched” in Vietnam September 1966, Fuaktui Province, South Vietnam. Captain Bob Buick of the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam crouched motionless in thick jungle undergrowth, exactly where he’d been…