Articles by Countries

Afghanistan

• The Raid at Hazar Qadam
• OPERATION ZUMMARI 241: Braving Fire Ambushes in Afghanistan
• Nili Experiment: Village Stability Operations
• The Voice of Gizab: Tactical Radio Support
• Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan: A Short History, 2002-2014
• The U.S. Army Cultural Support Team Program: Historical Timeline
• There's No Place Like Home: Creating a CJSOTF-A Headquarters in Afghanistan
• A Collective Effort: Army Special Operations Forces in Deh Rawod, Afghanistan
• SORT(ing) Out the Casualties: The Special Operations Resuscitation Team in Afghanistan
• Operation BAAZ TSUKA: Task Force 31 Returns to the Panjwayi
• Operation MEDUSA: Regaining Control of Afghanistan’s Panjwayi Valley
• Not Just Doing Logistics: LTF 530 in Support of TF Dagger
• Everyone Can Take Pride in This Fight: ODA 163 in Afghanistan
• One Piece of the Puzzle: Setting up Civil Affairs in Gardez, Afghanistan
• Afghan Ambush: ODA 744 in Afghanistan

Africa

• A Different SORT of Mission: Special Operations Resuscitation Teams in Operation OBSERVANT COMPASS
• Rangers in World War II: Part I, The Formation and Early Days

Bolivia

• Introduction: Special Forces in Bolivia
• Beggar on a Throne of Gold: A Short History of Bolivia
• “Welcome to Bolivia, MTT-BL 404-67X”
• The Bolivian Mission: Site Survey and MTT Mission Prep
• Che Guevarra: A False idol for Revolutionaries
• The ‘Haves and Have Nots’: U.S. & Bolivian Order of Battle
• “Today a New Stage Begins”: Che Guevara in Bolivia
• The 2nd Ranger Battalion and the Capture of Che Guevara
• Field Sanitation: Practicing Medicine, and Civic Action in Bolivia
• Che’s Posse: Divided, Attrited, and Trapped
• The Special Forces Mission to Cochabamba, Bolivia 1967
• Turning the Tables on Che: The Training at La Esperanza
• The Aftermath: Che, the Late 1960s, and the Bolovian Mission

Brazil

• Night Stalker Ingenuity: Taking the ‘Bad Guy’ off the Battlefield without Black Helicopters

Burma

• Over the Hills and Far Away: The MARS Task Force
• Operation BOSTON: An OSS Combined Operation in the Indian Ocean
• Allied Long Range Penetration Groups for Burma: The Chindits, the Marauders, and the MARS Task Force
• A Special Forces Model: OSS Detachment 101 in the Myitkina Campaign, Part II
• A Special Forces Model: OSS Detachment 101 in the Myitkina Campaign, Part I
• Wings over Burma: Air Support in the Burma Campaign
• OSS Detachment 404: Operations in Southeast Asia
• The Failures of Detachment 101 and its Evolution into a Combined Arms Team
• The End Run of Galahad: The Battle of Myitkyina
• From Ledo to Leeches: The 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional)
• The OSS Maritime Unit on the Arakan coast of Burma
• Of Mules and Men: The 612th and 613th Field Artillery Battalions (Pack) in Burma

Central African Republic

• A Team Approach: PSYOP and LRA Defection in 2012

China

• History in the “Raw”
• OSS Detachment 404: Operations in Southeast Asia

Colombia

• The Ultimate Deception: Operación JAQUE
• Operation WILLING SPIRIT (OWS): Setting Conditions for Operación JAQUE
• Joint SOF Integration—SDO, Bogotá
• Total Immersion: Language, Culture, and the Colombian Military
• “Who’s in charge down here?”
• ARSOF in Colombia: Introduction
• Colombia: A Special Relationship
• Colombia’s Troubled Past
• Colombian Special Operations Forces
• U.S. Forces: The Major Command Structure
• “Conducting the Orchestra”: AOB 740 in Colombia
• “Who taught these guys to shoot like Chuck Norris?” ODA 746 in Tolemaida
• Plan Colombia and Plan Patriota: The Evolution of Colombia’s National Strategy
• “There is a Word I Need to Learn”: ODA 741 and Colombian National Police Training at Espinal
• Special Forces in Larandia: ODA 753 and the CERTE
• Plan Lazo: Evaluation and Execution
• Colombian Lancero School Roots
• Colombian Military Forces
• Forty Years of Insurgency: Colombia’s Main Opposition Groups
• Blue Helmets to Maroon Berets: Batallon Colombia in the Suez and Sinai, 1956-1958, 1982-2006
• PSYOP in Colombia
• Civil Affairs in Colombia
• ELN Mines and FARC Mortars: IEDs in Colombia

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Congo Rescue, 1960
• A Team Approach: PSYOP and LRA Defection in 2012

El Salvador

• Building El Salvador’s Airborne, Part I
• San Miguel: The Attack on El Bosque
• El Paraiso and the War in El Salvador, Part I (1981–1983)
• OPATT to PATT: El Salvador to Colombia and the Formation of the Planning and Assistance Training Teams
• Amputee Soccer and Prosthetics: El Salvador Scores National PSYOP Victory
• Los Artefactos Explosivos Improvisados: Improvised Explosive Devices in El Salvador

England

• Supplying the Resistance: OSS Logostics Support to Special Operations in Europe

France

• Major General John Henry Hilldring
• From Omaha Beach to the Rhine: The 5th Ranger battalion in the European Theater
• Beyond The Beach: The 2nd Rangers Fight Through Europe
• Bona Fides: Documents forged for 2LT Herbert R. Brucker
• Major Herbert R. Brucker, SF Pioneer, Part IV: SO Team HERMIT in France
• Major Herbert R. Brucker, SF Pioneer, Part III: SOE Training & “Team HERMIT” into France
• Rangers in World War II: Part I, The Formation and Early Days
• Major Herbert R. Brucker, SF Pioneer, Part I: SOE France, OSS Burma and China, 10th SFG, SF Instructor, 77th SFG, Laos, and Vietnam
• Airborne Signal: The 112th (Special Operations) Signal Battalion in World War II

Germany

• The Good ‘Ole’ Days of Special Forces: Marginalized Before JFK
• Psyche: The 301st Radio Broadcasting and Leaflet Group, Part II
• The 7721st Radio Broadcasting and Leaflet Group
• Skokoski's Journey: Service in Three WWII Special Operations Units
• The 6th Ranger Company: Look Sharp, Be Sharp, Stay Sharp
• Psyche: The 301st Radio Broadcasting and Leaflet Group, Part I
• Kreuzotters on the Loose: The 5th Loudspeaker and Leaflet Company, 1951-1952
• The Trojan Horse Badge: Distinctive Identity for the 10th Special Forces Group
• From Omaha Beach to the Rhine: The 5th Ranger battalion in the European Theater
• Beyond The Beach: The 2nd Rangers Fight Through Europe
• American’s Foreign Legionnaires: The Lodge Act Soldiers - Part I
• Creating A Demigod: Nazi Art, Adolf Hitler, and the Cult of Personality
• “Timing Is Everything”: A PW Escape in WWII
• Reminiscences of Detachment A, Berlin 1982–1984
• Airborne Signal: The 112th (Special Operations) Signal Battalion in World War II

Grenada

• Task Force 160 in Operation URGENT FURY

Guam

• A Second Chance: Operation PACIFIC HAVEN

Haiti

• A True Force Multiplier
• CAT 812 in Haiti: Rescue in Jérémie
• From the Yak and Yeti to Port-au-Prince: ODA 155 Trains the Gurkhas

India

• OSS Detachment 404: Operations in Southeast Asia

Iran

• 10th SFG, Mountain Recovery Operation: Iran 1962

Iraq

• Beyond the Numbers: The 528th Support Battalion in Operations DESERT SHIELD & DESERT STORM
• MISTF-C in Operation INHERENT RESOLVE
• Task Force Viking: Addition to the U.S. Army Special Operations Command Memorial Plaza
• VALIANT 41: 160th SOAR in Combat in Iraq
• Fighting Throgh the “Fog of War”: The Battle of An Najaf, Part II
• Fighting Through the "Fog of War": The Battle of An Najaf, Part I
• The SOD-JF in Iraq: A “Total Force” Success Story
• Logistical Support to Task Force Viking: Task Force Support in Northern Iraq
• Psychological Operations in Baghdad
• Order from Chaos: The 422 CA Battalon in OIF
• Infiltrating Wadi al Khirr Airfield
• Factors Affecting ARSOF Preparation for Operation Iraqi Freedom
• The Rangers Take Hadithah Dam
• This is What You Signed Up For: The Attack on Ayn Sifni
• The Jump at Objective Serpent: 3/75th Rangers in Iraq
• “The Beer’s On Us!”: Little Bird Support at Hadithah Dam
• North by Northwest: Combat Service Support in Northern Iraq
• HACC Baghdad: Civil Affairs in Action
• Flash to Bang Time—Twenty-two Hours: The 2nd Ranger Battalion’s Assault on the Rawah Terrorist Camp
• ODA 542: Working with the Free Iraqi Fighters
• Mass Graves
• Getting the Message Out: Tactical PSYOP in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
• SOF and the Media during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
• Holding Back the Flood at Hadithah Dam
• Team Tank: Armor in Support of Special Operations
• Operation VIKING HAMMER: 3/10 SFG against the Ansar Al-Islam
• Getting There is Half the Battle: Operation UGLY BABY
• Objective Beaver: The Search for the Elusive Smoking Gun
• Reaching Out: Psychological Operations in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
• Value Added: A/1/19th SFG in Iraq
• The Battle for Debecka Crossroads

Ireland

• Rangers in World War II: Part I, The Formation and Early Days

Italy

• Operation Eiche: The Rescue of Benito Mussolini
• “Wars should be fought in better country than this”: The First Special Service Force in the Italian Mountains
• Rangers in World War II: Part II, Sicily and Italy
• The Race to Rome
• Prisoner for a Day: A First Special Force Soldier's Short-lived POW Experience
• Cannon Company

Japan

• Setting the ‘Rising Sun’: The WWII service of Psywarrior Elizabeth McIntosh
• The May Day Riots
• The 4th MRBC in Japan & Korea, 1951-1952
• U.S. Armed Forces Radio Stations in Postwar Japan and Korea

Korea

• The Mayor of P’yongyang: The Three Wars of COL Charles R. Munske
• The Army's Guerrilla Command in Korea
• Operation SPITFIRE: No Lessons Learned
• CCRAK: The Combined Command for Reconnaissance Activities, Korea
• A Combat First: Army SF Soldiers in Korea, 1953-1955
• Fight for the Northwestern Islands
• Closing Acts: The Special Warfare Campaign at the End of the Korean War
• Culture, Language & SPECIAL OPS: Recruiting & Training “TURNCOAT” Agents in Korea
• JACK Operations & Activities: Korea, 1951-1953
• JACK Air Operations: Korea, 1951-1953
• CIA Paramilitary Operations: Korea, 1950-1951
• E & E: West Coast Aircrew Recovery and the Guerrilla-Held Islands
• The Insignia of WOLFPACK
• The CCRAK ‘Navy’
• Military Recovery of Downed Airman in Eastern Korea
• A Korean War Photo Memoir
• Right Man for the Job: Colonel Charles H. Karlstad
• Guerrillas in Their Midst: An Introduction to Veritas Vol. 8, No. 2
• Creating an Army Guerrilla Command: The First Six Months, Part 1
• One Guerrilla's Fight: Operating Behind Enemy Lines in the Korean War
• Working with what you have: The Challenges of Guerrilla Warfare on the Korean East Coast, 1951-1953
• Facets of the U.S. Army Guerrilla Commands in Korea: A Photographic Overview
• John H. McGee: Soldier, Leader, Trainer
• TLO: Line-Crossers, Special Forces, and the "Forgotten War"
• A History of Resistance: The Origins of the North Korean Anti-Communist Guerrillas, 1945-1950
• The Psywar in Korea: A Matter of Adjustment
• The 4th MRBC in Japan & Korea, 1951-1952
• Radio Pusan: “The Voice of South Korea.”
• We're Asking the Reds to SURRENDER-PLEASE! Collier’s, 13 December 1952
• Postscript: Joseph E. Dabney
• Flying High: The 4th MRBC Antenna Riggers
• Full Spectrum: Strategic Psywar 1952: UN Psywar Aligns with Allied Bombing Campaign in Korea
• Full Spectrum: Contrasts in Independence, March 1st and Plan PATRIOT
• Full Spectrum: FEAF's Humanitarian Bombing Campaign in Korea
• Herbert Avedon: Making Psywar a Career
• The Psywar Center, Part II: Creation of the 10th Special Forces Group
• Rebuilding Psywar: An Introduction
• Top Priority RB&L; Missions: Radio Tokyo, VUNC, and KBS
• Rebuilding Psywar: The Psychological Warfare Division, the Office of the Chief of Psychological Warfare, and the Psywar School at Fort Riley, 1950-1951
• The 1st RB&L; Advance Tackles Far East Command Priorities
• U.S. Armed Forces Radio Stations in Postwar Japan and Korea
• Major General Robert A. McClure
• Harris Presses & Psywar Leaflets: The 3rd Reproduction Company, 1st Radio Broadcasting & Leaflet Group
• Same Organization, Four Different Names: U.S. Army Civil Affairs in Korea 1950-1953
• From a Standing Start: U.S. Army Psychological Warfare and Civil Affairs in the Korean War
• 1st Radio Broadcasting and Leaflet (1st RB&L;) Group Products for Korea: The J. B. Haynes Leaflet Collection
• Dick Zayac: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
• The "Proper Ganders" 1st Radio Broadcasting & Leaflet Group
• CA/PSYWAR Timeline: 1950-1953
• The Refugee Evacuation from Hungnam: 9-24 December 1950
• 1st L&L; in Korea, A Photographer's Record
• Rebirth of The Rangers: The Ranger Infantry Companies in Korea
• From Hill 710 to "Big Switch": Ranger Edmund J. Dubrueil, 1st Ranger Company
• “When Men Don't Panic”: 2nd Ranger Infantry Company on Hill 581
• The 8th Ranger Company: “Black Devils” on Hill 628
• The 2nd Ranger Infantry Company: “Buffaloes” in Korea, 29 December 1950-19 May 1951
• “Cold Steel Third”: The 3rd Ranger Infantry Company
• A Highly Praised Luxury: The Ranger Infantry Companies in Korea
• Republic of Korea General Paik Sun-yup
• “Travel Light and Freeze at Night”: The 5th Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) in Korea
• GHQ Raider Monument
• “That D****d Dam”: The 4th Ranger Infantry Company and the Hwachon Dam
• War in the Land of the Morning Calm: The Korean War
• GHQ Raiders: Wonsan to Chang-to
• Born of Desperation: Early Special Operations in the Korean War
• 25 July 1950: Three Combat Forces
• Eighth Army Rangers: First in Korea
• A Civil Affairs Pioneer: BG Crawford F. Sams, U.S. Army Medical Corps
• The U.N. Occupation of P’yongyang
• “Do what You Can”: UN Civil Assistance, Chinnamp'o, North Korea
• The Ivanhoe Security Force in Korea, 1950
• “Volunteering” for Combat: Loudspeaker Psywar in Korea
• The Price of Stabilization
• A Giant Enters the Battle: Order of Battle of the UN and Chinese Communist Forces in Korea
• Wolfpack and Donkeys: Special Forces Soldiers in the Korean War
• The Ganders: 1st Radio Broadcasting and Leaflet Group Conducts PSYWAR in Korea, Pt II
• The Ganders: Strategic PSYWAR in the Far East Part I: Introduction and Movement to the Far East
• Across the Pacific to War: The Colombian Navy in Korea, 1951-1955
• Barbula and Old Baldy, March 1953: Colombia’s Heaviest Combat in Korea
• Catch as Catch Can: Special Forces and Line Crossers in the Korean War
• Soldier-Sailors in Korea: JACK Maritime Operations
• SF Detachment 39: SFLE in Korea
• Helicopters in the Korean War: The Rescue of Virginia 1

Kuwait

• Beyond the Numbers: The 528th Support Battalion in Operations DESERT SHIELD & DESERT STORM
• “Alarm Red!” Providing Signal Support in Kuwait

Laos

• More than Shoot & Salute: U.S. Army Psywar in Laos, Part II
• Shoot & Salute: U.S. Army Special Warfare in Laos, Part I

Nepal

• From the Yak and Yeti to Port-au-Prince: ODA 155 Trains the Gurkhas

New Guinea

• Alamo Scouts Diary

Panama

• From Hangar to Housing: Providing Shelter for Displaced Civilians in Panama during Operation JUST CAUSE
• From a Great Height: Helicopter Recovery at Takur Ghar
• Averting Disaster: Company D, 96th Civil Affairs Battalion at the Balboa High School Displaced Civilians Facility
• The Path to War in Panama: SOUTHCOM Operational Planning
• “No Ordinary Signal Unit” The 112th Signal Battalion in Panama
• ‘Stop the Radio Nacional Broadcasts’: C/3-7th SFG Ends pro-Noriega Radio Broadcasts during Operation JUST CAUSE
• Absolute Confidence: The 617th SOAD and 3rd Battalion, 7th SFG in Panama, 1989–1990
• A Tale of Two Teams: Tactical Loudspeaker Support in Operation JUST CAUSE
• “Proving the Concept”: The 528th Support Battalion in Panama
• Civil Affairs in the Assault: Company A, 96th Civil Affairs Battalion at the Torrijos-Airport Terminal

Philippines

• Rescue at Cabanatuan
• Catalyst For Action: The Palawan Massacre
• Major Jay D. Vanderpool: Advisor to the Philippine Guerrillas
• Alamo Scouts Diary
• Donald D. Blackburn: World War II Guerrilla Leader & Special Operations Plank Holder
• Night Stalkers in the Philippines: Tragedy and Triumph in Balikatan 02-1

Somalia

• “If you liked Beirut, you’ll love Mogadishu”: An Introduction to ARSOF in Somalia

South Sudan

• A Team Approach: PSYOP and LRA Defection in 2012

Turkey

• Out of Turkey: The 528th Special Operations Support Battalion

Uganda

• Preface to A Team Approach: PSYOP and LRA Defection in 2012
• A Team Approach: PSYOP and LRA Defection in 2012

USA

• Commando & Ranger Training, Part III: Forging Junior Leaders to Toughen Men to Win in Combat
• Almost a Footnote: The Special Operations Support Battalion, 1986-1989
• Recognizing “Combat Divers”: A History of Army Special Operations Diver Badges
• ARSOF Blue Star Service Banner
• Michael L. Kunik: Peerless Professional, Patriot
• “This Vest May Save Your Life!” U.S. Army Body Armor from WWII to Present
• Enlisted ‘Green Platoon’: Making Night Stalkers, Part II
• Officer ‘Green Platoon’: Making Night Stalkers, Part I
• “The First Step in Night Stalking”: A History of U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Training
• Form follows function: A Brief Look at U.S. Army Standard Service Rifles and Squad Automatic Weapons since WWII
• From Leyte to the Levant: A Brief History of the 389th Military Intelligence Battalion (Airborne)
• Defense Diplomacy: Exercise VAJRA PRAHAR 2011
• Victoria Ex Umbra: Activating 4th Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne)
• The OSS Influence on Special Forces
• JFK Visits Fort Bragg: A Photo Essay
• A Commander’s Sense of Duty
• Christmas Every Month On Smoke Bomb Hill
• Volare Optimos: Honoring the Silent Professionals of Special Operations Aviation
• Training on a Shoestring: Cheap, Practical SF Training in the Post-Vietnam Turmoil
• ARSOF in Vietnam: Aviation, Civil Affairs, and Psychological Operations Honored in USASOC Memorial Plaza
• Building Generational Relationships: A Unique Special Forces Officers Course
• Voice of the U.S. and Aggressors: The 2nd Loudspeaker & Leaflet Company
• Creed of the Special Forces Operator
• Commando & Ranger Training, Part II: Preparing America’s Soldiers for War
• Commando & Ranger Training: Preparing America’s Soldiers for War
• The Special Forces Soldier
• The General Staff System: Basic Structure
• Smoke Bomb Hill: Birth of the Psywar Center, Part I
• Lorenzo Ghiglieri: Sailor, Veteran, Artist, Patriot
• The A Team Numbering System
• A Clearer View of Psywar at Fort Riley & Fort Bragg, 1951-1952
• Background to A Clearer View of Psywar at Fort Riley & Fort Bragg, 1951-1952
• A History of the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare School Insignia
• American’s Foreign Legionnaires: The Lodge Act Soldiers - Part II
• Training the Trainers: Donald D. Blackburn and the 77th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
• Charles H. Fry: Bull Simons Award, 2009
• The Sixties in America: Social Strife and International Conflict
• Operation COTTAGE: First Special Service Force, Kiska Campaign
• Evolution of ARSOF Communications
• The Knollwood Maneuver: The Ultimate Airborne Test
• Camp Mackall: A History of Training
• The 151st Airborne Tank Company at Camp Mackall
• The Lords of Darkness
• The Special Forces Patch: History and Origins
• “We Badly Needed Something to Do”: Glider Jumping at Camp Mackall, 1943
• The CG-4A Waco Glider
• Resurrected Again: 95th Civil Affairs Brigade (Airborne)
• Key West: Home of ARSOF Underwater Operations
• Unique Support for a Unique Unit: The Service Battalion of the First Special Service Force
• Herbert R. Brucker, SF Pioneer, Part II: Pre-WWII–OSS Training 1943
• Frank E. Allen
• Camp Mackall: 1943-1945

Vietnam

• The Battle of Lang Vei
• Vietnam Casualty Resolution: Top U.S. Peace Priority
• “We’re not in Kansas anymore”: The 41st Civil Affairs Company in Vietnam, Part II
• Civilian Irregular Defense Group: The First Years: 1961-1967
• Battle Without Bullets: The 41st Civil Affairs Company in Vietnam, Part I: 1965-1967
• The 77th SFG Missions to South Vietnam: 1960
• “Colonel Mike”: The Origins of the MIKE Force in Vietnam
• Biet Dong Quan: Vietnamese Rangers and their American Advisors
• A Team Effort: The Montagnard Uprising of September 1964
• A Tale of Two Units: The 129th Assault Helicopter Company
• A Team Effort: Special Forces in Vietnam (June-December 1964)
• Attack on the Pleiku Radio Station
• Conventional Excellence: The 528th Quartermaster Battalion in Vietnam