Marcus Aurelius: Special Forces and Police Forces Convergent
129 pages 20120327 SOF-LEA Convergence
Marcus Aurelius: Special Forces Bypass Department of State?
Do Special Ops Forces Have Too Much Autonomy? By ANDREW ROSENTHAL New York Times, 15 February 2012 Special Operations forces have long enjoyed an elite position in the United States military, and achieved something like folk-hero status when Navy Seals killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan last May. The admiration is well-deserved, but an article …
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Marcus Aurelius: US Special Forces Train Mexican Assassins
U.S. Special Forces Training Mexican Assassination Squads to Battle Cartels Public Intelligence.Net, 2 September 2011 A small but growing proxy war is underway in Mexico pitting US-assisted assassin teams composed of elite Mexican special operations soldiers against the leadership of an emerging cadre of independent drug organizations that are far more ruthless than the old-guard …
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Journal: Special Forces, Gay Men, and Co-Ed Showers
Army invited attention to following article in this morning’s daily “Stand-To” e-mail. Special forces wary of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ repeal By Rowan Scarborough The Washington Times 6:39 p.m., Monday, December 27, 2010 Read full article… EXTRACT: The working group’s report contained this observation: “These survey results reveal to us a misperception that a gay …
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Journal: Haiti–A Special Forces Sergeant Major Reports Our National Crime Against Humanity in Haiti
From A Retired Special Forces Sgt Major: To All, I just returned from Haiti with Hebler. We flew in at 3 AM Sunday to the scene of such incredible destruction on one side, and enormous ineptitude and criminal neglect on the other. Port o Prince is in ruins. The rest of the country is fairly …
Journal: Special Forces Collect, But Cannot Process
Phi Beta Iota: Tip of the Hat to Steven Aftergood and the Federation of American Scientists. “Ongoing SOF operations demonstrate the ability to collect significant amounts of pocket litter, hard copy documents, hard drives, cell phones, and other important hard copy and electronic media with significant intelligence value. However, without specialized expeditionary processing, this information …
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Worth a Look: Deliberate Discomfort – How U.S. Special Operations Forces Overcome Fear and Dare to Win by Getting Comfortable Being Uncomfortable
Deliberate Discomfort is the ultimate book on leadership and self-improvement, depicting how these warriors found a way to win under incredible odds with never-quit attitudes. The authors don’t just tell you how to thrive underpressure; they show you how, in heart-racing, first-person narratives. As featured on FOX, but with a different message: this book is the …
