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The unsung heroes of the Black Hawk Down incident
Three decades later, a platoon that saw action before and during the Battle of Mogadishu has yet to receive recognition for their valor.
By Todd South
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SEAL Team 1 honors its first commanding officer, who died in May
“The Naval Special Warfare community lost a treasured teammate and one of SEAL Team’s consummate professionals with the passing of Dave Del Giudice."
By Diana Stancy
Delta bans purported bin Laden killer for not wearing a mask
A former Navy SEAL who has said he killed Osama bin Laden has been banned by Delta Air Lines after removing his face mask during a flight.
‘Desert One’ documentary chronicles challenges, lessons of Operation Eagle Claw
The film is coming to more than 100 theaters across the U.S. starting on Aug. 21.
By Diana Stancy
The quest to recover one Vietnam-era Air Force pilot lost in Lake Huron crash
On June 13, 1966, U.S. Air Force Maj. William J. Vinopal climbed into his Convair F-106A Delta Dart, a single-seat, flight interceptor aircraft, for a routine training mission over the lake. It would turn out to be his last flight. Now, over 50 years later, a group of veterans is on a mission to locate the wreckage and recover Vinopal’s remains.
By Dylan Gresik
Op-ed: In the terrorism fight, Trump copied Obama
And the author suggests it's because there aren't many other options.
By Boaz Dvir, Pennsylvania State University
Arsenal: The river patrol boat was the backbone of the Brown Water Navy
Submarines and aircraft carriers were of little use against irregulars relying on sampans and junks to ferry supplies and fighting men on the Vietnam's river highways.
By Joe Follansbee, Vietnam Magazine
T-shirts, mugs featuring famous military K-9 Conan for sale
Available for purchase are t-shirts and mugs depicting Conan with the words “Zero Bark Thirty."
By Diana Stancy
Lost for 78 years, a Pearl Harbor sailor finally comes home
Fair winds and following seas, Machinist’s Mate 1st Class Ulis Claud Steely.
By Sarah Ladd, Louisville Courier Journal
Next rescue ship dubbed ‘Cherokee Nation’
Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer announced Friday that Gulf Island Shipyards has been awarded a $64.8 million contract to build the vessel, scheduled for completion by 2021.
Less door kicking, more partner building for special operations in ‘great power competition’
Counterterrorism remains the top priority, but the spec ops role will change in the near-peer fight.
By Todd South
When Seabees weren’t building bases in Vietnam, they were fighting the enemy
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., includes 85 Seabees among its list of war dead—a tribute to their motto, “We build, we fight,” which is symbolized in their logo of a bee holding a wrench, hammer and machine gun.
By Tom Edwards, Vietnam Magazine