My Dad was a good man, but for me, his goodness has nothing to do with his work at the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). In fact, my regard for Continue Reading
Special Operations Forces
This Year, I Remembered it was 9/11
I'm writing this article on 11 September, 2025, as a follow up to one I wrote around the same time last year. 11 September 2024 was significant to me Continue Reading
Know Your Role: 7 Rules For Supporting Special Operations
by Michael Kane While I still have a few years left, I am at the tail end of my military career. I have been fortunate enough to spend most of my Continue Reading
Lessons Learned from a SOF Multi-Purpose Canine
“Fox 13 Q… does that mean what I think it means?!” It was a stupid question to ask on the radio; I had just seen Q, a Special Forces Weapons Sergeant Continue Reading
The Boys of Pointe du Hoc: Rangers Lead the Way
"These are the boys of Pointe du Hoc. These are the men who took the cliffs. These are the champions who helped free a continent. These are the Continue Reading
The Difference Between “Special Operations” and “Special Forces”
Possibly one of the most pervasive yet irritating missteps that the media and public in general make about the military is the use of the terms Continue Reading
Operation “Embryo Stage”: Remembering Special Operators Lost in Training
by Wesley Jurena Author's Note: I hung this out on a hidden blog I created years after getting out. It was picked up by Gallant Few a few years back Continue Reading
Apple of My Eye
The year was 1998, and my husband Dennis and I had spent a year in Texas after he suffered a heart attack. While we were still in the midst of some of Continue Reading
Special Forces and “The New Originals”: A Cautionary Tale
by "A Quiet Professional" There was once an ODA (Operational Detachment Alpha) that was based on a remote hilltop. They lived quietly amongst the Continue Reading
On the SpecOps Battlefield and in Business, Don’t “Believe,” Know
Only two types of confidence exist: the artificial and the real. The first is the far more common of the two, arising from either a need to feel Continue Reading
Special Forces, Entrepreneurship: The P.A.C.E. Business Plan
To quote one of my more colorful and influential Special Forces instructors during the train up for SF selection, who we will call ‘Mike’, “Have a Continue Reading
The Suicide Epidemic
by Geoffrey Dardia This first appeared in The Havok Journal on July 12, 2018. In 2018, the Department of Defense witnessed record-breaking suicides in Continue Reading