It seems BUD/S remains as hard as ever, although slightly more students appear to be making it through these days than perhaps in the past.
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Report finds inadequate medical oversight led to 2022 SEAL candidate’s death
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VBSS: A Navy SEAL explains how to board enemy ships
Special OpsOne of the more esoteric acronyms that exist within the world of Special Operations Forces (SOF) is VBSS. I would guess that most people, possibly even the majority of non-SOF military personnel, do not know what it stands for or the tactic it describes. Let’s face it: the U.S. military is renowned for its multitudinous […]
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TechAI-enabled autonomous weapons will surely at some point find themselves pointed at human targets and that’s when things will become terrifying.
Could the upcoming “Silo” series become a sci-fi classic?
Off Duty“Silo” is dystopian sci-fi at its best, and if its upcoming TV adaptation is well-made it has the potential to become a blockbuster.
Spy games: Who blew up the Nord Stream pipelines?
UkraineMany countries and non-state actors had a motivation to attack the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines.
Fru’s 25 songs: The soundtrack of a life
Off DutyWhat I give you here are the most important 25 songs in my life.
These are the 7 roles required for the perfect team
Off DutyFrom the humorist to the sage and the leader these are the seven roles than create a perfect team better than the sum of its parts.
What the Chinese ‘spy balloon’ incident tells us about global espionage
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