“We all put our pants on one leg at a time.” Or if you prefer the army’s version of that aphorism: “If there is a man here now who can shit with his pants on, let him stand and show it.” What in the name of theology does it all mean?? It is amazing to […]
The Pinnacles of Pride for a special operations man
LifestyleThe pinnacle of pride… We have all been there–whether for a friend or even just for ourselves–we have all felt the warmth and the dignity of some well-earned pride. Since I started writing, I have felt that peak of pride often, and I wish I could write about all of those who brought me to […]
That time Special Forces trained in the New Orleans Super Dome
LifestyleAt least every 18 months or so, our operational support team was tasked to find a new city for us to practice urban warfare and building climbing. I truly admire some of the choices they made and processed into realistic training for us all — like the Louisiana Super Dome! Yes, we got the Super Dome […]
Special Forces Antics: The plunge of the mighty cable spool
LifestyleSpool? How many words do we know by this name — spool? There can be only one and this tale is about a mighty spool. The below image depicts a representative spool whose image we are going to need to get us through this next chapter of SF Antics. Though pallid of title, the plunge of […]
That time Delta Force blew up a science teacher’s desk with a flashbang
LifestyleMy Bud — Guy C. — noticed one day that when he threw a banger (flashbang) into a 55-gallon drum laying on its side, the barrel went tumbling when the banger went off. He got to thinking–a bad thing for the empty hands and minds of Special Forces soldiers. “I feel a little advance demolitions […]
Delta Force and the one-eyed tank gunner: A tale of respect and patriotism
FeaturedWe had a one-eyed tank gunner supporting our unit. She lost an eye at Tikrit, Iraq skirmishing there with the Mujahidin. She was on the battlefield and went home every night to tuck in the perimeter truck fort. She was a battlefield loss—an injured soldier who’s sent back home to convalesce—who chose to stay with her people […]
Guard duty in the Arctic: When your relief bails on you
LifestyleThe Army promises a great deal; how much it actually delivers is an inconsistent percentile that is largely up to the individual. Case in point: I wanted to be assigned to Colorados’s Arctic force, so I could be on the Units that serve in the Arctic. I just had it out for cold weather warfare […]
Grunt Life: Killing tanks and sleeping floors
LifestyleI remember “the” night because I remember the day that preceded it so well. It was a day of practicing anti-tank techniques during my army infantry basic training. On that day, we gathered at what was termed the Anti-Tank Maneuvers anger. It looked innocuous enough; nothing out there really, save a few barely detectible foxholes and […]
Why does America Need a Delta Force?
ArmyThe Delta Force, like so many other organizations, is the answer to a problem. If you can consider that our country’s civic police force is the answer to a very general problem — the domestic physical safety of the population — then you could view the Delta Force as an answer to some very specific […]
Basic training was basically awful, even for this Green Beret
LifestyleThe first time I had ever been in an airplane was my United flight to Ft. Jackson to process into the Army. I remember looking out the window as we took off, alarmed at how impossibly fast we were going. I had never been at that speed, so my mind had nothing to compare it to and it […]
