As Williams worked to defend his position, his team sergeant, Master Sgt. Scott Ford, was hit by a sniper round. Once again, Williams braved intense enemy fire to provide Ford first aid and moved him down the sheer mountainside to the casualty collection point. Then, knowing the commandos a...
Special Forces- a division of the United States Army that is specially trained for guerilla fighting U. S. Army Special Forces,United States Army Special Forces division- an army unit large enough to sustain combat; "two infantry divisions were held in reserve" ...
“It looked like New York City on New Year’s Eve,” Chauncey, a former Special Forces team sergeant who helped lead a quick reaction force (QRF) to the refinery, tells The War Horse. “By far, the most chaotic battle scene that I’ve ever observed, let alone be a part of.” The...
Two examples out of the Special Forces Regiment are the Team Sergeant Assessment and Preparation (TSAP) Program and the Field Grade Assessment Program (FGAP). Over the last year, we’ve run five week-long iterations of the TSAP at each of our active duty Special Forces Groups. The Spec...
To make sure that the system was implemented, I had the Special Forces sergeant in charge of the Vietnamese security company, who had passable language skills, monitor the radio that night for compliance. I would verify that the Nung ambush team was using the code correctly. That night, ...
Sergeant Thompson from the Delta Intelligence section walked in, all hunkered over and extraordinarily sad looking. He had no visible wounds. “Glad to see you’re okay,” I said. He sat down, still hunkered over, and said, “Haw! I got two slugs in the chest.” ...
Mark Giaconia was a Special Forces Weapons Sergeant (18B) assigned to a team in 10th Special Forces Group assigned to provide a liaison element to Russian forces patrolling a sector of the Serbian/Kosovar border. In his book, “One Green Beret” he recounts his experiences worki...
Sergeant Matthew O. Williams – Medal of Honor President Trump awarded the Medal of Honor to MSG Matthew O. Williams in the White House for actions in Afghanistan. (White House) Williams was a Special Forces Weapons Sergeant (18B) with ODA-3336, Special Operations Task Force 11, Combined Joi...
Army Sergeant First Class (SFC) Edward Hoymeyer and SFC Chance Giannelli from the Special Forces Sniper School at Fort Bragg, North Carolina won the 10th Annual International Sniper Competition at Fort Benning, Georgia held from...
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