special forces
Ex-Army Green Beret with Russia ties pleads guilty to espionage charge
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A former Army Green Beret pleaded guilty Wednesday to divulging military secrets to Russia about his Special Forces unit’s activities in former Soviet republics. Peter Rafael Dzibinski...
Navy SEALs rescue American hostage in Nigeria
An American citizen kidnapped in Niger last week was rescued in neighboring Nigeria by US special forces. “Last night, our Country’s brave warriors rescued an American hostage in Nigeria,” President...
Iran seized oil tanker for hours in international waters, US says
Iranian troops swooped down from a navy chopper onto a Liberian-flagged oil tanker in international waters in the Gulf of Oman, taking over the vessel for several hours amid mounting...
Venezuela sentences American coup plotters to 20 years in prison
A Venezuelan court has sentenced two former US special-forces soldiers to 20 years in prison for their part in a botched bid to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro, according to the...
Soldier makes history as first woman to join the Army's Green Berets
A female Army National Guard soldier made US military history Thursday by becoming the first woman to join the elite Green Berets. The unidentified warrior broke through one of the...
Wife of ex-Green Beret pleads for his release from Venezuelan jail after coup attempt
Melanie Berry said her mercenary husband, Airan Berry, who was taken into custody May 3 after an ill-fated attempt to oust Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is needed at home.
Venezuelan TV airs 'confession' of ex-US special forces soldier after coup attempt
A former US special forces soldier said in what was described as a videotaped confession aired on Venezuelan TV Wednesday that he was promised up to $100,000 to lead a...
Brother of ex-Green Beret in failed Venezuela coup pleads for help from US
The brother of one of two former US special forces soldiers captured by Venezuelan troops after what officials called a botched coup attempt to oust President Nicolás Maduro has pleaded...
Video shows moment ex-US Special Forces captured after Venezuela coup attempt
Footage shows Luke Denman, 34, and Airan Berry, 41 with their hands up in the air in the port city of La Guaira, being walked to shore at gunpoint,according to...
White House flip-flops on gender of ISIS-fighting hero dog Conan
Good boy? Good girl? Great dog. Beloved military dog Conan didn't just get a medal on Monday — he got a sex change as the White House went back and...
Puppy love: Trump honors ISIS-fighting dog Conan at White House
President Trump on Monday welcomed Conan, the canine military hero who was wounded in the successful special forces raid that took out ISIS kingpin Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, to the White...
Hero dog in al-Baghdadi raid to visit White House next week
America's most famous hunting dog will get a celebration at the White House next week, President Trump said Thursday. Conan, the Belgian Malinois who chased down ISIS killer Abu Bakr...
Decorated Green Beret killed in combat in Afghanistan
A decorated Army green beret was killed in combat in Afghanistan, officials have announced. Jeremy W. Griffin, 40, was deployed to Wardak Province in support of Operation Freedom's Sentinel when...
Decorated soldier dies in combat mission in Afghanistan
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — US military officials say a decorated Special Forces company sergeant major has died during combat operations in Afghanistan. A spokesman for the US Army Special Operations...
Woman on track to become Army's first female Green Beret
A woman is on track to becoming the U.S. Army's first female Green Beret -- after she successfully completed the initial Special Forces Assessment and Selection process, according to a...
Inside Putin's secret spy-killing commando unit
They have been accused of assassinating Russia's enemies on foreign soil and helping shoot down passenger jets filled with families. Now the GRU, Vladimir Putin's not-so-secret military intelligence agency, has...
The Pentagon goes soft on big-time military mistakes
It looks like the Pentagon is shying away from serious discipline of those responsible for military disasters. Last Thursday, the Defense Department released a summary of its findings on the...
The American who went to war for Israel, lost an arm and went back
On January 8, 2009, Miami native Izzy Ezagui was sitting in a tent about a mile from the Gaza Strip. A soldier in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), he was...
These Special Forces soldiers took on the Taliban on horseback
On Oct. 13, 2001, with the United States still reeling from the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks, about a dozen Americans were aboard a plane flying to Uzbekistan. One...
The dead giveaway that exposed this 'Green Beret' as a fraud
For real Green Berets, there was one dead giveaway that Brooklyn Army vet Papotia Reginald “Reggie” Wright was an imposter. His beret was black. “We took one look at that...