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"Failure Not An Option" For Jungle Commandos In Colombian Children Rescue
Indigenous volunteers working alongside the army were a winning combination in the rescue of four children lost in the jungle for 40 days, but Colombian commandos, among the most seasoned in the world, also played a key role.
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US Commander Richard Clarke Meets MM Naravane, Discusses Issues Of Mutual Interest
The Commander of US Special Operations Command, General Richard D. Clarke on Thursday called on Indian Army Chief General MM Naravane and discussed issues of mutual interest.
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In Signal To China, BJP's Ram Madhav At Tibetan Soldier's funeral
The Indian Army and members of the Tibetan community in Leh paid their last respects this morning to Tibetan soldier Nyima Tenzin, who was from the once-secret Special Frontier Force (SFF) unit of Tibetan soldiers operating under the command of the Indian Army. He was killed in action last week after he stepped on a vintage landmine in South Pangon...
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Navy SEAL Platoon Kicked Out Of Iraq For Drinking While Deployed: Officials
The commander of a U.S. Special Operations task force in Iraq has sent home a platoon of Navy SEALs for drinking while deployed, U.S. defense officials said, the latest discipline incident that has emerged for an elite force relied upon heavily by the Pentagon.
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US Navy SEAL Spared Jail But Demoted After War Crimes Trial
A US Navy SEAL platoon commander acquitted of murdering a captured Islamic State fighter but convicted of unlawfully posing for photos with his dead body was sentenced on Wednesday to a demotion in rank and pay.
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Major General AK Dhingra Appointed 1st Armed Forces Special Ops Commander
The Armed Forces Special Operations Division has been set up by the government to undertake joint operations by three services and will have elements from the Army, Navy and the Air Force.
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Army Chief Bipin Rawat Meets Top US Army Official, Discusses Terrorism
General Raymond Thomas, the Commander of the US Special Operations Command, met Army Chief General Bipin Rawat here Friday,
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Top Taliban Commander Killed In Air Strike In Afghanistan
A top commander of the Taliban has been killed in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand in a joint operation by Afghan and U.S. Special Forces, Afghan officials and Taliban members said on Sunday.
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Trump Suggests Ex-Navy SEAL Commander Should Have Found Bin Laden Faster
President Donald Trump derided retired Adm. William H. McRaven as a "Hillary Clinton fan" and an "Obama backer" and suggested that the former head of U.S. Special Operations Command should have apprehended Osama bin Laden faster.
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In Kerala, Toddler Stranded On Rooftop Saved In Dramatic Rescue Op
In a dramatic rescue operation, a toddler and his mother were saved by the Indian Air Force personnel at Alappuzha in flood-ravaged Kerala on Sunday. Wing Commander Prasanth of IAF's Garud Special Force winched up the little boy from the rooftop of his home in Alappuzha. Reports of IAF, Navy and NDRF personnel saving stranded people in near-impossi...
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How A Special Team In Kashmir Finally Got Slippery Terrorist Abu Dujana
A special team of the Jammu and Kashmir police had been tracking India's most wanted for months. But every time they came close, the Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Abu Dujana managed to give them a slip. On early Tuesday, they did not take any chances. The intelligence was impeccable; the Lashkar commander known to frequent a house reportedly to meet hi...
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Elite Unit That Helped Kill Osama Bin Laden Gets Expanded Power To Hunt Terrorists
The Obama administration is giving the elite Joint Special Operations Command - the same organization that helped kill Osama bin Laden in a 2011 raid by Navy SEALs - expanded power to track, plan and potentially launch attacks on terrorist cells around the globe, a move driven by concerns of a dispersed terrorist threat as Islamic State militants a...
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Barack Obama Expected To Name New Commander For Mideast
President Barack Obama is expected to put a special operations officer in charge of US Central Command, the headquarters that oversees US military operations against the ISIS in Iraq and Syria as well as the war in Afghanistan, a senior defense official said on Wednesday.
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French Forces Kill Commander With Al Qaeda Branch in Mali
France's army confirmed on Tuesday that its special forces had killed a prominent commander with al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), the group's north African branch, during a weekend operation in the northern Mali region of Kidal.
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Afghan Special Forces Raid Medical Aid Group Hospital
Afghan special forces raided a hospital run by medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres in northern Afghanistan, in search of a suspected Al Qaeda operative being treated there, a commander of the elite force said today.
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"Failure Not An Option" For Jungle Commandos In Colombian Children Rescue
Indigenous volunteers working alongside the army were a winning combination in the rescue of four children lost in the jungle for 40 days, but Colombian commandos, among the most seasoned in the world, also played a key role.
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US Commander Richard Clarke Meets MM Naravane, Discusses Issues Of Mutual Interest
The Commander of US Special Operations Command, General Richard D. Clarke on Thursday called on Indian Army Chief General MM Naravane and discussed issues of mutual interest.
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In Signal To China, BJP's Ram Madhav At Tibetan Soldier's funeral
The Indian Army and members of the Tibetan community in Leh paid their last respects this morning to Tibetan soldier Nyima Tenzin, who was from the once-secret Special Frontier Force (SFF) unit of Tibetan soldiers operating under the command of the Indian Army. He was killed in action last week after he stepped on a vintage landmine in South Pangon...
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Navy SEAL Platoon Kicked Out Of Iraq For Drinking While Deployed: Officials
The commander of a U.S. Special Operations task force in Iraq has sent home a platoon of Navy SEALs for drinking while deployed, U.S. defense officials said, the latest discipline incident that has emerged for an elite force relied upon heavily by the Pentagon.
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US Navy SEAL Spared Jail But Demoted After War Crimes Trial
A US Navy SEAL platoon commander acquitted of murdering a captured Islamic State fighter but convicted of unlawfully posing for photos with his dead body was sentenced on Wednesday to a demotion in rank and pay.
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Major General AK Dhingra Appointed 1st Armed Forces Special Ops Commander
The Armed Forces Special Operations Division has been set up by the government to undertake joint operations by three services and will have elements from the Army, Navy and the Air Force.
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Army Chief Bipin Rawat Meets Top US Army Official, Discusses Terrorism
General Raymond Thomas, the Commander of the US Special Operations Command, met Army Chief General Bipin Rawat here Friday,
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Top Taliban Commander Killed In Air Strike In Afghanistan
A top commander of the Taliban has been killed in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand in a joint operation by Afghan and U.S. Special Forces, Afghan officials and Taliban members said on Sunday.
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Trump Suggests Ex-Navy SEAL Commander Should Have Found Bin Laden Faster
President Donald Trump derided retired Adm. William H. McRaven as a "Hillary Clinton fan" and an "Obama backer" and suggested that the former head of U.S. Special Operations Command should have apprehended Osama bin Laden faster.
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In Kerala, Toddler Stranded On Rooftop Saved In Dramatic Rescue Op
In a dramatic rescue operation, a toddler and his mother were saved by the Indian Air Force personnel at Alappuzha in flood-ravaged Kerala on Sunday. Wing Commander Prasanth of IAF's Garud Special Force winched up the little boy from the rooftop of his home in Alappuzha. Reports of IAF, Navy and NDRF personnel saving stranded people in near-impossi...
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How A Special Team In Kashmir Finally Got Slippery Terrorist Abu Dujana
A special team of the Jammu and Kashmir police had been tracking India's most wanted for months. But every time they came close, the Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Abu Dujana managed to give them a slip. On early Tuesday, they did not take any chances. The intelligence was impeccable; the Lashkar commander known to frequent a house reportedly to meet hi...
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Elite Unit That Helped Kill Osama Bin Laden Gets Expanded Power To Hunt Terrorists
The Obama administration is giving the elite Joint Special Operations Command - the same organization that helped kill Osama bin Laden in a 2011 raid by Navy SEALs - expanded power to track, plan and potentially launch attacks on terrorist cells around the globe, a move driven by concerns of a dispersed terrorist threat as Islamic State militants a...
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Barack Obama Expected To Name New Commander For Mideast
President Barack Obama is expected to put a special operations officer in charge of US Central Command, the headquarters that oversees US military operations against the ISIS in Iraq and Syria as well as the war in Afghanistan, a senior defense official said on Wednesday.
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French Forces Kill Commander With Al Qaeda Branch in Mali
France's army confirmed on Tuesday that its special forces had killed a prominent commander with al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), the group's north African branch, during a weekend operation in the northern Mali region of Kidal.
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Afghan Special Forces Raid Medical Aid Group Hospital
Afghan special forces raided a hospital run by medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres in northern Afghanistan, in search of a suspected Al Qaeda operative being treated there, a commander of the elite force said today.
