Army Sp News Today

A grassroots fundraiser help build a monument honoring the citys 21 men who died serving in Vietnam. Their stories told in a book by Terry Nau.

This unit had its origins in a terrible crisis. Key point: Special forces can help to deal with all kinds of tricky situations. Here is what the SOBR can do. If asked to name a counterterrorism unit in Russia, most people would probably think of the FSB’s elite “Alpha” unit. Alpha participated in the 1993 constitutional crisis, the Nord-Ost theatre siege and the Beslan hostage crisis, and are called out on the biggest and most sensitive incidents. However, they don’t deal with the majo...