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The daring Operation Acid Gambit was a Delta Force rescue mission that saw Kurt Muse plucked from the jaws of captivity.

“Can I jumpmaster dressed like this” I asked? I was clad in stonewashed jeans (hey it was the 90s), cowboy boots and a black leather jacket.

If someone tells you he has film of a Green Beret, dressed like James Dean and wearing a motorcycle helmet, doing jumpmaster duties in a C-130, he may be telling the truth!

Government Executive Get the latest on need-to-know topics for federal employees delivered to your inbox. email They’ve become a major military player—and maybe a substitute for strategic thinking. Within the span of a few decades, the United States has utterly transformed its military, or at least the military that is actively fighting. This has taken place with little fanfare and little public scrutiny. But without any conscious plan, I have seen some of the evolution firsthand. One of my early books,  Black Hawk Down, was about a disastrous U.S. Special Ops mission in So...

How Special Ops Became the Solution to Everything They’ve become a major military player—and maybe a substitute for strategic thinking. Within the span of a few decades, the United States has utterly transformed its military, or at least the military that is actively fighting. This has taken place with little fanfare and little public scrutiny. But without any conscious plan, I have seen some of the evolution firsthand. One of my early books,  Black Hawk Down, was about a disastrous U.S. Special Ops mission in Somalia. Another,  Guests of the Ayatollah, about the Iran hostage cr...