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LeRoy Alexander enlisted in the Army in August 1997, following in the steps of his father who served as a Marine in the Vietnam War. Alexander was born in

Tarhuna, November 20, 2021 (LANA) - The participants in the National Forum to Correct the Election Course held in the city of Tarhuna, announced their support for the right democratic path and holding a free and fair elections that establish a civil state in which the peaceful transfer of power takes place. The statement issued by the forum held the full responsibility for the failure of the ele

The explosion happened as two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans at Kabul’s airport

It takes a lot more than doing a bunch of push-ups. the training process is relentless. our next guest knows about it. retired lieutenant colonel tony schwamm is author of "the tkpwer -- the guerilla factory." it is not easy to be a member of the special operations, in particular the green berets? >> no. that's not something you want to wake up and think you want to do over the weekend. you start off with a three-week crucible. if you make it through the selection course, then you get to go through six months of a lot of high-adventure training. >>steve: high-adventure training; that's a nice ...

Of push-ups. it's a lot of climbing ropes. it's a lot of walking through swamps. the difference in army special forces is the ambiguity around all the difficult things. one of the things i try to highlight in the book it's like taking a difficult literature class while trying to achieve a personal best in some athletic event. the selection course is specifically designed to be ambiguous. a lot of people quit because they don't know what's going to happen next. that's what happens when you're on these types of missions. you don't know what's going to happen next. >>steve: you were training for ...