On the 40th anniversary of the storming of the Iranian Embassy, Forces Network takes a look at the event that made the SAS a household name… Read the story here. […]
Category: Special Forces
Operation Eagle Claw 40th Anniversary
Today marks the 4oth Anniversary of the disastrous attempt to rescue the American hostages who had been held captive in Iran ever since the storming and occupation of the US Embassy in Tehran several months earlier. Those of us that are old enough to remember that day 40 years ago will never forget the […]
Throwback Thursday: Johnson Light Machine Gun
Today is the 33rd anniversary of the creation of the US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). The Army Special Operations Forces (ARSOF) component of SOCOM traces its lineage back much further however – all the way back to the early years of WWII in fact. And today’s Throwback Thursday takes a look at a special weapon […]