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Thomas Adams’s US Special Operations Forces in Action examined SOF roles and missions (Adams 1998),
David Tucker • United States Special Operations Forces
If Linois could not use his lower tier, his heaviest guns, the match would be more nearly even: was that the reason why he was lying there backing and filling, when he was master of the situation, with a convoy worth six millions under his lee? What was in his mind? Plain hesitation? Had he been painfully impressed by the sight of the British line
... See morePatrick O'Brian • HMS Surprise
Special Air Service (SAS),
Max Boot • Invisible Armies
A BRIEF HISTORY OF MARINE SPECIAL OPERATIONS THE RAIDERS There are a great many Marines, active and retired—in and out of uniform—who feel that “Marine” and “special” are synonymous. Candidly, a great many of us who served, but not in the Marine Corps, feel the same way. With this in mind, the Corps can trace their special-operations history back t
... See moreDick Couch • Always Faithful, Always Forward
shoulder. So, upon receipt of Joy’s directive, Doyle immediately summoned the Navy complement to his Mobile Training Team of Marines, a ten-man squad of UDT 3 swimmers. It’s worth noting that Doyle did not ask if such a mission was within their purview.
Benjamin H. Milligan • By Water Beneath the Walls
