The military’s secretive elite forces have a new leader in the Pacific. On Thursday Navy Rear Adm. Jeromy Williams of U.S. Special Operations Command Pacific, also known as SOCPAC, passed the baton to ...

Elite military forces are often romanticized as the epitome of resilience, strength, and determination. But what exactly determines whether a soldier has what it takes to become a member of the U.S.

They train in ice, fight in fire, and operate in total darkness. But how do Russia’s elite special forces really stack up in ...

The Brandenburgers were members of the special forces unit serving Nazi Germany during the Second World War. During the second world war, the Wehrmacht and ss overtook large parts of Europe in record ...

MEXICO CITY — Six years ago Mexico’s president disbanded the country’s Federal Police and handed security responsibilities fully to the military. Now, his successor has quietly begun to build an elite ...

The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces, by Seth Harp, Penguin Random House, 368 pages, $30 The Fort Bragg Cartel, by the longtime Rolling Stone journalist Seth Harp, ...

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — The Army’s 157 newest Special Forces soldiers for the first time donned their iconic Green Berets before a crowd of cheering family and friends packed into the city’s Crown ...

The newest season of “Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test” features a star-studded group of celebrities attempting to survive demanding training exercises led by directing staff agents, an elite ...