The last line of the memo read, “We thought the warning was about protecting them. It was about protecting our assumptions. They did not need protection. Our assumptions
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“The Apex Predator of the Desert” — How the SAS Proved the US Military Is Just a ‘Paper Tiger’
Marcus Brennan watched the thermal feed from the Predator drone circling at 4,000 m above Sangin Valley. The screen showed four heat signatures lying motionless in a depression 800 m from a compound that had resisted coalition penetration for 11…
“Pray For A US Bombing, Because The British SAS Are Coming” — The Terror of Iraqi Officers in 1991
Major Marcus Thornton did not believe in ghosts. He believed in satellite imaging, in thermal optics worth $47,000 per unit, in precisiong guided munitions with circular error probable measured in singledigit meters in the doctrine of overwhelming technological superiority that…
Send In The British Psychos” — The Suicide Mission The US Military Was Too Scared To Take
Marcus Henderson did not believe in ghosts. He believed in satellite imagery, in real time thermal tracking from predator drones circling at 20,000 ft, in air to ground coordination protocols refined over decades of American military doctrine. He believed in…
“Is This A Circus?” — The US General Who Mocked The British SAS Before They Saved His Entire Base – Part 2
In early March, Thornton participated in a planning session examining lessons learned from Desert Storm. One proposal was to adapt SAS methods for American special operations. longer duration patrols, smaller team sizes, reduced equipment loads. The proposal died within 40…
“Is This A Circus?” — The US General Who Mocked The British SAS Before They Saved His Entire Base
Picture this. An American general looks at a group of unshaven Brits in torn jackets and jeans who just rolled up to his base in pink jeeps with no roof. And he turns to his staff and says, “Is this…
“They Look Like Star Wars, We Look Like Rats” — Why The SAS Outlasted SEAL Team 6 In The Cold
They called them tramps, beggars, homeless refugees who had no business being on a military base. American generals took one look at the British SAS in Afghanistan and demanded they be thrown out. These men looked like they’d crawled out…
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