Embedding with U.S. special forces is not like embedding with regular troops. David Axe found that out the moment he stepped into the secret base-within-the-base in eastern Afghanistan.

KABUL, Afghanistan – U.S. Special Operations Forces have had countless close shaves this month – not just with the enemy, but with razors and foamy cream. After almost a decade of growi… ...

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Founded in 1952 as part of the U.S. Army Psychological Warfare Division, the 10th Special Forces Group was the first of its kind, according to Army archives.. It was named the tenth group to make ...

The special operations forces community sees its contribution to the great power competition fight of tomorrow much differently than the past two decades of counterterrorism operations.. But ...

A U.S. Special Operations Forces team leader meets with a local Afghan Local Police checkpoint commander in Arghandab district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, May 23, 2013. The SOF team conducted ...

They also fear bearded Western special operations forces. The wearing of beards by U.S. and allied special operations forces dates back to the invasion in 2001, when small teams of troops worked ...

The bearded operators, they said, were the raucous, ... But when we see the Special Forces assassin travel deep into that jungle, he is clean-shaven. Even on a river boat, ...

FORT BLISS, Texas (July 26, 2011) -- There are 79 Special Forces recruiters in the Army, whose job includes accepting applications, answering questions and briefing Soldiers on the SF career field.

The days of the burly, bearded dude in Oakleys as the face of special operations might be waning. Special operations forces need a different focus, the director of strategy, plans and policy for ...

The Waukesha native and "Bachelor" franchise star was one of only three celebrities to make it all the way through Season 2 of Fox's "Special Forces." The season finale aired Monday.

Although U.S. special operations forces have worn beards while operating in countries such as Afghanistan to abide by cultural norms for men, they were also expected to be shorn of their excess ...