Military veterans and their supporters walked the “Mogadishu Mile” on the 31st Anniversary of the U.S. battle in Somalia. In ...

The 2001 film, "Black Hawk Down," famously depicts Gordon and Shughart's last stand at the crash site. However, the movie ...

United States Army Special Operations Command with Task Force Ranger in Mogadishu, Somalia. Master Sergeant Gordon's sniper team provided precision fires from the lead helicopter during an assault ...

"Of course there are many places where the government has opposition," the commander of Somalia's national army, Yusuf Dhumal, puts it tactfully. He then adds, "But in many parts of the country ...

a former U.S. Army Ranger. “This event every year reminds me of what it costs us to live the life we have in America.” In 1993, Burns was in Somalia serving as weapons squad leader of the ...

The Somali National Army (SNA), supported by international partners, has successfully eliminated more than 50 Al-Shabaab militants in central Somalia, according to a statement by the Somali ...

The returned Somali fighters established a Salafi militant organization al-Ittihad al-Islami (AIAI) during this time. Shortly after, Somalia descended into civil war, culminating in the collapse ...

The Sapper Tab is the combat engineer equivalent of the Ranger Tab sought ... side,” she said. In Somalia she managed Air Force civil engineers and Army engineers and even got a chance for ...

Imagine going through a difficult U.S. military special operations training school, such as the Army Ranger Assessment and Selection Program, for months on end. You endure sweat, fatigue and ...