With the White House sending Special Operations Forces to Syria to “train, advise and assist” Syrian rebels against ISIS, I received an exclusive behind-the-scenes look a while back at how Green Beret students train for just such a situation. [Read more…]
The Special Forces Who Avenged 9/11 (Alex Quade’s “Horse Soldiers” SHORT)
December 4, 2016 by
These are the Green Berets who avenged the 9/11 attacks. War Reporter Alex Quade spent 5 years tracking the Operators down and persuading them to go on camera and share their photos and stories. Three ODAs (“A-Teams’) of 34 men on horseback — including Special Forces, Combat Controllers and CIA Operatives — worked with the Northern Alliance after 9/11 to overthrow the Taliban and Al Qaeda, before America even knew that we were at war in Afghanistan. Alex Quade did stories for CNN, the Washington Times and a full film narrated by Actor Gary Sinise. Quade is releasing this SHORT version from her Edward R.Murrow Award-winning documentary, for the 15th anniversary of 9/11, and the rededication of the statue at Ground Zero. [Read more…]
Alex Quade’s Interview w/Medal of Honor Col. Roger Donlon
December 4, 2016 by
War Reporter Alex Quade’s special interview with legendary Green Beret and Medal of Honor recipient Col.Roger Donlon. For more info: www.alexquade.com. [Read more…]
‘Chinook Down’ the trailer
December 4, 2016 by
The winner of a Society of Professional Journalists award, and the American Legion Award Fourth Estate Award, watch the trailer for “Chinook Down” [Read more…]
Alex Quade Covers B1-Bs & Apaches/Task Force Fury
December 4, 2016 by
War Reporter, Alex Quade, embedded with Task Force Fury in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, as they called in airstrikes with B1-Bs and close combat attack with Apache helicopters in 2007. [Read more…]
Alex Quade: Behind The Stories Of Spec Ops
December 3, 2016 by
War reporter Alex Quade takes you behind the stories of Special Operations. She shares more personal stories and challenges behind her Edward R. Murrow Award-winning work covering Special Operations Forces in combat. Extreme storytelling and silent risk-taking are at the heart of what Alex does. [Read more…]
Alex’s Exclusive: First female soldier in Green Beret training fails to complete course
September 15, 2016 by
Army Special Forces candidates carry a log during a recent Special Forces Assessment and Selection class at Camp Mackall at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Two female officers have qualified to undergo training to become Green Berets. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army
The first female soldier to participate in the Army’s initial training program for the Green Berets — side-by-side with men — has failed to complete the course this week, The Washington Times has learned.
The enlisted soldier is the first woman to attend the U.S. Army Special Forces Selection and Assessment, the first step toward earning the Special Forces tab and the coveted Green Beret. The Times reported in July that two female officer candidates have been accepted to attend an SFAS class that begins in the spring.
The female soldier, whom Army officials did not identify by name, had reported to the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on Sept. 2. She passed the physical fitness test and the first half of the grueling, 21-day weeding-out process, during which 10 percent to 15 percent of her classmates dropped out. [Read more…]
Special Forces Memorial: If We Build It, They Will Come
August 25, 2016 by
By Alex Quade
CROWHEART, WY — Bikers in leathers, World War II veterans in wheelchairs, farmers with their children and dogs, joined battle-hardened Green Berets – who’d fought in El Salvador, Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, Colombia, Panama, Philippines, Cambodia, the Balkans and “a lot of little places that don’t make the news” — in a field near the Wind River, surrounded by sage, Indian paintbrush, cottonwood trees, choke cherry bushes and brown and red hills. They were there to dedicate the first memorial to U.S. Army Special Forces in Wyoming and Rocky Mountain region. [Read more…]
Integrating Women into U.S. Army Special Forces: Every Day is a ‘Selection Event’
July 27, 2016 by
Then-Army 1st Lt. Kirsten Griest (C) and fellow soldiers participate in combatives training during the Ranger Course on Fort Benning, Ga., in April 2016.
“I’ve worked with lots of great women at the CIA. They bring super value to the table. It’s going to happen in SF (Special Forces). Get used to it,” retired Special Forces Sergeant Major Billy Waugh, a former CIA Paramilitary Officer, stated.
Waugh, the author of “Hunting The Jackal,” spoke to a room full of skeptical Special Forces brothers at the recent Special Forces Association conference in Jacksonville. [Read more…]
