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Ukraine's troops long planned their move on Russian forces. Then came the flood

Soldiers spent months making clandestine trips across Ukraine's Dnipro River to plan the counteroffensive. Instead of facing off against Russian forces, this unit found itself fighting floodwaters.

WEKU

How Indigenous kids survived 40 days in Colombia's jungle after a plane crash

Led by their eldest sibling, who is 13, they managed to find food and shelter. All four, including a year-old baby, stayed safe until Colombian special forces and Indigenous guides rescued them.

WEKU

What is active insulation? Meet Polartec Alpha for sweaty adventures

Designed for US special forces, this active insulation is a game changer when you need both insulation and high breathability for sweaty adventures

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Italian prosecutors say ‘hijackers’ on cargo ship were actually asylum seekers

Group stormed by Italian special forces included a pregnant woman and two minors with hypothermia

The Guardian - UK

Italy special forces board Turkish cargo vessel after crew ‘detected unidentified people on board’

The immigrants were reportedly ‘armed with knives and attempted to hijack the vessel’

The Independent UK

Italian special forces storm Turkish cargo ship after attempted hijack

Stowaways allegedly tried to take sailors hostage after being discovered on Galatea Seaways bound for France

The Guardian - UK

Australia’s military will emerge stronger after ‘confronting’ war crime inquiry, defence chief says

Exclusive: Gen Angus Campbell says Brereton inquiry will have ‘profound, broad-based and ultimately very positive effect’ on ADF

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Australia's most decorated war veteran "responsible for murder", says judge

Australia's most decorated soldier was "complicit in and responsible for the murder" of three Afghan men on deployment, a judge said, elaborating on his finding against the former SAS special forces corporal in a blockbuster defamation trial.

Reuters

Russia: Chechen special forces waging offensive in east Ukraine

Russia's Defence Ministry said on Friday that the "Akhmat" group of Chechen special forces were waging an offensive near the town of Mariinka, in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk.

Reuters

Australia's war memorial mulls changing war hero display after defamation case

Australia's War Memorial said it was considering "additional content and context" for displays about its most decorated soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, after a civil court ruling that found it was true he was involved in the murder of six Afghans.

Reuters

Australia braces for ruling in Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case

Ex-special forces soldier Ben Roberts-Smith says newspaper articles were defamatory because they accused him of murder.

Al Jazeera

Wage psychological warfare behind enemy lines in this XCOM-like World War 2 turn-based strategy game

Classified: France '44 tells the story of Allied special forces working with the French Resistance to fight back against Nazi occupation.

PC Gamer

Australia warned in 2021 war crime report could threaten US military assistance

The US raised concerns with Australia that alleged war crimes by special forces troops in Afghanistan could derail joint military operations.

The New Daily

Allegations of Afghanistan war crimes led to U.S. warning - Australian defence chief

Australia's defence chief said on Wednesday the United States warned him in 2021 that allegations Australian special forces soldiers killed prisoners and civilians in Afghanistan may trigger a law prohibiting assistance from the United States.

Reuters

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The Guardian - AU

US warned it might suspend ties with Australian special forces over war crime allegations

Gen Angus Campbell also tells Senate that army member’s employment arrangements were ‘adjusted’ after US raised issue

Daily Mirror

Special Forces missions to be hampered by lack of boats to drop from planes

UK Special Forces, including the Special Boat Service and SAS, will not be able to parachute from Atlas A400(M) planes and collect boats at sea because the Government is yet to order new inflatables

Reuters

In Australian defamation court, a proxy 'war crimes trial' nears judgement

Australian special forces soldier Ben Roberts-Smith was lauded as a hero and awarded Australia's highest military honour for "conspicuous gallantry" during a 2010 attack on two Taliban machine-gun posts during his fifth tour of Afghanistan.

The Guardian - UK

UK special forces have operated secretly in 19 countries since 2011

Exclusive: Extensive deployments ‘raise serious concerns about transparency’, says research group Action on Armed Violence

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Women's secret war: the inside story of how the US military sent female soldiers on covert combat missions to Afghanistan

A US Army handbook from 2011 opens one of its chapters with a line from Rudyard Kipling’s poem The Young British Soldier. Written in 1890 upon Kipling’s return to England from India, an experienced imperial soldier gives advice to the incoming cohort:

Daily Mirror

Unseen photos showing early years of SAS soldiers during WWII go up for auction

The previously unseen images offer a glimpse of day-to-day life for troops in the secretive special forces unit

Wales Online

Guide dog puppies lead through 'boot camp' - by former special forces officer

The young recruits were lead around a series of cones and through a tunnel - by former “SAS: Who Dares Wins” officer, Ollie Ollerton

Daily Mirror

Former special forces soldier leads boot camp - for six-week-old guide dog puppies

The young recruits were lead around a series of cones and through a tunnel - by former “SAS: Who Dares Wins” officer, Ollie Ollerton

The Guardian - UK

Afghan families in Yorkshire issued with eviction letters from Suella Braverman

Refugees, including a special forces soldier and a political adviser, receive ‘notice to quit’ letters from home secretary

The Independent UK

Concerns UK will be ‘dangerously exposed’ when transport aircraft cut

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace pushed back against the concerns and said the A400M is ‘performing’.

Reuters

Exclusive-Turkish raid prompted ISIS leader to detonate suicide vest

ISIS leader Abu Hussein al-Qurashi's six-month rule ended when he detonated a suicide vest during a Turkish special forces raid in northwest Syria on Saturday after refusing to surrender, a senior Turkish security official said.

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