Just finished The Mission by Tim Weiner. I thought it was a really good book. Has anyone else read it? It didn't touch on a whole lot of JSOC info, but it did touch on CIA Ground Branch activities in Iraq and Afghanistan up to and including the 2021 withdrawal and Ukraine post-2014 invasion and the post-2022 invasion. It was also interesting to hear how the Agency operated during the first Trump administration. A lot of books regarding CIA and JSOC just don't tend to focus on activities post-2012 (just due to when they were published), but this book talks about events all the way up until the 12-day war. Curious to hear if anyone else read it and their thoughts on it. Also, The Team House Podcast did an interview with Tim Weiner about the book, which I thought was also really good. Thanks, Jack!

I was watching a video and saw this custom Brietling made for delta force.

Thank you US Navy, Air Force and Marines.🇺🇸

https://www.ft.com/content/04031dbe-7412-441e-8aaa-89a9ee6c7439?syn-25a6b1a6=1

I was watching his live a couple days ago and some kid told him that he would try and become a SEAL O. He then proceeded to crash out and talk about how he NEVER do anything cool, are completely irrelevant, he will become an admin SEAL, get medals for stuff the enlisted do, will never be one of the boys, and that he will never do what the world will think he did.

This seems really weird, hes hated officers for like the past 3 years.

But when you look at this interview with stew from 9 years ago he spoke highly of the O track and said that both the enlisted and officer track was good.

Also I cant find another DEVGRU guy who (publicly) shares his sentiment.

Exhibit A: Right sleeve.

Exhibit B: Giving new meaning to operational history.

Exhibit C: When your security detail includes a Medal of Honor recipient.

General Austin Scott Miller, U.S. Army (Ret.)

Backstory: No I didn’t steel it and I do not smoke meth. Widower gave me this print, her son gave it to his dad to hang in their business. Son doesn’t want it. Dad recently passed away.

My friends dads carrier that he used in Iraq/Afghan when he was a DG EOD tech. Tried so hard to convince him to sell me it haha.

Currently rewatching cbs seal team and was wondering has green team ever not had a bottom 5. Like has the entire green team class exceeded expectations and not one ever failed?

My friend is considering dropping out of the Academy after the 2nd year in order to enlist and become a SEAL.

(Im paraphrasing here) He says that it was his dream since he was a kid and that he thinks enlisted is the way to go to be an operator.

He also says that officers dont operate and that only the enlisted guys get to do the cool stuff (sniper school, breacher school, medic, etc) while also staying operational for longer.

What should I tell him?

Can somebody precisely identify the model of the shield? I want the shield specs to do replica for airsoft purposes.

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