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William Harry McRaven (born November 6, 1955) is a retired United States Navy four-star admiral who served as the ninth commander of the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) from August 8, 2011 to August 28, 2014.
Served with the unit as Operations Officer, Troop Commander, Executive Officer and B Squadron Commander from 1992 to 1994 and 1996 to 1999. He was also the commander of Joint Special Operations Command from 2014 to 2016 and United States Special Operations Command from 2016 to 2019. Larry Vickers: Retired Master Sergeant with 20 years of service.
On 4 June 2017, United States Army Special Forces Staff Sergeant Logan Melgar was found dead as a result of asphyxiation in the American embassy in Mali's on-site housing, which he shared with other members of United States special operations forces.
The U.S. Army Special Operations Command added five new names to its memorial wall during a ceremony Thursday, bringing to 1,273 the total number of command soldiers who died in the line of duty.
Robert Lewis Howard (July 11, 1939 – December 23, 2009) was a United States Army Special Forces officer and recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Vietnam War. He was wounded 14 times over 54 months of combat, was awarded the Medal of Honor , eight Purple Hearts , a Distinguished Service Cross , [ a ] a Silver Star , and four ...
The United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM or SOCOM) is the unified combatant command charged with overseeing the various special operations component commands of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force of the United States Armed Forces.
The three killed Friday in the crash in a field in Texas near Rio Grande City were: Chief Warrant Officer 2 Casey Frankoski, 28, and Chief Warrant Officer 2 John Grassia, 30, both with the New ...
Raised in Austin, Texas, [4] Webb is a command pilot with more than 3,700 flying hours (mostly in helicopters), including 117 combat hours in Afghanistan, Iraq and Bosnia.. He commanded the 20th Special Operations Squadron, the 352nd Special Operations Group, the 1st Special Operations Wing and the Twenty-Third Air For