What was their mission?
Key point: The Special Forces mission would have been to lead a guerrilla resistance against Soviet forces deep inside enemy territory. It was a mission that may have caused Moscow some pain, but also was certainly doomed to fail.
Had the Cold War turned hot, there would have been no escape for the U.S. garrison in West Berlin. Marooned in a city more than 100 miles inside Communist East Germany, the U.S. Berlin Brigade and the British and French garrisons as well would certainly have been overwhelmed by Soviet and East German troops. Their presence helped keep half of Berlin free from Communist rule. But it was no secret that theirs was a suicide mission.
By RACHAEL RILEY | The Fayetteville Observer | Published: December 11, 2020 FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (Tribune News Service) Gunshots rang out across Fort Bragg gun ranges Wednesday, but it wasn t just soldiers pulling the trigger. The soldiers were joined by Olympic medalist Shawn Johnson and her NFL husband Andrew East, country music singers Chuck Wicks and Lee Brice, Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight champion Randy Couture, Mixed Martial Arts fighter Dan Henderson and former Bachelorette finalist and trainer Shawn Booth. Each celebrity teamed up with two Green Berets from groups across the U.S. Army Special Forces Command for the inaugural Special Forces Charitable Trust Tactical Challenge that will be held Thursday.
Gunshots rang out across Fort Bragg gun ranges Wednesday, but it wasn’t just soldiers pulling the trigger.
The soldiers were joined by Olympic medalist Shawn Johnson and her NFL husband Andrew East, country music singers Chuck Wicks and Lee Brice, Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight champion Randy Couture, Mixed Martial Arts fighter Dan Henderson and former “Bachelorette” finalist and trainer Shawn Booth.
Each celebrity teamed up with two Green Berets from groups across the U.S. Army Special Forces Command for the inaugural Special Forces Charitable Trust Tactical Challenge that will be held Thursday.
The Special Forces Charitable Trust is a nonprofit that raises money for the Green Berets and their families with events like this week’s challenge, said Jodi Burns, director of the organization.
carley: can you always invite me over to your christmas i will be in the kitchen. start things off in a if he has been way celebrating christmas around the world. pope francis delivering his annual christmas day speech. this is a live look from saint peters square in vatican city. overnight thousands of christians celebrated christmas eve in bethlehem. the city putting up a giant christmas tree in manger square. near the spot believed to be where jesus was born. take a look at that. today the remains of u.s. army special forces sergeant michael gobel will return to american soil. american beret killed in afghanistan four weeks before his final tour of duty was over. emotional tributes pouring in from home state of jersey. he was somebody who was a true patriot. a true horks loves everything about america. loves everything about the area he grew up in. carley: state officials
u.s. has proof iran was behind the tanker attacks. iran is still insisting world powers honor the obama a era nuclear deal. how does all this end. security studies president jim hanson, who led counter terrorism operations in the u.s. army special forces joins us now to discuss a little bit more. thank you for joining us this morning. what should our response be? i think at this point when you ve got representative adam schiff admitting it was iran, we re past the point of assigning blame and we re onto what to do next. and one of the things people have said is it s not the u.s. responsibility to defend japanese tankers. well, travel through the gulf is a u.s. strategic interest. but more importantly, secretary pompeo said we will defend against iranian attacks against the u.s. and by them and their proxies a and in yemen the huthis shot down a u.s. reefer