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In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo rioters try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Capitol conspiracy: Feds take aim at Oath Keepers in Jan. 6 riot

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division John Demers, center, accompanied by FBI Deputy Director David Bowdich, left, and FBI Special Agent in Charge of the Pittsburgh field office Michael Christman, right, speaks at a news conference at the Department of Justice, Monday, Oct. 19, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, pool)

Peter Debbins, former Green Beret, pleads guilty to giving U.S. military secrets to Russia

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

This Jan. 4, 2020, photo shows a sign for at Fort Bragg, N.C. The fight over removing the names of Confederate generals from U.S. Army bases, like Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, has become a national debate. (AP Photo/Chris Seward) **FILE**

Army supply officer will spend two years in jail for stealing from Green Beret unit

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A soldier from the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School checks a compass while completing a land navigation course during Special Forces Assessment and Selection near Hoffman, N.C., May 7, 2019. Commanders are making big changes to the grueling course that soldiers must pass to join the elite Special Forces. The goal is to meet evolving national security threats and to shift from a culture that weeds out struggling soldiers to one that trains them to do better. (Ken Kassens/U.S. Army via AP)

Big changes to grueling Special Forces course draw scrutiny

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

The page for a popular military news website, NEWSREP, was abruptly blocked on Instragram on the evening of May 7, 2019. (Image: Facebook, NEWSREP screenshot)

Instagram deletes NEWSREP page; popular military website headed by Special Forces veteran

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Correction: Trump-Joint Chiefs story

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Army Special Forces candidates carry a log during a recent Special Forces Assessment and Selection class at Camp Mackall at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (Photo courtesy of the Department of the Army) ** FILE **

First female soldier passes initial Army Special Forces tests

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, May 24, 2018 photo, soldiers salute as taps play at the U.S. Army Special Operations Command Fallen Special Operations Soldier Memorial ceremony on Fort Bragg, N.C. The names of four Special Forces soldiers killed last year in an ambush in Niger are among those that have been added to the memorial wall at Fort Bragg. (Andrew Craft /The Fayetteville Observer via AP)

Names of 4 soldiers killed in Niger added to memorial wall

Associated Press

These images provided by the U.S. Army show, from left, Staff Sgt. Bryan C. Black (not shown), 35, of Puyallup, Wash.; Staff Sgt. Jeremiah W. Johnson, 39, of Springboro, Ohio; Sgt. La David Johnson of Miami Gardens, Fla.; and Staff Sgt. Dustin M. Wright(not shown), 29, of Lyons, Ga. All four were killed in Niger, when a joint patrol of American and Niger forces was ambushed by militants believed linked to the Islamic State group. A military investigation into the Niger attack that killed four American service members concludes the team didn’t get required senior command approval for their risky mission to capture a high-level Islamic State militant, several U.S. officials familiar with the report said. It doesn’t point to that failure as a cause of the deadly ambush. (U.S. Army via AP)

Probe finds deadly Niger mission lacked proper approval

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Soldiers recount true story behind ‘12 Strong’

By DREW BROOKS - Associated Press

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis answers a question about the ambush of U.S. troops in Niger before a meeting with Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman at the Pentagon, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Pentagon investigating deaths of Special Forces troops in Niger

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

The Latest: Civilian among injured in Fort Bragg incident

Associated Press

Army Special Forces candidates carry a log during a recent Special Forces Assessment and Selection class at Camp Mackall at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (Photo courtesy of the Department of the Army) ** FILE **

Army accepts first two female officers to attend school to become Green Berets

By Alex Quade - Special to The Washington Times

The Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kundiz, Afghanistan, was charred by a U.S. airstrike intended for a Taliban-infested building 480 yards away. A review of U.S. Central Command's hundreds of pages of investigative files shows a series of botched decisions resulted in the deaths of 42 patients and staff. (Associated Press)

U.S. airstrike on Afghan hospital the culmination of a tragedy of errors

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Army Special Forces operating in Afghanistan have been disciplined, admonished and even fired for actions that the U.S. soldiers firmly believe are part of their duty to "free the oppressed," as the Green Beret motto says. (Associated Press)

Green Berets have growing doubts of duties with skittish political leadership

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 4, 2011, file photo, U.S Army Capt. Mathew Golsteyn, right, is congratulated by fellow soldiers following the Valor Awards ceremony for 3rd Special Forces Group at Fort Bragg, N.C. (James Robinson/The Fayetteville Observer via AP) ** FILE **

Panel urges ex-Green Beret hero out of Army with VA benefits

By EMERY P. DALESIO - Associated Press

In this photo taken Jan. 4, 2011, U.S Army Capt. Mathew Golsteyn is congratulated by fellow soldiers following the Valor Awards ceremony for 3rd Special Forces Group at Fort Bragg, N.C. Golsteyn, stripped of a medal for heroism under fire and his right to call himself a Green Beret is fighting for his military career after accusations he tracked down and killed a suspected bomb-maker in Afghanistan. Though a criminal investigation failed to find remains of his alleged victim and didn’t result in charges against Golsteyn, he’s been targeted for possible dismissal from the Army and the consequent loss of veteran’s benefits with a less-than-honorable discharge. (James Robinson/The Fayetteville Observer via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT, MAGS OUT. NO SALES.

Army board clears Green Beret war hero of murder but gives him general discharge

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

U.S. Special Forces (USSF) soldiers scan the ground below for threats while flying on a MH-60 Black Hawk during a Fast Rope Insertion Extraction System training exercise. USSF fast roped onto a specific target during the Special Forces Advanced Reconnaissance, Target Analysis, and Exploitation Techniques Course, John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School on Fort Bragg, N.C., Aug. 28, 2012. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Justin P. Morelli)

Green Berets held back in Islamic State fight by flawed intelligence system

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

FILE PHOTO - Soldiers from Company H (Hawk Co.), 3rd Squadron, 2nd Striker Cavalry Regiment, dismount from a their vehicle and prepare to raid a series of compounds Nov. 22, in the Maywand District, Afghanistan

Green Berets cleared in Afghanistan friendly fire deaths

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times