Billionaires Are Hiring Former Navy SEALs As Expensive Bodyguards
The unofficial motto of the United States Navy is non sibi sed patriae, which means, “Not for self, but for country.” For a slew of former Navy SEALs, the motivating factor of country has been replaced...
View ArticleHere’s What Moviegoers In Baghdad Think Of ‘American Sniper’
When Gaith Mohammed, a young man in his twenties with a degree in accounting, went to see "American Sniper" during its opening week at Baghdad’s Mansour Mall, he says the theater was full and rowdy....
View ArticleHedge fund and finance gods are spending their weekends doing an intense Navy...
It's not enough making billions of dollars and being masters of the universe.Today's business leaders and hedge fund gods want to get even better, so many of them are now spending their weekends at a...
View ArticleThe governor of Texas will declare 'Chris Kyle Day' in honor of the 'American...
(Reuters) - Texas Governor Greg Abbott said on Friday he would officially declare Feb. 2 "Chris Kyle Day" in the state, in honor of the late Navy Seal sharpshooter portrayed in the film "American...
View ArticleTwo intense Chris Kyle stories you won't see in 'American Sniper'
The movie "American Sniper," based on former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle's book of the same name, omits two incredible episodes from Chris's life. I'd like to share these stories with with you now in order to...
View ArticleA Navy SEAL shares 8 secrets to grit and resilience
Sometimes you just want to quit. You know you shouldn't but nothing seems better than crawling back into bed and hiding under the covers. (I am there right now, actually, with my laptop.)The emerging...
View ArticleThis Marine is on trial for allegedly killing real-life 'American Sniper'...
Navy SEAL Chris Kyle is considered the deadliest sniper in US military history. Kyle had 160 confirmed kills, and his autobiography, "American Sniper," led to a hit movie of the same title.The...
View ArticleWidow of slain 'American Sniper' gives emotional testimony
The widow of the Navy SEAL depicted in the Oscar-nominated film "American Sniper" clutched military dog tags as she told jurors about her final moments with her husband, just hours before he and a...
View ArticleHere are the Navy records of 'American Sniper' Chris Kyle
Oscar best picture nominee "American Sniper," starring Bradley Cooper, brought renewed attention to Chris Kyle's record as the deadliest sniper in US military history.Kyle served four combat tours in...
View ArticleHow carrying a 150-pound log taught a Navy SEAL the meaning of teamwork
Eric Greitens has been a Navy SEAL, a Rhodes Scholar, and an Oxford PhD. Today, he's founder and director of The Mission Continues, an organization that helps veterans from the US's post-9/11 wars...
View ArticleThis Navy SEAL kept fighting after getting shot 27 times
When Chief Petty Officer Douglas "Mike" Day first entered a tiny room in a raid on high-level Al Qaeda militants in Iraq's Anbar province on April 6, 2007, a bullet slammed into his body armor from...
View ArticleA former Navy SEAL shares 11 rules for achieving success
After leaving the Navy SEAL Teams, I went to grad school, met my business partner, and we started our first company. The housing market was booming, so we created a vertical search engine for finding...
View ArticleHere's what 'The Navy SEAL Art of War' says about finding success in any...
To succeed as a SEAL — to succeed as a leader in any organization — it is imperative that you know who you are.Consider the prophetic words of Sun Tzu: "If you know the enemy and know yourself, you...
View ArticleJournalist not backing down from claims that White House is lying about the...
Veteran investigative journalist Seymour Hersh is vigorously defending a controversial new story that claims the White House lied about crucial details of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.Hersh's...
View ArticleWhite House slams journalist's report on bin Laden raid as full of 'baseless...
The White House is denouncing a controversial story by veteran investigative journalist Seymour Hersh that claims the Obama administration lied about crucial details of the raid that killed Osama bin...
View ArticleHere are the differences between all the US military's elite special-ops units
You’ve heard about the men who come in the night, the badasses, the snake eaters. These are the rough-and-tumble soldiers who spill out of helicopters and kick in doors, neutralizing a high-value...
View ArticleAmerica's secret elite warriors explained in one infographic
The US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) oversees roughly 70,000 operators, support units, and civilians from each of the military's sister service branches.America's elite soldiers, work under a...
View ArticleThese are the incredible four-tube night-vision goggles SEAL Team Six wore...
The 2011 assault on Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan exposed two of the US military's top-secret weapons programs, the MH-X Silent Hawk helicopter and highly modified night-vision...
View ArticleFormer US Navy SEALs explain how the US war machine wore them out
Since the September 11 terrorist attacks and the start of the War on Terror, the US has dramatically expanded the role of special operators within the military.Among the operators playing an outsize...
View ArticleUS Navy SEALs support man-woman spy combos around the world
As the US military continues to rely more on special operators to carry out missions around the world, SEAL Team 6 has expanded its operational range to include intelligence-gathering missions, The New...
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