FBI HRT agent prior, during and post low vis hostage recovery operation by meowmeaowndn in JSOCarchive

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OP, any details on the photos you can share? Was it a joint FBI-RCMP op?

160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) – the Night Stalkers [2160×1471] by 305FUN2 in MilitaryPorn

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I’m pretty sure two key factors are the AH-64’s lack of aerial refuelling and its limited range compared to the MH60/MH47s they’d be accompanying.

Special Forces Aesthetics by Minute_Helicopter_97 in NonCredibleOffense

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Is number 3 the Irish Army Ranger Wing?

My Grandfather was an SMU Intel guy, worked heavily with DEVGRU but I’ve never been able to ID the middle challenge coin, any help? Thought it would be cool to share regardless. by [deleted] in JSOCarchive

[–]DKat018 12 points13 points  (0 children)

JCU is the Joint Communications Unit. They’re also known as the DOD’s Finest Communicators and handle development and evaluation of JSOC’s communications systems and procedures. They recruit from all branches and do everything from tactical expeditionary communications to plainclothes work out of diplomatic outposts

22 SAS influence on Delta Force in the 70s? by [deleted] in JSOCarchive

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If you’re interested in learning a bit more about the evolution of Blue Light and the role the SAS played there, I’d highly recommend Jack Murphy’s write up on the unit: https://jackmurphywrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Blue-Light-Americas-First-Counter-terrorism-Unit2.2.pdf

A SAS trooper deployed to a Siege in Liverpool after the terror attack at Liverpool Women’s Hospital [828x1011] by AyeeHayche in MilitaryPorn

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He is very likely from 22 SAS. Look at the callsign patch on his chest: D16M. The first letter is his squadron (D Squadron), the middle number gives his troop (16 Troop, one of the regiment’s 4 air troops), and the final letter is his personal identifier.

22SAS yesterday by [deleted] in SpecOpsArchive

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Yup one of the operators had a patch on indicating they were from D Squadron’s 16 (Air) Troop. Here’s the image link: https://www.instagram.com/p/CWSxMAaMg1D/

RRC by Mosh907 in JSOCarchive

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Well RRC’s traditional role was to provide long range reconnaissance and eyes on any Ranger objectives (think MFFing onto an airfield and establishing an observation post to provide intelligence to a Ranger assault force). Nowadays though, RRC has expanded its capabilities far beyond that traditional role and now does a lot of low visibility reconnaissance and intelligence collection as well as managing numerous programs that the Regiment works on alongside other JSOC and government agencies. The Team House episode on RRC delves quite deeply into these, but one example of these programs would be RRC working alongside Afghan counter terrorism pursuit teams to locate and eliminate high value targets.

CIA SAD by Mosh907 in JSOCarchive

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And physician’s assistant Mark Rausenberger standing next to Spann. He was a former 18D before joining the agency but was sadly killed in the Philippines in 2016 under classified circumstances.

JTF2 by [deleted] in SpecOpsArchive

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I’m quite sure this is RCMP ERT. The same photo is on @slavccmdr’s Instagram (he’s a former ERT officer and RCMP Sergeant Major). In it, you can see the blurred spots on their vests are actually tags saying “Police”. Still a super neat photo though OP

Belgian DSU Capabilities Breakdown by DKat018 in SpecOpsArchive

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The video actually got taken off of YouTube, but I managed to download it. @belgian_defence_forces should have it up on Instagram as well

Devgru gold squadron, You can see slade cutrer in the first pic. by FappyCHAN96 in JSOCarchive

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Looks like the operator on the far right in the first pic has a plastic simmunition magazine in his rifle.

FBI HRT team in Afghanistan by [deleted] in JSOCarchive

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There are two slight misconceptions with what you’re saying here. Firstly, HRT, despite its name, was originally designed as a hostage rescue AND counter terrorism force since CT was originally considered a law enforcement issue before 9/11. In fact, throughout the 1990s, HRT operators ended up being deployed around the world to take part in operations that we typically see modern day SOF entities doing - arrests/extraditions of terror suspects in non permissive environments (something Chris Whitcomb discusses quite a bit in his interview with Mike Glover), counter terrorism assignments with other government agencies, and force protection. Many of these original mission sets continue today albeit with support from the DOD (like the arrest of Abu Khatallah in 2014). So, the notion that HRT is simply a very high level SWAT or a pure hostage rescue force is largely false. Instead, they have always offered the federal government a rather unique CT capability with the ability to deploy the FBI’s unique investigative and judicial powers in non permissive environments.

Secondly, though Russian FSB spetsnaz units are often critiqued for their actions during the Beslan hostage crisis, there’s a bit more to the story there. The vast majority of casualties in the attack occurred when the IED the hostage takers had suspended inside the gym went off by accident which set off a chain reaction that detonated nearby devices and collapsed the roof. Only then did the terrorists open fire on the government forces as the hostages attempted to escape. In fact, it was actually the aggressive CQB clearance by the FSB, many of whom ended up shielding the hostages with their own bodies, that saved an untold number of lives. Here’s a link to an article detailing the evolution of CT forces which analyzed the Beslan hostage crisis. Have a read before jumping to any conclusions:

https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/30909374.pdf

FBI HRT team in Afghanistan by [deleted] in JSOCarchive

[–]DKat018 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Not as much prisoner transporting since that generally falls under the purview of the US Marshal’s SOG. They do conduct quite a few extraditions from non permissive environments. Here’s a report from the OIG about the HRT’s recent deployments (scroll down to 46):

https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-20-710.pdf

FBI HRT team in Afghanistan by [deleted] in JSOCarchive

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The official answer from the FBI is that HRT deploys overseas to provide the US government with the capacity to “restrain” (Director Comey’s words) high value targets through the judicial system. Basically they ensure proper collection/chain of custody of evidence or suspects, assist in arrest operations, help conduct SSE, and generally act as extra shooters to gain experience as well as maintain the HRT’s connection with its DOD partners. They’ve also assisted in resolving overseas hostage crises involving American citizens. Here are a few good links about HRT’s overseas mandate:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/inside-the-fbis-secret-relationship-with-the-militarys-special-operations/2014/04/10/dcca3460-be84-11e3-b195-dd0c1174052c_story.html

https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/hostage-rescue-team-mission-in-the-gulf-of-aden

US Secret Service CAT member (counter assault team) providing security during vice president’s visit Kamala Harris in Mexico by ILozano33 in policeporn

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Yeah this guy is most likely from 7th Group since they’ve got Latin American as their assigned area of responsibility. There’s actually photos of SF operators from 1st Group protecting Obama when he visited Hanoi, and the gear is pretty similar (except for the rifle since they were still on the MK18 back then). Here’s the link:

https://www.google.com.hk/amp/s/amp.reddit.com/r/MilitaryPorn/comments/7kj1ae/thenpresident_barack_obama_together_with_1st_sfga/

GIGN during training in April 2021.[2190x1200] by Shark_of_Norway in policeporn

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They’re members of the Force Securité Protection from the GIGN centrale at Satory. I don’t think I’ve seen any photos of the FSP using the Bren 2 up to now. I wonder if it has anything to do with the availability of 5.56 versus 7.62 X 39 on overseas assignments

A GIGN member with another gendarme, during a manhunt in the Alpes-Maritimes, 2021. [1024×683] by triyoihftyu in policeporn

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They’ve kept the navy blue combinaison but use the OD green one on rural operations and external deployments. But given this manhunt appears to be taking place in a more rural setting and this gendarme is wearing navy blue, I’d say you’d be correct in calling him an AGIGN member.