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Former French soldiers, including Special Forces, join ISIS

As the fight to ISIS keep going on, many sad and bad news are coming out.

On the attached article you will read about (in this case) “former” French soldiers (also coming from SF Units) joining ISIS Forces.

I personally feel frustrated by such news.  If in one hand I expected such event (Is not only because they where soldiers that shouldn’t join the “dark side”), on the other hand, to think that well prepared Soldiers are joining the bad cause can only raise my concern!

My primary concern stand in the fact that ISIS personnel will surely exploit their knowledge and experience in order to better fight the “Coalition Forces'”;  than, as second step, they will probably create special cells within the Jihadists, which will be able to operate autonomously and perpetrate simple or even complex operations in order to attack any possible target around the world!

My secondary concern stand in the media effect;  having Special forces Joining the ISIS could become that good incentive to let many other (for the moment not yet decided or sure) to join the ISIS cause!

I personally have not a real solution to this situation; have been demonstrated that are not only muslims deciding to join ISIS, but also (and especially) converted to Islam, that normally follow the extremism path. And we all know that a person motivated by “faith” can be way more drastic in his/her decision than a person motivated by any other thing!

Read the article here: Former French soldiers, including Special Forces, join ISIS.

Special Forces | Remote Control Project WHAT, WHY, CONCERNS

I like to show you this short SF FAQS.  Although I would have some minor corrections  , I am sure you will find interesting, at least to gather the real basic info on What are the SF/SOF Why exist and what are the main concerns for the “common people” 🙂

Enjoy.

Special Forces | Remote Control Project.

Mossad said helping Brussels seek terror mastermind | The Times of Israel

The news about “the seeking of terror mastermind” keep flowing on the net.

Of course many agency are now working together in order to capture the responsible for the recent terroristic attack happened in paris.

But Again, I am wondering whether the dislocation of Military forces in our territory is something necessary or in any case Helpful!

Live a comment!

Mossad said helping Brussels seek terror mastermind | The Times of Israel.

Belgium puts military in place amid terror threats in Europe – NY Daily News

Soldier down the streets In EU

And meanwhile In some Eu countries (i.e. Italy, Belgium and France) Soldiers in full war setting are sent down the streets, somewhere else  in the world Terrorist are celebrating their “other” victory! Yes because the needs felt by these nations to raise their security standards and control by the enforce of soldiers in the streets, is a clear sign that fear is now among the european people!!!

In whole Europe we have dozens of police forces and security agencies, all of them designated to control the territory;  but after the recent event, some nations decided to send “also” Military.

To this point my questions are: Is it really necessary?  or maybe, should we only trust our police forces?

I will look forward for your comments!

Belgium puts military in place amid terror threats in Europe – NY Daily News.

Primo a Gibuti un incursore della Marina a una competizione per sniper

Primo a Gibuti un incursore della Marina a una competizione per sniper

15/01/2015 – Un sottufficiale del Gruppo Operativo Incursori (G.O.I.) del Raggruppamento Subacquei ed Incursori della Marina Militare si è classificato al primo posto alla competizione ICASD (International Concentration for Advanced Sniping), tenutasi nello scorso mese di ottobre nella città di Artà (Djibouti).

L’attività, organizzata dal C.O.F.S. (Comando interforze per le Operazioni delle Forze Speciali) di concerto con le forze armate francesi di stanza a Djibouti, nasce come una esercitazione volta a testare le capacità degli sniper delle diverse forze speciali invitate (Commando Hubert, Commando Mont Fort, CPA 10, 1° RPIMA, GIGN, Navy Seals, G.O.I. e 9^ Rgt. Col Moschin), ma, dato il contesto internazionale in cui si sviluppa, si trasforma fin dai primi istanti in una competizione di altissimo livello, con una vera e propria graduatoria finale.

Nello scenario desertico e roccioso della città di Artà, i 26 operatori sniper, suddivisi in 13 coppie, hanno avuto la possibilità di misurarsi per 15 giorni, con ritmi molto serrati (dall’alba fino a notte inoltrata), in molteplici attività: tiri di interdizione, tiri di soppressione su lunghe distanze, tiri da elicottero, percorso di assalto, tiro a distanze sconosciute (unknown distance game), tiro angolato a lunga distanza con tutti i calibri dotazione (5,56 ; 308; 338; 50BMG; 9mm).

Tutto ciò rispecchia esattamente le situazioni operative in cui gli sniper sono chiamati ad intervenire, senza contare le condizioni spartane in cui hanno operato ed il caldo torrido che contribuivano ad elevare il livello di stress.

Al termine della competizione sono state redatte due classifiche, una di squadra (ovvero di coppia) e una individuale. Nella classifica di squadra per gli italiani il miglior risultato è stato ottenuto dal Gruppo Operativo Incursori con il 7° posto, mentre nella classifica individuale il gradino più alto del podio è stato calcato da un sottufficiale del G.O.I. arrivato davanti ai Navy Seals (2° posto) e al GIGN (3° posto).

Tale risultato, frutto dell’altissimo livello addestrativo a cui si sottopongono gli Arditi Incursori di Comsubin, inorgoglisce la Marina Militare e porta l’eccellenza italiana a livello internazionale anche in questo ambito.

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Primo a Gibuti un incursore della Marina a una competizione per sniper

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15 January 2015 – A warrant Officer from the Italian SPECOPs NAVY (GOI) ranked the first place in the competition ICASD (International Concentration for Advanced Sniping) held in the town of Artà (Djibouti).

The event, organised by the COFS (Italian JSOC) in cooperation with the French Forces based in Djibouti, was primary organised in order to test the effectiveness and abilities of all invited Special Forces (Commando Hubert, Commando Mont Fort, CPA 10, 1° RPIMA, GIGN, Navy Seals, G.O.I. e 9^ Rgt. Col Moschin).

Given the international context in which it develops, the event becomes at the very early stage a high level competition, ending with a real final ranking.

The 26 Sniper operator, divided in 13 sniper teams, have been challenged in harsh conditions similar to those that they would face in any real operation, therefore competing in a demanding deserted and rocky environment, and with a very tight schedule (from dawn until late at night).

During the exercise/competition, the sniper teams have been challenged in several activities such us Interdiction fire, long distance suppression fire, Heli-sniping, unknown distance shooting, assault path, and long distance high angle shooting, using all diverse supplied calibers (5,56; 308; 338; 50BMG; 9mm).

The competition ended with two separate ranking:

Team ranking, where the Italian best result was the 7th place ranked by the GOI.

Individual Ranking, where the Italian Navy SPECOP warrant officer ranked 1st (Navy Seal 2nd and CIGN 3rd)

Such result is not only reason for pride for the Italian Navy, but also for all Italian armed forces.

 

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PENTAGON TESTS – TNM20 FREE TACTICAL MAGAZINE

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WASHINGTON — Tests of the first hub in the Pentagon’s network consolidation effort, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, have thus far been successful, Acting DoD Chief Information Officer Terry Halvorsen said. This amounts to a step forward as the Pentagon collapses its sprawling, disparate networks into a more streamlined, standardized, defendable and cost-effective structure. Each network hub, called a joint regional security stack (JRSS), is essentially a collection of servers, switches and software tools to provide better network traffic visibility and analysis. “It has some sensors, which will give us a better tip-off to what’s going on on the network, so we can take more responsive action [against anomalous activity],” Halvorsen said in a call with reporters. Citing security concerns, he declined to discuss the specifics of the test or the protective software — and declined to discuss costs ahead of Congress approving the Defense Department’s budget. The consolidated structure would also be visible to the National Security Agency, for intelligence sharing and collaborating on network defense, officials say.  Starting next year and culminating in 2016 and 2017, the rolling effort will see 11 JRSS nodes in the continental U.S., and 23 locations around the world. The first JRSS is at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland has been set up to handle both Army and Air Force network traffic. “There’s an enormous push behind the thing, this is happening now, it’s not some future pipe dream type stuff,” Hari Bezwada, the chief information officer for the Army’s Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems. An Army battalion, which has been installing bulk buys of networking gear, has completed work at nine bases, Bezwada said. The Army and Air Force are converting to JRSS nodes, ahead of the Navy and Marine Corps. The consolidation is meant to reduce the attack surface for hackers, and DoD’s finite number of defenders, Rezwada said. DoD plans to wrap the whole thing in “best-of-breed” security software.  “You don’t want people to come in through the back door and attack, now we can defend these locations a lot better, with sophisticated, trained people,” Bezwada said. The Army and the NSA’s Information Assurance Directorate are also collaborating on a laboratory that allows experimentation with new cybersecurity technology. Among other cloud-based applications, the consolidated networks will host “big data” analytics apps that would sniff out intrusions in real time, Bezwada said. What’s more, network overseers will be able to “see” 4 million users simultaneously, Rezwada said.  The transition will also enable the Army to seek cloud-based “unified capabilities,” a package of IP-based services including chat, video and voice communications. The Pentagon plans to issue a request for proposals in early 2015.

By JOE GOULD

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Army plans to shift 3,000 troops to Europe | TheHill

Army plans to shift 3,000 troops to Europe | TheHill.