A special forces military unit in Norway is receiving attention for a great reason: Norway's Jegertroppen, or "Hunter Troops," are making history as the first all-female special forces unit in the ...

According to the Norwegian Special Operations Forces Command, only 13 of the unit’s 317 candidates made it through the Jegertroppen course in 2014 — a 96% attrition rate that is similar to the ...

KABUL, Afghanistan – The Afghan army is training female special forces to take part in night raids against insurgents, breaking new ground in an ultraconservative society and filling a vacuum ...

A Kaibil, a member of Guatemala's special forces, participates in an exhibition during a graduation ceremony in Poptum, Peten, 250 miles from Guatemala City.

Second Lt. Johanna Shaffer shares a cookie with an Afghan child during her unit's first mission in Farah Province, February 9, 2009. The all-female team is an asset used by Special Purpose Marine ...

SAS commanders have revealed that they will need to recruit super fit female troops if the black-clad force is to fight in ...

ARLINGTON, Va. (Army National Guard, Jan. 15, 2015) -- At any given moment there are small teams of elite Soldiers deployed around the world who are conducting operations that many may never hear ...

In the spring of 2014, Tora, a 20-year-old living in Norway, received a letter from the armed forces inviting her to try out for Jegertroppen, or the Hunter Troop, a new Special Forces unit and the ...

Among those women, 837 were soldiers, with the following 435 female soldiers being from Fort Liberty where USASOC is headquartered: • 60 from USASOC headquarters • 42 from the 1 st Special ...

The Army opened special operations jobs to women in 2016 but only one has passed the first stage, a 24-day program designed to push soldiers to the brink of mental and physical exhaustion.