Night fell over the desert. U.S. Air Force aircraft soared overhead, lowering their ramps and emptying their cargo into the night sky. Vehicles were heavy dropped on pallets while operators assigned to 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta parachuted out into the darkness, conducting a military free-fall jump. Hitting their assembly area below, the operators quickly got […]
Jack Murphy
Murphy’s Law: My Life in Special Operations and Investigative Journalism
People have been asking me for years to write a book about myself, something I resisted doing for a long time. I always figured I was a little to young for that (now at the ripe old age of 34) and also thought that I wouldn’t have much to say. After meeting with a publisher […]
TigerSwan: Private security contractors as agents provocateur at Standing Rock
It was early afternoon on October 11th, 2016 when TigerSwan’s program manager, retired Delta Force Sergeant Major John Porter, met with Silverton’s owner, Carl Clifton, inside a hangar at the Mandan Municipal Airport. The hangar was initially used by Silverton security as a clandestine office for their intelligence cell that collected information on the protesters, […]
Dick Pic Six: the sex and blackmail network in US Special Forces
In recent months, the behavior of Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein and the allegations made against him by dozens of women has taken America by storm and set off a chain reaction of women coming forward to speak about workplace sexual assault, sexual harassment, and the boys club that perpetuates this type of bad behavior. While […]
What really happened to ODA 3212 in Niger?
When many Americans woke up one morning in October to discover that two US Special Forces soldiers and one support soldier were killed in an ambush in Niger, they were incredulous. Why are American troops in Niger? How is Niger important to the United States strategically? How could our highly trained Special Forces soldiers be killed […]
Appearance on the Resilient Performance Podcast
I was recently flattered when former Air Force Para-Rescuemen and my old Columbia classmate Doug Kechijian asked me to come on his podcast to speak about Syria, military journalism, and a myriad of other foreign policy topics. Give the podcast a listen on the Resilient Performance website. Here are some of the topics we covered: […]