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Mosul

No better team mate, James Hupp

July 31, 2017 by Jack Murphy

Through the green tint of my night vision goggles, I watched the urban sprawl of Mosul speed beneath my feet, my legs dangling outside the door of a MH-60 Blackhawk helicopter.  To my left sat fellow Green Beret James Hupp, both of us anticipating our arrival at the landing zone.  Behind us, the helicopter was […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: 5th Legion, 5th SFG, 5th Special Forces Group, 82nd Airborne, Green Beret, GWOT, Iraq, James Hupp, Mosul, ODA 5414, Ohio, Special Forces, The Legion, War on Terror, Wedding Crashers

Canadian JTF2 sniper smashes world record for longest sniper kill in Mosul

June 22, 2017 by Jack Murphy

The Canadian snipers had carefully chosen their hide site.  From an elevated position, the Special Operations sniper looked through his scope at a stationary human target leaning against a cement wall over two miles away.  The four-man sniper team had been pushing their shots out further and further into Mosul over the course of several […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Canadian Special Operations Regiment, CANSOFCOM, CSOR, Iraq, ISIS, Joint Task Force 2, JTF2, longest shot, Mosul, record breaking, sniper

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