In the Jungles of Vietnam Special Forces Part 5 - During the Vietnam Era - Nam Dong, Lang Vei, Dak To, A Shau, Plei Mei – these were just some of the places SF troops fought and died during their 15-year stay in South Vietnam. A mission began in June 1957, when the original 16 [...]
Special Forces - The Green Beret Special Forces (SF) was designed in 1953 by Major Herbert Brucker, a veteran of the OSS. First Lieutenant Roger Pezelle adopted it as the unofficial headgear for his A-team, Operational Detachment FA32. They wore it whenever they went to the field for prolonged exercises. Soon it spread throughout [...]
The Do's and Don'ts of Home Appraisal The Do's and Don'ts of Home Appraisal | Scottsdale Real Estate Selling a home was difficult even before the market started to slide. Now every penny counts more than ever — which means that every leaky window, every dangling gutter and every ugly cabinet can make [...]
Special Forces Twelve Man Teams Explained Special Forces Part 3: Twelve Man Teams - By 1958, the basic operational unit of SF had evolved into a 12-man team known as the Special Forces Operational Detachment-Alpha (SF ODA). Each member of the team – two officers, two operations and intelligence sergeants, two weapons sergeants, two communications [...]
Surge Projected in 2015 | Scottsdale real estate Arizona zip code 85255 in the northeast valley is the most popular in a recent study. North Scottsdale Home in Winfield 85266 Michael Orr advised, "Though stable seems boring, it's not a bad thing for a housing market to stabilize for a bit" Looking at [...]
Who has the fairest kitchen of them all? It's not a fairy tale, but the truth: Great-looking kitchens are magnets that lure potential buyers into a home. When your home is on the market, the kitchen must look its best—online and especially in person. Since so much time is spent in this room, it's critical [...]
The Early Years of Special Forces Special Forces Part 2 - The Early Years - Special Forces (SF) grew out of the establishment of the Special Operations Division of the Psychological Warfare Center, activated at Fort Bragg, N.C., in May 1952. The Army allocated 2,300 personnel slots to make up the first Special Forces (SF) [...]