The Islamic State group is trying to work on its special forces prowess. Well, they’ve got their work cut out for them, according to combat vets that viewed a recently released promotional video by the extremist group. The video, first posted by news site Vocativ, features a dozen scenes of training, door breaching and amphibious sneak attacks. There are countless reasons why this whole thing is a giant soup sandwich, a former Navy SEAL told Navy Times in a Wednesday interview. Starting with: Why kind of special ops mission happens in broad daylight? “Well, the only thing that they had…
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Though sailors are trained to execute in high-stress situations, competing at the Olympics still gave Reservist Information Systems Technician 1st Class Sandra Uptagrafft a case of the jitters. Uptagrafft fired her first Olympic shot on Sunday at the women’s 10-meter air pistol event. She placed 28th with a score of 378, according to a Defense Department release. Wenjen Guo of China won gold with a score of 488.1. “Once I hit the match button, it hit me that I am at the Olympic Games, and it kind of took me out of my rhythm,” Uptagrafft said. “It took me a…
