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Season 1

  • S01E01 Introduction to Military Special Forces

    • September 3, 2012
    • National Geographic

    Examine the history of organizations, from the Green Berets, WWII paratroopers through to Seal Team 6, the British SAS, and private contractors, like Black Water and Brown and Root.

  • S01E02 Introduction to Police Special Operations

    • September 10, 2012
    • National Geographic

    See what it feels like to be “inside the heads” of special police personnel, and how their use of military-style strategies and equipment allows them to save lives.

  • S01E03 Russian Army in Chechnya

    • September 17, 2012
    • National Geographic

    After the fall of the Soviet Union, many countries remained in dispute. In 1994 a bitter conflict broke out between the Chechen independence movement and the Russian army.

  • S01E04 SAS in Northern Ireland

    • September 24, 2012
    • National Geographic

    The British Empire's legacy in Northern Ireland is well known, but there is an untold story of the firefights and CQBs exchanged between the IRA, the British army and the elite SAS.

  • S01E05 Acid Gambit/Delta Prison Rescue Operation

    • October 1, 2012
    • National Geographic

    The U.S. raid on Panama is recreated focusing on the reflexes of the Delta Force team from the moment they entered the prison to their extraction from the roof by helicopter.

  • S01E06 Snipers & Scout

    • October 8, 2013
    • National Geographic

    A look at the legendary JTF sniper teams, and their use in Afghanistan alongside the British SAS and the US Delta Force at “the sharp end of the spear.”

  • S01E07 S.W.A.T.

    • October 15, 2013
    • National Geographic

    Take a historical journey to the beginnings of the modern S.W.A.T. team developed in the rural area north of Los Angeles.

  • S01E08 Hunting Sarajevo Snipers

    • October 22, 2013
    • National Geographic

    Learn how snipers were used in the Bosnian War, and the tactics devised to combat them.

  • S01E09 Private Military Contractors

    • October 29, 2013
    • National Geographic

    A more contemporary look at a day in the life of a group of civilian army contractors, and how their role has evolved on the modern battlefield.

  • S01E10 Close Protection

    • November 5, 2013
    • National Geographic

    From the elite ex-special forces personnel who guard heads of state and the two person teams that protect CEOs in dangerous regions, modern-day bodyguards must be well versed in CQB.

  • S01E11 Counter Terrorism

    • November 12, 2013
    • National Geographic

    Terry Schappert looks at the counter-terrorism training and tactics used since the September 11, 2001, attacks.

  • S01E12 French Foreign Legion

    • November 19, 2013
    • National Geographic

    A look at the raid by the Foreign Legion on a small airport in Iraq during the 1990 Gulf War.

  • S01E13 Hunt for Saddam Hussein

    • November 26, 2013
    • National Geographic

    Learn how special operations integrated into regular units fought through many CQBs to find and capture Saddam Hussein.