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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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

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

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.

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.

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

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