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COMBAT CONTROL
Air, land, and sea. Stories from the people who brought order to chaos and made the mission happen.
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THE TRADITIONAL OPENING
EVERY GOOD STORY
STARTS SOMEWHERE.
“No shit, there I was...”
The traditional opening to a story you already know is about to get interesting.
Some are unbelievable. Some are hilarious. Some probably shouldn't be repeated.
These are stories from Combat Controllers, Special Tactics operators, teammates, friends, and the extraordinary places they found themselves along the way.
FROM THE TEAM
THE STORIES
Different missions. Different places. Different generations. Stories worth remembering.
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SPECIAL TACTICS
Quiet professionals operating at the edge, often far from the ordinary and rarely with an ordinary story.
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THERE I WAS...
Firsthand accounts, improbable situations, bad ideas, good decisions, and stories that only get better with time.
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The details may have changed over the years... but I swear that's how it happened.
EVERY GREAT WAR STORY, EVENTUALLY
PEOPLE & PLACES
THE GALLERY
Images from the teams, the missions, the training, and the places in between.
WHY THIS SITE EXISTS
STORIES ARE
WORTH SAVING.
Some stories become history. Others live around a table, in a team room, at a reunion, or over a beer between old friends.
NS-ThereIWas.com is a place to preserve those stories — the serious ones, the funny ones, the unbelievable ones, and the ones that simply deserve to be remembered.
The focus is the people behind Combat Control, Special Tactics, and the community surrounding them.