U.S. Military Named Secretive Base in Syria After “Game of Thrones” Bastion

Castle Black is not, however, strictly the fictional redoubt of the Night’s Watch — a military order that’s part-Catholic priesthood, part-French Foreign Legion and guards the northern border of GoT’s Seven Kingdoms. Last year, it was also a very real U.S. military base in Syria manned by Special Operations forces. Their remote citadel went by the name Mission Support Site Castle Black, according to documents obtained by The Intercept via the Freedom of Information Act.