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Brazilian Police: How Not to Do Aerial Platform Support

Brazilian Police: How Not to Do Aerial Platform Support

by Jack Murphy

Currently kicking up a storm in Brazil… A video showing Brazilian police spraying a Rio de Janeiro slum with gunfire...

May 11, 2013 · 65 Comments
1,000 Posts Into the SOFREP Story

1,000 Posts Into the SOFREP Story

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Well folks, we just hit our 1,000th post the other day; specifically Brandon’s update from Poland about the documentary he...

May 1, 2013 · 127 Comments
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Why Does PETA Want to Kill Our Special Operators?

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April 29, 2013 · 188 Comments
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Citizen or SEAL, an Either/Or Question for Active Duty Troops?

by Jack Murphy

Ranger Up! published a fascinating article yesterday about Carlton Higbie, a SEAL who published a book which he hoped would...

April 27, 2013 · 99 Comments
Syria's Foreign Legion

Syria’s Foreign Legion

by Jack Murphy

Back during the war in Lebanon in the 1980′s there were reports that Europeans were drifting into Beirut to engage...

April 27, 2013 · 18 Comments
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Special Forces Medic of the Year

by Jack Murphy

Staff Sgt. Brian Guzman is the kind of guy who’d rather sit at the back of the room than be...

April 21, 2013 · 41 Comments
Chechen Terrorists Hit Boston: The Manhunt

Chechen Terrorists Hit Boston: Suspect Captured

by Jack Murphy

*Updates coming, article contains gruesome photo below* Update 1: Shots fired in Watertown 7PM EST, suspect thought to be in...

April 19, 2013 · 278 Comments
A Response to Linda Robinson's “Future of SOF”

A Response to Linda Robinson’s “Future of SOF”

by Jack Murphy

The United States has arrived at a critical inflection point in the development and employment of its special operations forces....

April 19, 2013 · 114 Comments
Canadian Special Operations Regiment Places 3rd in CT Competition

Canadian Special Operations Regiment Places 3rd in CT Competition

by Jack Murphy

Members of the special operations regiment from Petawawa have placed third in an international competition

April 16, 2013 · 34 Comments
Answering Special Operations Speaks About Benghazi

Answering Special Operations Speaks About Benghazi

by Jack Murphy

700 retired Special Operations soldiers recently signed a petition as a part of the Special Operations Speaks group regarding Benghazi. ...

April 16, 2013 · 118 Comments
The Shifting Definition of Soldiers and Weapons of Mass Destruction

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by Jack Murphy

Today I have a guest post from the author of America, our Military, and the Roman Empire. Our guest author...

April 10, 2013 · 171 Comments
The Hidden World of Maritime Security (Part 2)

The Hidden World of Maritime Security (Part 2)

by Jack Murphy

Back to the nuts and bolts of how piracy and counter-piracy works… While underway, pirates are known to begin probing...

April 8, 2013 · 48 Comments
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The Hidden World of Maritime Security (Part 1)

by Jack Murphy

Piracy has probably existed since man first took to the sea, but it took on new dimensions with the advent...

April 7, 2013 · 25 Comments
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Air Branch, the CIA’s Secret Air Force

by Jack Murphy

I recently found this great article from Air and Space magazine, well worth your time… -Jack BLACK HELICOPTERS ARE A...

March 26, 2013 · 21 Comments
The Activity: A Special Operations Comic Book

The Activity: A Special Operations Comic Book

by Jack Murphy

In a dark corner of American special operations there exists, alongside the Army’s Delta Force and the Navy’s Osama bin...

March 23, 2013 · 20 Comments
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