During my time in service in Iraq and Afghanistan (pre-2007) we never had to work with any local forces, whether the Iraqi or the Afghan Army folks. We were always autonomous. Things have obviously changed much since that time as all U.S. forces, whether conventional or special operations, must always bring a contingent of the […]
I don’t normally watch videos about Rangers as they are usually outdated (from the 90’s) or consist of footage of students in Ranger School. But this video of recent training and deployment footage was referred to me and I thought I should share it with you guys. Hell…it almost makes me want to re-enlist. Almost. […]
As I walk back to the target house I see the severed head of the suicide bomber, fully intact. It doesn’t even phase me, I just walk by it…
Josh’s fire team reaches the front door just in time to receive a volley of 7.62 slung at them from a RPK set up on the other side of the shack’s mud wall. They do not hesitate. They act. They run into the throat of that monster, directly through the door that has the business […]
Defense News recently released a story, U.S. Africa Command Finally Receives Special Ops Unit, which talks about the addition of a new U.S. direct action/quick reaction force unit to the region. The author bases his information on a recent December 3rd Q&A session at George Washington University by General Carter Ham, Commander of U.S. African […]
I’m going to tell you a story. A true story about a great Ranger friend and his experience overseas in combat as a medic. In the special operations world it is hard enough being a door-kicker, or assaulter, or shooter, or whatever the hell you want to call it. But the toughest job in my […]
So I wanted to follow up to the recent story of the seven members of SEAL Team 6 who were reprimanded for providing “consultation” to EA Games for their newest first person shooter game Medal of Honor: Warfighter. In lieu of the recent story and an awesome Black Friday deal that gets me Warfighter for […]
Mali is quick to become the next Afghanistan. Despite the United State’s best efforts both politically and militarily; the country is slowly succumbing to the control of Islamic jihadis in the North. An umbrella term that includes many militant organizations including the Mali-based al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb. But over the course of the last few […]
Behold, my SOFREP readers, this in fact did happen and was confirmed by France’s Defense Ministry!
From the time we entered the valley to the moment we landed on the LZ to pick up the guys, every single weapon system was being fired towards the hills…
Well we have all (most of us) been anticipating this movie release for quite some time. Quite a few pictures have been released from the set and I have to say that I’m very impressed at how the actors are playing the part. Eric Bana (played a Delta operator in Black Hawk Down), Emile Hirsch, […]
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