Jack Murphy

Jack Murphy

About the author

Jack served as a Sniper and Team Leader in 3rd Ranger Battalion and as a Senior Weapons Sergeant on a Military Free Fall team in 5th Special Forces Group. Having left the military in 2010, he graduated from Columbia with a BA in political science. Murphy is the author of Reflexive Fire, Target Deck, Direct Action, and Gray Matter Splatter. His memoir, "Murphy's Law" is due for a 2019 release and can be pre-ordered now.

First (And Only) Look at a Secret “Seaspray” Helicopter?

This picture has been online for a number of years as near as I can tell but it has not been widely circulated.  I’ve had it brought to my attention as it may be the only picture of a suspected “Seaspray” helicopter that has been revealed to this day. You can see the Forward Looking […]

SOG Compromised

During the eight-year secret war in Vietnam, when Green Beret-led reconnaissance teams and company-sized elements ran top secret missions across the fence into Cambodia, Laos and N. Vietnam, many of those missions were compromised before the Military Assistance Command Vietnam-Studies and Observations Group units landed on the ground, Soldier of Fortune magazine has learned. Exactly […]

Women’s Rights Activist Demands ‘Camouflage Ceiling’ Brought Down

Washington, D.C.– In a highly-anticipated press conference held in the nation’s Capitol today, a leading women’s activist announced that she would be taking up the cause of having more female service-members killed in combat. U.S. Representative Judy Chu (D, CA) announced the creation of Femme Fatal, a movement specifically tasked with ensuring that women get the same opportunities to be […]

Update: SOF presence in Mali

In pre-dawn darkness, a ­Toyota Land Cruiser skidded off a bridge in North Africa in the spring, plunging into the Niger River. When rescuers arrived, they found the bodies of three U.S. Army commandos — alongside three dead women. What the men were doing in the impoverished country of Mali, and why they were still […]

A Critical Look at The Command by Marc Ambinder and D.B. Grady

At SOFREP we make a concerted effort to get the best and most accurate information about the Special Operations community to our readers. Careful considerations are given to Operational Security as we have no interest in compromising operations or endangering soldier’s lives, so balancing these two can be tricky at times. We also engage in […]

Problem in Gambia; Send Two SAS Dudes

Dateline : August 1981 When the President of The Gambia, Sir Dawda Jawara, came over to England to attended the Royal Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, Left-wing rebels back home took advantage of his absence and launched a coup d’etat against his government. The rebels had captured the capital, Banjul, taking over […]

Calling Out the Durango Herald

See if you get through more than a couple paragraphs of this gem before feeling sick to your stomach.  I embrace the hate.  This weaselly Steve Buscemi look alike, fondling his airsoft pistol like every Lethal Weapon veteran stereotype while he recounts losing men in Afghanistan, I love every detail.  It’s so perfect that I […]

4th of July Free Gift, The Degüello (UPDATED)

Thanks everyone, the offer is now over. We sent the list of HUNDREDS of SOFREP readers to Scott, so stand by for updates to your Amazon reading lists. PLEASE BE SURE TO REVIEW SCOTT’S BOOK ON AMAZON! As a thank you to the SOFREP family for everything they have done for me, and for our […]

MSG Roy Benavidez, MOH Recipient

If you ever wanted to know what a genuine American hero looks like, this is it. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oUtJxE4sjs&w=640&h=385&rel=0] BENAVIDEZ, ROY P. Rank and organization: Master Sergeant. Organization: Detachment B-56, 5th Special Forces Group, Republic of Vietnam Place and date: West of Loc Ninh on May 2, 1968 Entered service at: Houston, Texas June 1955 Born: August […]