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.

OUTRAGE: Special Forces Soldiers Caught with Colombian Prostitutes

Yeah, it’s a damn outrage that this is even against the regs.  Guys wouldn’t join the Army if they thought that Uncle Sugar would come down on them over this sort of thing.  From the LA Times, “The Pentagon investigation is focusing on five Special Forces Army soldiers, two Marines, two Navy personnel and one […]

SOFREP.com Site Editors Jack and Brandon get Interviewed by ABC News

Thank you ABC News for hooking up this interview and helping us spread the word about SOFREP and about Brandon’s new book, The Red Circle.  In this interview Brandon explains some of the unique training techniques that he used in the SEAL sniper course and talks a little bit about current operations.  Then, Brandon and […]

Book Review: Covert Loves by William Bowles

“Just before daylight firing started over on the left side, then it switched to the front of the main position, we had no targets so we all held our fire.  I heard people hollering and then people appeared to our front running in our direction.  I opened fire with my carbine.  I saw bright flashes […]

NEWS: 160th Special Operations Aviation conducts “routine” training in Chicago

Chicago has an upcoming NATO summit next month which is what the city of Chicago is putting out as a reason for the military exercise that just took place in broad daylight with both Blackhawk and Littlebird helicopters, apparently loaded with assault teams.  Is somebody rehearsing for big city, urban operations? On YouTube: %EMBED3% On […]

The Kennedy-Yarborough Statue Dedication at Ft. Bragg

President John F. Kennedy had a special relationship with the United States Army Special Forces. That relationship was sealed on Oct. 12, 1961, when the President visited Fort Bragg, N.C., to review the troops. At the now-historic meeting between Kennedy and then-Brig. Gen. William Yarborough, Kennedy embraced the iconic Green Beret. That relationship was celebrated […]

Brandon Webb Interview on NewsMax

The war in Afghanistan has been bogged down by military rules and regulations, with bureaucrats hamstringing the elite special operations forces, former Navy SEAL Brandon Webb charged in an exclusive Newsmax.TV interview. “It’s a mess,” Webb said about the war that has been raging for more than 10 years. %EMBED2% “We should have gone in […]

Best Ranger Competition

I’ll post the winners of this year’s Best Ranger Competition ASAP, -Jack Shortly before dawn today, 50 Army Ranger teams from around the world will be mentally and physically challenged for the next three days during the 29th annual David E. Grange Jr. Best Ranger Competition. “We aren’t just making it for them to ease […]

Army 2LT Leads Platoon Five Kilometers Without Getting Lost, Awarded Medal

Vicenza, Italy – Army Platoon Leader Second Lieutenant Michael Bailey was recently awarded an Army Commendation Medal, with enthusiastic approval from his commanders. The new Lieutenant, recently graduated from West Point, arrived this month in Italy and was assigned to 3rd Platoon, Battle Company, 173rd (Airborne). “Having a new platoon leader in, especially from West […]

Sunday Humor: How to Look Like You’re in the Special Forces

They forgot the first rule of Special Forces: always look cool.  The second rule is to always know where you are and what you are doing.  The third rule is that even if you don’t know where you are or what you are doing than you should still try to look cool. -Jack 1. First, […]

NEWS: Bin Laden’s Driver Interrogation Video

I’m still working on getting a 100% verification on the authenticity of this video but here it is for SOFREP readers.  The video purports to show the interrogation of OBL’s driver, Salim Hamdan, a Yemeni national who was captured very early on in the war in November of 2001.  He was subsequently released and sent […]