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Book Club: Changes Made, Changes Coming

Hey Book Club, we made a change in the Forums. You’re now in your own forum as shown in the image above. Also, we’ll be working on a few changes for you on Thursday that we think you’ll like. More to follow! Charlie

No Fleet Week in NYC This Year…A Reader Sounds Off

Team Room, here’s a note we just got from a reader. It’s fairly typical in that our readers really let their feelings be known – they tell us everything. This one is from Mark, in NYC. — I am a simple NYC Citizen who is patriotic and loves this country. The news the past week […]

Captain Phillips Trailer

In 2009, a crew of Somali pirates seized control of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama – the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in 200 years. This real-life story has now been adapted into a film, directed by British director Paul Greengrass (the Bourne trilogy, United 93), and starring Tom Hanks as Captain Phillips, […]

You Want Hardshoot T-Shirts in the PX! (Updated)

Hey Team Room members, Nick sent me a few Hardshoot t-shirts yesterday as prizes for last month’s Loadout Room trivia contest, and they are BADASS! (Sidenote to Di, kevin, Muskrat, Jon, and N3V3R_SRRNDR: INCOMING!) We held a little survey yesterday, and the results are in. It’s not surprising that you definitely want the shirts – […]

UT Report: Benghazi Book Uncovers the Details Nobody’s Talking About

In the hectic hours during last year’s attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya, former Navy SEAL Glen Doherty and six others used $30,000 in cash bribes to get a small commercial jet to fly them from Tripoli and Benghazi to help embattled Americans there. That was the only plane to depart in time to […]

Excerpt from Hunting In The Shadows

A look at my upcoming novel, Hunting in the Shadows, due out at the end of May.  The operators of Praetorian Security find themselves in Kirkuk, Iraq, performing some covert operations… After enough time in hostile environments, you begin to develop a sixth sense for what the military calls the “atmospherics” of a place.  Your […]

You In?

Team Room, here’s a little peak into what’s going on over at The Red Circle Foundation.

War Stories: MC-12 and JTAC

SGG103 submitted this video to us the other day with no caption, no back story, just the title “MC-12 and JTAC” and a link to this video on YouTube. WOW! What we found in that US Air Force-produced video was a powerful story of  a very special team of people who overcame tremendous odds to […]

Help SOFREP Pick a Design: Winners Announced

Hey everybody, we’re looking at website layouts that are attractive to the female demographic (like that marketing speak?). This website would feature topics and information on style, shopping, finance and gossip – fun and interesting stuff for military spouses, and not the typical pity talk and drudgery that most spouse sites dwell on. For design, […]

Trisa TRADOC Report: For Your Reading Enjoyment

Hey everybody, we know that a lot of you are already read-in on most of the main industry and intel publications, but for those of you who aren’t, here’s something that should be a fun read for you. Trisa TRADOC Report (PDF) (2.8MB) Table of Contents: Wargaming …………..4 Ambush TTP ………….6 Fiber Optic Cables……8 OE […]