The Pic of the Day: Recon Marines and their drones

A reconnaissance Marine assigned to the Maritime Raid Force, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), prepares to launch an RQ-20 Puma aboard a combat rubber raiding craft May 24, 2020. The Bataan Amphibious Ready Group and 26th MEU, supported by air power from the Aviation Combat Element of the ARG/MEU, including AV-8B Harriers and attack helicopters, […]

The Pic of the Day: Combat Control students get ambushed

Combat Control School students assigned to the 352nd Battlefield Airman Training Squadron are ambushed at their drop-off point during a tactics field training exercise at Camp Mackall. Special Operations airmen are in high demand. Recently, the Air Force has made significant changes to its Special Operations with the creation of the Special Reconnaissance job and […]

The Pic of the Day: The Murph Challenge

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Quattrone, assigned to the 2d Cavalry Regiment, performs the air squat portion of the regiment’s Murph Challenge in Vilseck, Germany, May 21, 2020. The challenge, done in 20lb body armor, begins with a 1.6km run, 100 pullups, 200 pushups, 300 squats, and another 1.6km run to conclude the event. […]

The Pic of the Day: Over-the-Beach training the Navy SEAL way

West Coast-based Navy SEALs participate in an over-the-beach training evolution. SEAL Teams are divided between the East and West Coasts. SEAL Teams One, Three, Five, and Seven are located on the West Coast; SEAL Teams Two, Four, Eight, and Ten are based on the East Coast. The Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU), also known […]

The Pic of the Day: Remembering the fallen in Mogadishu

During the Battle of Mogadishu (3-4 October 1993), Task Force Ranger was going after the lieutenants of the Somalian warlord Mohammed Farah Aideed. As the ground force was egressing, an MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter was shot down. This was the spark for a fierce battle that raged for almost a day. By the end of […]

The top-5 WWII movies to watch on Memorial Day

Memorial Day weekend is in full swing, coronavirus or not. Veterans’ groups will be still heading out with some politicians and civic-minded people to pay tribute to those veterans who paid the ultimate sacrifice and gave up all of their tomorrows for our today.   On Memorial Day in my former town the local cable-access television […]

Q&A with Sully’s Squad author Kevin Wilson

Editor’s note: Enjoy this Q&A with SOFREP author of Sully’s Squad, Kevin Wilson. The book will be released on May 25, 2020 through Amazon and Apple. The main characters of Sully’s Squad are rooted locally to upstate New York and the novel is partially based and dedicated to a local war hero. Sully’s Squad is […]

The Pic of the Day: SF operators hone their quick-reaction drills

A 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Soldier takes cover behind a car during an indoor live-fire training range in Fort Carson, Colorado. The indoor range tests the operators’ ability to move and communicate in an urban environment, suppressing enemy small-arms fire while quickly rescuing incapacitated teammates in an ambush.

The Pic of the Day: Navy SEALs love the snow

Navy SEALs demonstrate winter warfare capabilities during an exercise in Alaska. SEAL candidates go through the Special Operations Forces Cold Weather Maritime Training Facility (SOFCWMTF) during the SEAL Qualification Training (SQT) course, which comes immediately after the Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) selection process. They spend approximately a month in Alaska learning about arctic warfare, winter […]

The Pic of the Day: High-Angle Rescue training the Special Forces way

Members of 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) conduct high angle rescue training on February 27, 2020, in Panama. The Soldiers were practicing how to tie knots and lift a litter up a cliff. These Green Berets are assigned to a Mountain Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA). New Special Forces operators get assigned to one […]

The Pic of the Day: The ‘Killer Tomato’ gets some range time

A MK 38 – 25mm machine gun system fires at a “Killer Tomato” during a live-fire exercise on the fantail of the Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Killer Tomatoes, formally known as Inflatable Naval Gunnery Targets, are routinely used to conduct live-fire training. Ronald Reagan is currently underway conducting routine operations. […]