Q&A with Sully’s Squad author Kevin Wilson

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

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

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

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

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. […]

Sully’s Squad book excerpt: Flashback to December 7, 1941

Sully’s Squad book excerpt: Flashback to December 7, 1941

Editor’s note: Enjoy this excerpt from SOFREP author Kevin Wilson’s book, Sully’s Squad. The book will be published on May 25, 2020. 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 not only a WWII […]

The Pic of the Day: Security Forces Airmen remember their fallen

The Pic of the Day: Security Forces Airmen remember their fallen

Staff Sgt. Alexa Ammerman 60th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, carries the guidon on the final lap of the 24-hour ruck march at the Duck Pond on Travis Air Force Base, Calif. Members of the 60th Security Forces Squadron and the 821st Contingency Response Group ran behind her to conclude the memorial run […]

The Pic of the Day: What’s going on with USS Theodore Roosevelt?

The Pic of the Day: What’s going on with USS Theodore Roosevelt?

The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) is moored pier side at Naval Base Guam May 15, 2020. Theodore Roosevelt’s COVID-negative crew returned from quarantine beginning on April 29 and is making preparations to return to sea to continue their scheduled deployment to the Indo-Pacific. The aircraft carrier was rocked by some hot drama […]

Weekend News Roundup: C’mon Iran, Wonder Woman, Rebel lockdown protesters in Raleigh

Weekend News Roundup: C’mon Iran, Wonder Woman, Rebel lockdown protesters in Raleigh

Attention: this essay contains language and images that may be offensive to some. Maskless Madman Menaces McDonald’s, Amasses Malice, Makes Mockery of Metropolis Jason Daddario of Brooklyn, Conn. It wasn’t exactly that he came, he saw, he conquered… It was more like he came to McDonald’s, threw a hissy bitch-fit, smashed a window, then stole […]

The Video of the Week: Greek Navy SEALs

The Video of the Week: Greek Navy SEALs

In the following video, Hellenic Navy SEALs conduct training somewhere in the Aegean. During the exercise, the SEALs honed their over-the-beach, quick-reaction, close-quarters-combat, and sniper capabilities.

The Pic of the Day: Thunderbirds inbound!

The Pic of the Day: Thunderbirds inbound!

The U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, “Thunderbirds”, fly over the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during Mercy’s transit to San Diego. Mercy deployed to Los Angeles in support of the nation’s COVID-19 response efforts, and served as a referral hospital for non-COVID-19 patients admitted to shore-based hospitals. This allowed shore-based hospitals to focus […]