The Pic of the Day: Some nighttime range fun in Iraq

The Pic of the Day: Some nighttime range fun in Iraq

U.S. Army Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment (Charger Company), 1st Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division fires an M-249 Squad Automatic Weapon at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Feb. 05, 2020. These drills are used to enhance base defense operations to provide better security for U.S. forces in Iraq.

The Video of the Week: What’s it like to be a support guy on a SOF unit?

The Video of the Week: What’s it like to be a support guy on a SOF unit?

Special Operations units aren’t comprised of just shooters and pipehitters. Each SOF unit has a large number of support personnel — in Tier 1 Special Mission Units (SMU), such Delta Force and SEAL Team Six, support folks outnumber shooters. Support troops and enablers are crucial to mission success, but they often go unheeded. This video […]

What goes down behind the SOFREP scenes: Big Steve is in the house

What goes down behind the SOFREP scenes: Big Steve is in the house

Big Steve Balestrieri and Alex Hollings have a good deal in common, not the least of which is you wouldn’t want any part of either one of them in a beef. But like most of my brothers, they are both genuinely nice guys with sterling personalities and manners. I suppose that this is why I […]

The Pic of the Day: Trump’s border wall is going up

The Pic of the Day: Trump’s border wall is going up

General assembly shot of barrier to include, crane and segments stacked in the foreground along with Normandy barriers at the El Paso 1 project, spanning 46 miles, near Deming, NM, January 28, 2020. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, South Pacific Border District is providing contracting services, including design and construction oversight, of Department of […]

The Pic of the Day: And you thought formation in garrison sucked

The Pic of the Day: And you thought formation in garrison sucked

U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct a birthday cake cutting ceremony to celebrate the MEU’s 46th birthday aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), April 24, 2013. The 26th MEU is deployed to the 5th Fleet area of operations aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group. The 26th MEU […]

The Pic of the Day: Training that saves lives

The Pic of the Day: Training that saves lives

A Marine assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 26, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), treats a simulated casualty as part of a combat lifesaver exercise aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51). Bataan Amphibious Ready Group, with embarked 26th MEU, is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support […]

The Pic of the Day: In-and-out the Philippine way

The Pic of the Day: In-and-out the Philippine way

Philippine Marines serve U.S. Marines pork in pork blood with rice to kick off exercise KAMANDAG 2 in the Philippines, Sept. 30, 2018. During Exercise KAMANDAG 2, U.S. Marines trained and learned with Philippine Marines, strengthening both forces’ tactical skills and knowledge of warfighting. Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, is the Ground Combat […]

The Pic of the Day: Army SOF soldiers going through Combat Diver School

The Pic of the Day: Army SOF soldiers going through Combat Diver School

Soldiers attending the Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Special Warfare Training Group of the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School Special Forces Combat Diver Qualification Course take part in morning physical fitness, June 5, 2018, Key West Florida. The PT regimen at the school prepares students for the unique physical challenges […]

The Pic of the Day: How Marines reinforce embassies

The Pic of the Day: How Marines reinforce embassies

A Marine with Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, holds security during an insert into a simulated embassy reinforcement at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 27, 2020. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of […]

The Pic of the Day: Choke him ou…eh, nevermind!

The Pic of the Day: Choke him ou…eh, nevermind!

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Zachary Larsen, a combat graphic specialist with Headquarters and Support Battalion Marine Corps Installations Pacific-Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, attempts to escape a simulated attack during a water survival advanced (WSA) course Jan. 29, 2020, at Fairchild Pool on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan. WSA is the highest swim qualification […]

The Pic of the Day: Spec Ops helicopters doing some cool moves

The Pic of the Day: Spec Ops helicopters doing some cool moves

U.S. airmen assigned to the 352d Special Operations Wing fly a CV-22B Osprey aircraft over Hungary October 28, 2019. U.S. Special Operations Forces conducted a bilateral exercise with Hungarian SOF to focus on interoperability and integration developing a special operations air task group capacity.