Category: Expert Analysis

SOFREP is THE Special Operations Report, providing our readers with news and analysis from former military and Special Operations veterans. There are times when our analyses are directly relevant and very important to our ‘civilian’ readers. Especially when it comes to your personal security. Special operators travel, they have families, homes, they go to Costco, Disneyland and In-N-Out, […]

CYBERWAR IS COMING is the name of a paper written in the early nineties. Today, this body of work is close to prescient. But, its revelations have not yet come to pass in entirety. We’ve covered cyber war in some quantity here at SOFREP. Cyber alongside tactical ground assaults as a leverage of power before, after, […]

The news media is abuzz with reports of the ongoing public confrontation between President-elect Trump and members of the intelligence community, particularly outgoing CIA Director Brennan. Alarms are being sounded over the danger posed by an incoming president in confrontation with his own intelligence agencies, and who publicly questions the value of the intelligence they provide. […]

I reported up the chain of command to Ryan Zinke before departing the SEAL Teams in 2006, while serving as the Naval Special Warfare sniper course manager. He was one of the few leaders I reported to as a Chief Petty Officer, that supported my decision to end my career early to spend more time […]

“I shot him with four Dragunov rounds and seven M16 rounds, but he still didn’t die.” Listening to the YPG member relate this story reminded me of an interview with a female YPJ fighter I’d read before I left the United States. She had said that the Daash are completely insane, have bizarre beards, and are all […]

Golden showers, hookers, and Trump are the latest talk of the day, and no, it isn’t a 4chan prank, but an intelligence report from a former MI6 intelligence officer-turned private intelligence contractor. Now, we must make an important distinction that, just because the report was compiled by a former intelligence officer, this does not make any […]

As advances in artificial intelligence (A.I.) and robotics have progressed at breakneck speed in recent years, it is no secret that law enforcement and the military are eager to find ways to take advantage of this. But the heavily armed drones capable of delivering death from above or the bomb-clearing robot used against IEDs and […]

For the uninitiated, SHOT is a massive outdoor, hunting, and firearms show. To put it in scale, it’s so huge that it makes Comic-Con look like an old lady’s yard sale. Yes, it’s that big. Even bigger than CES, I’d guess. Every major brand in these categories are represented: Glock, H&K, Bass Pro, SOG knives and […]

PEOTUS Trump promised his followers on the campaign trail that a wall would be a built. There’s evidence out there, at least in some geographic areas, it absolutely would work. But, maybe in others – it wouldn’t. I am not an expert – although it might be wise to try and become so over the […]

In 2015, a group of archaeologists and researchers mounted an expedition into a long uninhabited region of Honduras in search of the legendary “White City” – also known locally as, “The City of the Monkey God.”  The city has been rumored to exist for centuries, abandoned abruptly, according to legend, when the city fell under […]

American troops were met with waving American flags on Thursday as they arrived in Poland as a part of NATO efforts to deter Russian aggression in the region, and the Kremlin isn’t pleased about it. A total of approximately 3,500 U.S. troops are currently being deployed to seven Eastern European nations, along with more than […]

On Monday, August 6th, 2012, I got up four hours before the sun rose.  I wasn’t due on post for another five hours, and I’d barely slept, but there was history to observe – and the warm comfort of my bed wasn’t going to keep me from witnessing it.  I blindly silenced my phone’s alarm, […]