Category: Expert Analysis

As a reporter, you want to be near the shit, not in the shit. Instead of risk mitigation, let’s just talk about common sense, okay?

A volunteer should try to fill every facet of their role that is plausible. In other words, make yourself useful to the people you claim you want to aid.

In an afternoon appearance on CNN today with host Brooke Baldwin, SOFREP editor-in-chief Jack Murphy spoke about Donald Trump’s media stunt to make himself seem like a great guy by his association with veterans.  Also mentioned is the new trend to run a anti-media presidential campaign by playing the victim or underdog card, a trend […]

Editor’s Note: We all know the catch phrases surrounding low-observable aircraft, and while “stealth” and “5th Generation,” sound really sexy and cool, the business end of LO is a very complex and EXPENSIVE endeavor. While the U.S. has cornered the market on this technology for the past three decades, other nations are doing their best […]

Who is it that defines what constitutes the best combat medical care? And just who is responsible for making sure that the medical care our fighting men and women receive meets that high standard?

Nick Irving, a longtime Loadout Room and SOFREP contributor, is a former Ranger sniper who served in the 3rd Ranger Battalion. His 2015 autobiography, “The Reaper,” is set to be turned into an NBC miniseries.

I’m not a betting man, but I’m fairly certain Daesh isn’t using their shooters to run their propaganda offices. If they were, maybe we wouldn’t be having such a difficult time countering them.

Vice President Gerald Ford stated, “Our Constitution works. Our great republic is a government of laws and not of men.” Our government’s legitimacy rests on this principle. As citizens, we believe, at least to some degree, that even the mighty can not act with impunity.

Of course their tactics will continue to evolve even after the last Daesh bastions have fallen. They will shave their beards, throw on their civis, and melt back into the populace—a vanishing act all too familiar to them.

Two reasons I hate the trite expression “No boots on the ground.” One – American patriots are filling those boots. They sweat, bleed and die in those boots. Two – Special Operators’ boots are still at the places the political apparatus says they aren’t. Those in power draw a distinction by using no boots on […]

I have chosen to use the example of training a special operations combat medic to illustrate Grinder’s levels of skill acquisition and the crucial importance of reality-based training, however the principles are equally applicable to any operator in any field.

Basically, there are three handguns that you are most likely to see on a Peshmerga officer’s hip: a Glock 19, a Walther P1/P-38, or an HS2000.