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SOFREP’s own George E. Hand IV has collected some incredible photographs throughout his legendary career as a Green Beret and Delta Operator, and he’s been generous enough to share some of them with us. Here’s one of those pictures, which GEO characterized nonchalantly as just, “jumping from a Little Bird,” as though he’s recounting his […]

In the light of recent terror attacks in the UK, the government have come up with a campaign, that has the backing of some big names but is it really what you should do. The chances of becoming involved in a terror attack have greatly increased in the last year. Homegrown terror suspects have risen […]

On August 21st, the USS John S. McCain was involved in a collision with the merchant vessel Alnic MC off the coast of Singapore.  The larger civilian ship struck the McCain on the port side, tearing a large hole in the hull of the warship, and dooming 10 sailors who were trapped inside the flooded […]

On March 28, 2015, the NYPD conducted a sting operation targeting the film mogul, Harvey Weinstein. 22-year-old Ambra Battilana, a Filipina-Italian model, had gone to the police regarding Weinstein’s misconduct.  She agreed to record their next interaction at Manhatten’s Tribeca Grand Hotel, with officers nearby ready to intervene should he do more than simply implicate […]

SOFREP’s own George E. Hand IV has collected some incredible photographs throughout his legendary career as a Green Beret and Delta Operator, and he’s been generous enough to share some of them with us. Being selected to serve in one of the world’s most elite fighting institutions, Delta, comes at a tremendous physical and emotional […]

Madrid—The Catalonia crisis has reached its peak. On Tuesday, the Catalan Parliament signed a unilateral declaration of independence.  It came in the wake of an illegal and highly contentious referendum in which 90% of voters chose independence, but the turnout was just 43%. Catalan President Carles Puigdemont, however, suspended the implementation of the declaration for the […]

The Rohingya crisis in the east rages on.  The number of Syrian refugees is still absolutely staggering.  Afghani displacement remains commonplace as the war with the Taliban continues. What do these crises have in common?  Stateless people. It’s true, they may or may not be generally recognized as citizens by their governments, but in a world […]

SOFREP’s own George E. Hand IV has collected some incredible photographs throughout his legendary career as a Green Beret and Delta Operator, and he’s been generous enough to share some of them with us. The old axiom, “there are no atheists in foxholes,” may not hold true, but among those who often face death, either […]

When many Americans woke up one morning in October to discover that two US Special Forces soldiers and one support soldier were killed in an ambush in Niger, they were incredulous.  Why are American troops in Niger?  How is Niger important to the United States strategically?  How could our highly trained Special Forces soldiers be […]

Imagine an urban counterinsurgency in a sectarian setting.  Probably your bottom pick of conflict, as the Iraq adventure continues to show. Now imagine an army on the ropes and devoid of actionable intelligence. The ancient Sun Tzu might have been the first to wed intel and victory, but his concept still rang true in Northern […]

SOFREP’s own George E. Hand IV has collected some incredible photographs throughout his legendary career as a Green Beret and Delta Operator, and he’s been generous enough to share some of them with us. Being an elite special operations war fighter means having to work beyond your limits, keep your head about you, and make […]

October 9, 1967: Che Guevara is hurled into a hut, shot in the arms and legs with a rifle, then quickly dispatched by rounds to the chest. The man’s face is plastered across t-shirts in universities, painted on walls in Cuba and associated with Marxist images all over the internet.  He is a symbol, no […]