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Members of the U.S. Army Parachute Team “Golden Knights” and the U.S. Navy Parachute Team “The Leap Frogs” train together, Feb. 22, 2016, on canopy relative work over Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla.   Photo courtesy of the Department of Defense

I recently participated in an inspiring series of events at Vandenberg Air Force Base to commemorate National POW/MIA Recognition Day, first proclaimed by President Carter in 1979 – yes 1979! At that time, only four years after the end of the Vietnam War, most Americans didn’t know it existed. Many didn’t want to know. Many didn’t want to think about the Vietnam War let […]

Aviators from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment lower a rope ladder to other soldiers so they can board their MH-47 Chinook during helo-cast training in the Gulf of Mexico, Aug. 5.   Photo Credit: Courtesy of USASOC

Green Berets from 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) rehearse close quarters combat in a shoot house on March 4, 2016 in Nevada.   U.S. Army photo by 3rd Special Forces Group    

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman, 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, is hoisted to a U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk during a mission Nov. 7, 2012, in Afghanistan. Pararescue teams assault, secure, and dominate the rescue objective area using any available Department of Defense or Allied, air, land, or sea asset. U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. […]

Last Friday, one of NASA’s most successful planetary exploration missions to date, Cassini, plunged into Saturn’s atmosphere at speeds in excess of 70,000 miles per hour, before ultimately succumbing to the heat and pressure of the gas giant, and powering down forever.  Before the spacecraft’s 20-year mission came to a fiery end, however, NASA transmitted […]

Hurricane Maria, the most powerful storm to hit Puerto Rico in more than 80 years, struck the island just as life was beginning to return to normal in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma.  Now, the entire island is without power, and law enforcement has been struggling to maintain order. Unfortunately, the worst is far from […]

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, secure the area after being lowered from a U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk during a mission Nov. 7, 2012, in Afghanistan. Pararescue teams assault, secure, and dominate the rescue objective area using any available Department of Department or Allied, air, land, or sea asset. U.S. Air […]

A tabloid in the UK posted an inflammatory article this morning, claiming that they had purchased a “jihadi bomb kit” like the one used in the Manchester Arena terrorist attack off of Amazon for only £95 ($128), with no “security check” or “warning to the authorities” that the purchase was made. People may recall that […]

Only days after Hurricane Irma brought devastation to Puerto Rico, Hurricane Maria slammed into the island, leaving Puerto Rico’s citizens plunged into darkness as law enforcement struggles to maintain order.  SOFREP has learned from sources on the ground that the prison complex in Bayamon has been compromised, with prisoners now reportedly taking part in widespread […]

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman, 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, scans for ground threats during a mission Nov. 7, 2012, over Afghanistan. Pararescue teams assault, secure, and dominate the rescue objective area using any available Department of Defense or Allied, air, land, or sea asset. U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder

Imagine that you are a television executive, and you want people to watch your new primetime show about a “tier one” Navy SEAL element.  You order the usual publicizing, send the actors out to appear on morning and late night television shows, advertise in the appropriate newspapers and magazines, and air the necessary commercials to […]