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Here is a list of the top ten SOFREP articles from 2016 based on viewer traffic. This past year has definitely been a crazy one. Take a look at the list below and let us know which article was your favorite from 2016? 10: https://sofrep.com/48753/proof-that-standards-will-be-dropped-for-females-entering-the-75th-ranger-regiment/ 9: https://sofrep.com/48122/tips-from-a-former-special-forces-sniper-on-judging-distance/ 8: https://sofrep.com/63764/us-special-forces-sabotage-white-house-policy-gone-disastrously-wrong-with-covert-ops-in-syria/ 7: https://sofrep.com/46878/watch-daesh-isis-fighter-get-dropped-by-sniper/ 6: https://sofrep.com/67808/three-green-berets-killed-isis-infiltrator-cia-ignored-warnings/ 5: https://sofrep.com/45855/jsoc-delta-force-operators-on-the-ground-for-el-chapo-capture/ 4: https://sofrep.com/54277/band-brothers-sex-crimes-cover-101st-airborne-division/ […]

“People like me think that if five or ten thousand people are marching and getting everyone’s attention, then it’s impossible that they would bomb you. I think if it really happened and they bombed a peaceful march, then this world is worth nothing,” Anna Alboth said. “People like me in safe countries can’t take it […]

REST DAY You only get so many new years. It’s one of the few days I give myself a pass on diet, drinking, and exercise. So, get out of town early and be with your family – or prepare for your party, whatever it is you’re going to do. So, Have a Happy New Year. […]

It was a good year for imaginative military innovations. From “Star Wars”-style speeders to an inescapable surveillance drone, many of the futuristic advances seem straight out of science fiction or Hollywood blockbusters. Here are some favorites from 2016. ‘Star Wars’- style speeders Remember those speeder bikes in “Return of the Jedi” that raced through the […]

There I was, on Christmas Morning, armed with a single weapons platform that had the ability to fire grenades, rounds of multiple sizes and varieties. I acquired my targets through my long-range optical scope. I controlled my breathing and squeezed the trigger. One enemy down. As his brother moved toward my position, I fired a […]

Most people are familiar with the British SAS and American Navy SEALs. Some may have heard of the Rhodesian Light Infantry and Selous Scouts, but nearly lost to contemporary military history is the South African Recces. These white, black, and interracial soldiers pulled off some of the most hair-raising operations that you have never heard […]

Your selection date is around the corner. Along with an extensive list of endurance races and ruck marches. They’re all challenging and will test your feet, stamina, endurance and mental toughness. Taking that test and passing feels incredible. Are you on the fence about stepping up your level of fitness – or heading to selection? […]

There’s a limited set of training options for rucking other than rucking itself. But, rucking is the one sport that requires practice in that act, only, to improve. To ruck you have to ruck. But, I say that with one caveat – endurance running helps a ton. Embracing longer runs, ten or more miles every […]

Starting to get more miles under our feet. At selection you’ll be expected to withstand great distance with weight on your back. Preparation is everything. Try to land on your mid-foot, right at the arch of the boot and slightly forward towards the balls of your feet. Don’t let your feet linger on the ground […]

At age 96, Cyrus Porter is a devoted Taylor Swift fan. He’s traveled from his rural Missouri home to St. Louis and Memphis, Tennessee, to see her in concert. On Monday, in the midst of a thunderstorm, the concert came to the World War II combat veteran, a surprise visit from the singer and her […]

Feature Image, Norwood, SOFREP Award-Winning Contributing Editor I am a decent writer, so I fancy, but I no longer consider myself the best writer in SOFREP, so went an essay I jokingly wrote months ago to brag on other writers in the organization. I no longer consider myself the best, because in fact Mr. Norwood […]

How did we do this Christmas?  There are a few books I received that I wanted to point out as something special.  I was able to review a few chapters of my friend Paul Ciolino’s new book about the history of paramedics prior to publication, and highly recommend it.  It is a story largely unwritten until […]