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Training: Sometime during the day in whatever order. 30 x Pull-ups 100 x Push-ups 100 x Sit-ups 5 miles run

Training: 1) Ruck Run mile repeats Ruck run as fast as possible 1 mile x 2 (rest however long  needed) 2) 5 rounds: 10 pull-ups 20 push-ups 10 “V”-ups 3) 1 round: Work up to 50 reps of Dips 4) 3 rounds: Max Weighted calf-raises @ barbell + whatever weight you can handle.

Washington, D.C. – A federal advisory committee has recommended President-Elect Donald Trump’s Department of Defense emulate a Special Operations Command (SOCOM) rapid acquisition initiative. In the past few years, the military services have launched initiatives for conventional forces to learn rapid acquisition techniques from SOCOM. The Ghost program, named after Gen. George Patton’s Ghost platoon […]

Moving past the last three week of work into more sport specific training: rucking. This week I’ll be wearing the GORUCK GR1 with the GORUCK 45lb. Plate insert and Nike SFB boots. The following workouts will prescribe a 45lb. Ruck. However, anyone can participate without a weighted pack or with whatever weight they’re comfortable. Training: 500 […]

The title says it all. We have compiled a list of the the top five rifles never to buy. It’s a short list to help you, our audience, save money and keep your stress level under control. Anyone who is honest with themselves, and has been a gun enthusiast for any length of time, will […]

Whether you are a reader or a writer here on SOFREP — some of us are both — you probably have a list of your favorite “war books.”  You know the ones; they are those books that are seminal works on the art of war, on the warrior culture, and on the history of battles, […]

Vertx®, a premier tactical and outdoor brand of apparel and gear, in conjunction with Last Shadow, is pleased to announce the 2017 SHOT Show Giveaway Package. The package includes an all-expenses paid, 3 day 2 night experience for 2 to the best helicopter hog hunting and aerial gunnery experiences in Texas. The package valued at […]

In February, 2015, I arrived in Kiev, Ukraine, for the first time. I was joined by fellow SOFREP author and my good friend Buck Clay. We were there to meet a contact inside the Azov Battalion. A fellow young Brit like myself, he had been here a few months and went by the name “Swampy.” The first meeting […]

A Marine veteran turned journalist has been recalled from Iraq after tweeting a picture showing him shooting at ISIS fighters. On Thursday, Jason Buttrill tweeted a picture of him with a sniper rifle along with the the message: “Major bucket list completed. Shoot at #ISIS ? Check!” Buttrill also tweeted that he fired six shots […]

Training: 1) 8-mile run (If you must – break into two events for a total of 8 miles) Next week…we be rucking.

Washington, D.C. – Congress for the first time authorized the Department of Defense to provide vetted-Syrian rebels with anti-aircraft missiles. The provision is contained within the $619 billion Fiscal Year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act, which passed the Senate on Dec. 8 and the House on Dec. 2. Under the bill, the Secretaries of Defense […]

Just south of Mosul, Iraq, is located a military base — currently a U.S. Army facility called the Logistical Support Area (LSA) — that has been alternately controlled by the U.S. military, Islamic State, Iraqi Security Forces, and even NATO, over the course of the past handful of years.  The base is currently being used […]