Special Operations Command’s Request for Information signals search for new technology in SOF

Special Operations Command’s Request for Information signals search for new technology in SOF

SOCOM Looks to Invite Companies to Demonstrate Exploitation Technologies, Closes Request for Information Washington, D.C. – Special Operations Command (SOCOM) plans to evaluate selected exploitation technologies March 27-31 at Camp Atterbury in Indiana. What’s an RFI? A Request for Information (RFI) is a standard business process whose purpose is to collect written information about the capabilities of […]

SOF Selection PT Preparation 12.6.16

SOF Selection PT Preparation 12.6.16

TRAINING: 1) Work towards 1 rep max Back Squat (record weight)   2) 4 rounds, 2 minutes of constant effort per round: 2-arm Kettlebell Clean and Push Press @ 12kg or 16kg   3) 3 rounds: 5 x Dead hang Pull-up, rest at bottom for 30s or so.   4) 3 rounds: As many as you […]

Mattis an impressive person but is he right for SOF and the future of War?

Mattis an impressive person but is he right for SOF and the future of War?

The Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) is the principal defense policy advisor to the President. Under the direction of the President, the Secretary exercises authority, direction, and control over the Department of Defense. The Secretary of Defense is not a Joint Chiefs of Staff on steroids. It’s a policy implementation role, final authority, and principal liaison to the […]

SOF Selection PT Preparation 12.5.16

SOF Selection PT Preparation 12.5.16

This is the final week of this three-week baseline program. After this, we’ll move towards more rucking and durability work. TRAINING: 1) 3 rounds 1-mile repeats – run 1 mile as fast as possible and rest the amount of time it took you to run the 1-mile. (equal work/rest)   2) 5 rounds: 45% Max […]

How Trump and his advisors could tackle issues facing the intelligence community

How Trump and his advisors could tackle issues facing the intelligence community

In 1943, in the darkest depths of the Second World War the British sent a small, select group of intelligence officers from the Special Operations Executive (SOE) into Nazi-occupied Albania. Living under extreme conditions, one step ahead of capture at all times and short on supplies and support, the SOE personnel began to produce immediate […]

Panel urges better cybersecurity to President-elect Trump

Panel urges better cybersecurity to President-elect Trump

A presidential commission on Friday made 16 urgent recommendations to improve the nation’s cybersecurity, including creating a nutritional-type label to help consumers shop wisely and appointing a new international ambassador on the subject — weeks before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. The release of the 100-page report follows the worst hacking of U.S. government systems […]

SOF Selection PT Preparation 12.2.16

SOF Selection PT Preparation 12.2.16

Today Team PT is a glimpse into future end of week sessions – long distance movements. Training: If you have a Ruck: Ruck 5 miles at a comfortable pace. If you don’t have a ruck or would rather Run: Run 7 miles at a comfortable pace. In either effort, feel free to break up the miles into […]

SOF Selection PT Preparation 12.1.16

SOF Selection PT Preparation 12.1.16

Warm up: Get warm, loose and sweat. Training: 1) 6 rounds: 3 x Squats 3x Box Jumps 3 x Broad Jump (start standing in place with a slight bend in the knee, without your feet leaving the ground jump forward as fast as you can and allow your feet to do the landing.)   2) […]

Report Reveals ‘Urgent Need’ for Change After JFK Mass Panic

Report Reveals ‘Urgent Need’ for Change After JFK Mass Panic

A team of top security officials has concluded that poor communication between law enforcement agencies contributed to a mass panic at John F. Kennedy International Airport over the summer. Passengers in three terminals at Kennedy Airport ran for the exits on Aug. 14 after cheering at a terminal bar over a Usain Bolt victory at […]

‘Active Shooter’ has no gun, network news narrative failure

‘Active Shooter’ has no gun, network news narrative failure

The report went out across the network news this morning, “Active Shooter at Ohio State” The real story? The Ohio State terrorist was a Somali refugee and a legal permanent resident of the United States.  Thank you immigration system. He was a student at Ohio State.  I bet your tax dollars paid his tuition, paid […]

SOF Selection PT Preparation 11.29.16

SOF Selection PT Preparation 11.29.16

Warm up: Loosen up and break a sweat. Training: 1) 8 rounds as fast as you can. 8 x Hinge Lift (Romanian deadlift but done briskly) @ 135 20 x Step ups @ 20″ (make sure your legs makes a 90 degree 30-second 30-second rest 2) 2 x 1-mile repeat. rest 10 minutes.