Former British SAS, Phil Campion joins SOFREP

Former British SAS, Phil Campion joins SOFREP

Phil Campion, former British SAS, has joined the SOFREP team as a contributing editor. You will be seeing weekly articles and daily Facebook live broadcasts from Phil. In case you missed the first Facebook live, see below. You can also read his previous articles HERE. Image courtesy of The Sunday Times

SOF Selection PT Preparation 11.21.16

SOF Selection PT Preparation 11.21.16

Good Morning! This is the only day this post will pear past 5am. From here on out the workouts will post the night before the workout. I’ll monitor the comments section to answer questions about the workout during the day. The next three weeks will focus on body weight strength training and endurance work. There […]

News Roundup: USAF combat controller awarded Silver Star, MEAL Team 6 member busted, naked cop attacker gets tased

News Roundup: USAF combat controller awarded Silver Star, MEAL Team 6 member busted, naked cop attacker gets tased

Heavy ops tempo this week my friends. That, plus the inevitable post-election hangover means a light News Roundup. Back to it next week.—BK  USAF combat controller doing work: SAN ANTONIO — An Air Force combat controller credited with protecting a 100-man special operations unit with precision airstrikes during an intense Afghanistan firefight received a Silver […]

Minimalistic approach to first-aid: Blue Force Gear’s ‘Micro Trauma Kit Now’

Minimalistic approach to first-aid: Blue Force Gear’s ‘Micro Trauma Kit Now’

Blue Force Gear has recently introduced the Micro Trauma Kit NOW! The Micro TKN closes the gap on any given person’s greatest liability, a life threatening traumatic injury. Blue Force Gear is known for making high quality innovative tactical products right here in the USA and backed by their lifetime warranty.  You are probably familiar with their products like […]

Sister’s tribute to late Special Forces brother killed in Jordan

Sister’s tribute to late Special Forces brother killed in Jordan

Special Forces soldier Staff Sgt. James Moriarty and two members of his team were recently killed in Jordan. Following his funeral, his sister Melissa Moriarty published the speech she gave at his funeral in Houston. My speech for Jimmy Over 500 people were present yesterday at Jimmy’s services in Houston. It was awe inspiring. Only Jimmy could pull […]

SOFREP Team PT: Starting Monday, November 21st

SOFREP Team PT: Starting Monday, November 21st

SOFREP Team PT with Norwood will being this coming Monday, November 21st. We’ll interview fitness experts and offer training and nutrition advice. Team PT – Monday thru Friday – no more than four times a week in the gym. Strict diet with general guidelines. About an hour session of training a session. The sessions that […]

Book Review: ‘Fighting Blind- A Green Beret’s Story of Extraordinary Courage’

Book Review: ‘Fighting Blind- A Green Beret’s Story of Extraordinary Courage’

I am always amazed when I hear about wounded warriors who have turned into rock star adaptive athletes. Ivan Castro is one of those rock stars. Marathons and extreme races are challenging enough, now imagine running it blind; having to use your other senses to not only pace yourself but avoid the unseen hazards around you. […]

Assad on missing journalist Austin Tice: “We don’t have him.”

Assad on missing journalist Austin Tice: “We don’t have him.”

Austin Tice, a former Marine Corps officer turned freelance journalist has now been missing in Syria since August of 2012.  Abducted from the neighborhood of Darayya in Damascus, a hotspot in the Syrian uprising, little has been heard about Tice aside from a YouTube video released in September, 2012.  The video shows a restrained Tice surrounded by […]

No delicious snacks: What Veterans Day really means

No delicious snacks: What Veterans Day really means

As I sometimes do, I am opening up this particular SOFREP space today, on this Veteran’s Day 2016, to a guest contributor.  It is an honor to be able to see what this day means to a 12-year old girl, a post-Millenial.  I think you will all agree, she does us proud. Veteran’s Day By Annalise […]