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“Extreme Ownership: How US Navy SEALs Lead and Win” by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin is celebrating one year as a bestselling book on business and life. “Leif and Jocko are the real deal. I’m honored to have served with them. They led SEALs in the fight through the hell that was the Battle of Ramadi. […]

The results of the second SOFREP poll for this presidential election are in, and our military audience will be voting for Donald Trump. Unlike our first poll between only Hillary and Trump, we added all of the third party candidates to this poll. Out of 1968 military veterans and those currently serving, 1537 indicated they would […]

Recent coverage around the OSS award has become widespread. The Washington Post repoted that the “Bill that would honor World War II’s secret commandos can’t seem to pass in Congress.” A great many are outraged, unsure, and making assumptions as to why. However, the reasons are more pragmatic and less vindictive. People aren’t entirely sure […]

Government contracting has somehow gotten a strange cloak of mystique. Since humans have enacted systems of control, people have contracted. The King held court and those in the court proposed solutions and basically consulted to the rulers of their day in medieval times. Contracting – and outside solutions – is not a wildly new and […]

At a time when the presidential election is dividing families and friends, at least one issue is bridging the gap: giving veterans of the U.S. military a new lease on life by teaching them how to restore coral reefs. And they are trying to enlist big business as their ally.  Indeed, the marriage of the […]

We’ve done a few EDC articles in the past where we covered the basics. Those basics typically included: a knife, handgun, and light. In this article we’re going to discuss the importance of always carrying a blade, knowing how to strike with the blade, and where to strike. Again, as with most things EDC, the blade […]

If it moves it can break! That is a basic principle of engineering. Moving parts are vulnerable to forces applied to any of the non-fixed parts. Folding knives have a hinge; they are made of several parts: the blade, the handle, the locking mechanism and probably some type of release switch and/or lock. A fixed […]

Force12 Media/SOFREP is looking for a director of sponsor relationships to manage paid sponsorships for our network. Prior military or special operations experience preferred. This is a full-time, work from home position with light travel. Monthly retainer and commission will be negotiated based on experience. If interested please use the following link, put “Sponsor Relationships” […]

There was a wild squeal as gears shifted before the ramp to the C-130J opened, my peltors clicked out for a moment blocking the sound and all at once I felt the pressure change against my skin and deep inside my ears. The loud drone of the engines filled the inside of the aircraft as […]

You can’t keep your gun. Grenades, knives, bombs, other tools of war – you can’t keep those either. When you leave the military, no matter who you are or what you sacrificed, your boots are yours but your tools belong to the government. And it is that seemingly reasonable rule that caused Trevor Maroshek so […]

As part of an article featuring a veteran adventure therapy organization, SOFREP was fortunate to speak with retired Force Recon Marine Staff Sergeant Jonathon Blank about his background and experiences working with Mission Volant. Tell us a little bit about your military background I was born in Wichita, KS.  I enlisted in the Marine Corps […]

SOFREP spoke with the Robbie Hill, Director of Mission Volant, to find out how his organization is helping veterans. Tell us about your military and professional background I’m an active duty Marine of over 10 years, serving as a MV-22 Osprey Crew Chief, with multiple deployments, various personal and professional awards.  I strive to be […]