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Living in Texas, I remember the Deepwater Horizon oil rig fire and subsequent BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico but I never imagined the terrifying hell-on-earth experience the workers on the rig endured. April 20, 2010, 11 people lost their lives in the largest oil disaster in the oil industry’s history. The rig was […]

A recent study published by the US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) is changing the way leaders look at recruiting for elite units within the military. It was previously believed that most service members tried out for the rigorous selection and training that most operators must endure to challenge themselves and serve their country at a […]

Picture this…You’ve put the kids to bed for the evening and after locking the front door and turning all the lights off you yourself go to bed. You are then awakened several hours later by a strange noise coming from downstairs. It sounds as if someone broke a window and are now attempting to breach […]

The US Navy recently published an all-Navy message, stating that the Navy will begin its training on the new transgender policy on November 1st. All training must be complete by July 2017. According to Military.com, In an all-Navy message published Tuesday, Chief of Naval Personnel Vice Adm. Robert Burke said a three-pronged training approach will equip […]

Lt. Col. David P. Diamond, who provided aid to victims and assistance to Boston Police in the immediate aftermath of the April 15, 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, has been awarded the Soldiers Medal for his actions that day. It was Sen. John McCain who pinned the medal on Diamond’s chest during a Capitol Hill ceremony […]

FBI Director James Comey warned Tuesday that the increasing success of the military campaign against the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq carries an ominous downside: a wave of terrorist fighters who will spread across the globe as the group loses control of its territory on the ground. “The so-called caliphate will be crushed. The […]

Out on America’s West Coast, just to the left of California about 60 miles, lies a 21-nautical-mile-long geographical wasteland known as San Clemente Island.  It makes up the southern tip of California’s Channel Islands, making it the metaphorical hell to the comparable heaven of Santa Catalina Island, which is located a bit to the northeast. […]

Here is the long-awaited lineup for the charity boxing match between former British SAS and former US SOF. The fight will take place in London on November 11th. If you cannot join us in London, you can watch the fight on SOFREP TV (more information to follow on this). Note- The team is still in […]

Nate “Buster” Jaros says China will have a fifth generation fighter, and its development of the J-20 (amongst other fifth gen platforms) is significant. If you haven’t been paying much attention to the jet fighter news, you may have missed something big. In fact, it doesn’t get a lot of press and over the past couple of years […]

The Central Intelligence Agency has its own investment capital arm, and it’s been pumping money into some of Silicon Valley’s most innovative companies for years. In-Q-Tel (named after “Q” in the James Bond films) invests in companies that can deliver useful technology to the intelligence community within 36 months. But since it’s structured as an independent, […]

If you’re going to have an obit in the New York Times, it would be hard have a more intriguing headline than this one from March 2000 : “Gertrude Sanford Legendre, 97, Socialite Turned Hunter and Prisoner of War,” unless they’d added, as they should have done, “Spy.” One might also have said she was spoiled and impetuous […]

On September 25th at 1700 EST,  Clint Emerson, former Navy SEAL and author of “100 Deadly Skills: Survival Edition,”  will be hosting the Team Room Q&A.  Please join us.