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Charlie Keating IV, the Navy SEAL shot dead by ISIS in Iraq on Tuesday, set aside a promising future in sports to join the terror fight overseas, according to friends. Keating, 31, died in combat in the town of Tel Askuf, likely from AK-47 fire, officials said. He was the third American serviceman to die in […]

Throughout my entire Military carer I was challenged both physically, and mentally. However, it was always my mental toughness that saw me through whatever hardship I was facing. I watched PT (physical training) studs wash-out of various attrition schools because they lacked mental toughness. I wasn’t the best Ranger, nor was I the worst. I wasn’t […]

The U.S. and other militaries are looking more and more into fielding real laser weapons. In response, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army is placing new emphasis on actual smokescreens to protect forces on the ground and at sea from lasers. In December 2014, the USS Ponce’s Laser Weapons System became the first operational battlefield laser, capable of engaging light […]

A group of at least 89 female cadets of the Afghan National Police (ANP) forces have started training “Training of Trainers” and “Special Operations Education” in Turkey, it has been reported. The training of the female ANP cadets kicked off on Monday and will continue for a period of at least two months. Turkish Deputy […]

The man at the helm of the USS Cole when it was attacked by an Al Qaeda cell in 2000 said last month’s release of a Guantanamo Bay detainee linked to the bombers denies justice to the 17 people killed aboard the ship. Kirk Lippold, who was commanding officer of the U.S. Navy guided missile […]

The Army is developing its weapons, technologies and platforms with a greater emphasis on being ready for great-power, mechanized force-on-force war in order maintain cross-the-board readiness and deter near-peer adversaries from unwanted aggression. While the service aims to be prepared for any conceivable contingency, to include counterinsurgency, counterterrorism and hybrid-type conflicts, the Army has been […]

“Honor Bound” can appeal to so many different groups of readers, as it has quite a bit to offer, both historically and inspirationally.

A French national who allegedly conceived and planned last November’s horrific terror attacks in Paris has been promoted to a top position in the so-called Islamic State’s foreign intelligence branch, according to a former ISIS intelligence operative who has since defected. Abu Suleyman al-Firansi, the nom de guerre of this rising star in terrorist ranks, is believed […]

Check out this SOFREP Exclusive book excerpt from “Raising Men: Lessons Navy SEALs Learned from Their Training and Taught to Their Sons,” by former Navy SEAL and sniper instructor Eric Davis.

Al Jazeera has obtained a copy of the secret personal diaries of Abu Zubaydah, one of the highest-profile prisoners in Guantanamo Bay. The six notebooks, which were obtained from a former U.S. government intelligence official who worked with the CIA and FBI on Al-Qaeda’s rise to power, were discovered at a safe house in Pakistan where Abu […]

The past decade Europe has seen an explosive growth in the number of  motorcycle gangs (MCs), many of which are listed as Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs[1] (OMGs), sometimes referred to as ‘One Percenters’. The One Percenters are more narrowly defined by ATF as (among other things) any group of motorcyclists whose activities bring them and their club into […]

Their daughter was stolen by terrorists, forced to “marry” the leader of ISIS and ultimately killed, and Carl and Marsha Mueller can only wonder if it all could have been different. Kayla Mueller was an idealistic aid worker who went to Turkey in 2012 to help refugee children. She was taken hostage in August, 2013, […]