SOFREP editorial team publishes Coronavirus preparation report

Conservative estimates suggest that over 96 million Americans might get infected with the Coronavirus this year. COVID-19 is real and it’s just getting started. We’re all subject to information overload. Mainstream news outlets continue to put out clickbait headlines and biased information with a dash of fact sprinkled in for good measure. The Editors at […]

A Marine without legs and eyes but with a determination to motivate others

THE STORY OF CPL MATTHEW R. BRADFORD, USMC (RET) We all raised our right hands and swore an oath to our country for different reasons. By taking that oath we all chose service, and understood, at least partially, the potential dangers and sacrifices that come with serving. But when you’ve sacrificed your legs and your […]

SOFREP launches new publishing business, looking for military genre authors

The publishing industry is experiencing a massive transformation right now. Traditional booksellers and publishers find themselves continually marginalized by not adapting to the digital age of “on-demand” publishing. This disruption and tightening of the digital noose on the neck of traditional publishing houses have also caused most publishers to take fewer risks on new authors. […]

Veterans who served in stealthy base plagued by cancer

U.S. special operations forces who deployed to a military site in Uzbekistan shortly after the 9/11 attacks found pond water that glowed green, black goo oozing from the ground and signs warning “radiation hazard.” Karshi-Khanabad, known as K2, was an old Soviet base leased by the United States from the Uzbek government just weeks after […]

Saying goodbye to SOFREP: A writer’s farewell

Years ago now, after finishing my undergrad degree, I lucked my way into a cushy corner office for a defense contractor and set about trying to fit into a normal life. I had all the things that I figured one would need to be happy: a high paying job, a pretty office with glass walls […]

A Navy SEAL’s tips for building a high performing team culture

What does it mean to be a high performing team in today’s business climate? It’s very different than what it used to be. Sure, the ability to get along with others is still paramount but it goes beyond that. The disruption that technology has caused in so many industries has created a business mandate to […]

Facebook’s bias toward American veteran groups is still going strong

Prior to Veterans Day, SOFREP launched an ad campaign that would have seen all proceeds be donated to the Glen Doherty Memorial Foundation, but the campaign was immediately shut down by Facebook. The Glen Doherty Memorial Foundation focuses on providing current and former special operations professionals, from all branches of the government, the means necessary […]

Cultural differences between Delta Force and SEAL Team Six

With the death of Osama Bin Laden (OBL) at the hands of some secret squirrel frogmen in Pakistan, there came a nationwide interest in who killed OBL. The phrase “Navy SEALs” was quickly released to the public, whether via the White House or the Department of Defense. But it was those “subject matter experts,” including […]

Vindicated Warriors: Marine Raiders of ‘MARSOC 7’ reunited

In June of 2019, seven men from MARSOC Fox Company and one of the panel members from their 2008 court of inquiry (COI) were reunited—some for the first time in 12 years—during a fishing trip at Big Horn River in Montana. The trip was hosted and paid for by The Bar X Project, an organization […]

SOFREP is back: You asked for it, now you’ve got it

That’s right – SOFREP is back. What began in 2012 as a small military blog quickly grew into a leading source for all-things related to Special Operations Forces (SOF), Foreign Policy, and Defense news. In 2018, our editorial team saw an opportunity to expand beyond our SOF focus, so the decision was made to broaden […]