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When ANTIFA and other radical groups threatened to destroy St. Louis, Missouri, in 2017, then-Governor Eric Greitens, a former Navy SEAL officer, stepped in and with frontline leadership defeated them. A few months afterward, in 2018, Greitens was forced to resign from office as legal costs, which numbered in the millions, mounted following a criminal […]

Editor’s note: What a better way to celebrate the Military Appreciation Month than with some “Why I Joined” stories? May is here and spring is in the air unless you live in New England where it feels like March. However, May is National Military Appreciation Month. During the month, there are several days set aside […]

Editor’s note: What a better way to celebrate the Military Appreciation Month than with some “Why I Joined” stories? Growing up I liked to play what I knew at the time to be the so-called army. I thought it was all just one big army and knew no branch distinction. I would pretend to sneak […]

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 […]

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 […]

What have Canadian Special Operations units been up to over the last two decades? We tend not to talk about it very much, but we’ve been busy.

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

During my recent appearance on SOFREP Radio, I said something that wasn’t true. No, I don’t mean accidentally calling Rich Froning (Crossfit Champion) Rich Franklin (former UFC Champion) though I did do that too… I mean when I said that I was a “late blooming” nerd that embraced things like Star Trek as an adult, […]