Exclusive: Inside one of Georgia’s most secure prisons

Exclusive: Inside one of Georgia’s most secure prisons

Reidsville, GA — A maximum security prison stands in the heart of Georgia, steeped in history having housed prisoners from all walks of life, from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to serial killer Wayne Williams. Now, over 1550 of Georgia’s most feared and violent inmates have found themselves locked within the Georgia State Prison’s walls […]

Op-Ed: Security Forces Assistance Brigades: The death of Special Forces

Op-Ed: Security Forces Assistance Brigades: The death of Special Forces

Over the years, many have lamented the end of Special Forces, foreseeing the destruction of the Green Berets, a slipping of training and selection standards, and plenty of general navel-gazing about how it “use to be.”  Hell, I remember buying a copy of Soldier of Fortune magazine in the PX at Fort Bragg over a […]

Remembrance Rumble 2: Coming soon to The SPEC OPS Channel

Remembrance Rumble 2: Coming soon to The SPEC OPS Channel

Former United States Marines met former SAS operators in the ring one month ago, duking it out at a charity boxing event on November 11, Remembrance Day. We live streamed it on SOFREP TV’s Facebook page, and soon it’s going to be available on SOFREP TV. Watch the SAS fight on their home turf in […]

Pages of War: ‘The Great Gatsby’

Pages of War: ‘The Great Gatsby’

So I’ve done a couple of these that could be considered a bit of a stretch — the last one being Stephen Crane’s “The Open Boat.” I included it because I really enjoy fiction that parallel’s an author’s personal experiences, be it in combat against man or combat against nature. There are just details and moments […]

Live or die in Cambodia: Rescue mission with James Shorten

Live or die in Cambodia: Rescue mission with James Shorten

[Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a series of exclusive SOFREP stories of what led to the MACV-SOG Bright Light mission that haunts SOG Green Beret SSG James H. Shorten (Jones) to this day. It has taken him back to Cambodia twice and he hopes to return to Cambodia in 2018 to help DPAA […]

JP’s Adventures in Spyland: Sightseeing and a bit of shopping

JP’s Adventures in Spyland: Sightseeing and a bit of shopping

Check out Part 1, “Room Service” here. Once I had “paper walked” — mapped — my tentative routes and filled my belly, I figured that it was time to hit the streets and do some spy sh-. OK full disclosure – “spy sh-” meant, at that point, nothing more than looking like the bumbling, lost […]

Guest author: Reflections on scouting from a soldier and father

Guest author: Reflections on scouting from a soldier and father

Managing Editor’s note:  This is the first article in a new theme here at SOFREP.  Each week, we will present a new Guest Author.  Please enjoy!  And please welcome them to the family. Guest Author: Tyler Jones With the recent decision of the Boy Scouts of America to open its doors to girls, yet another […]

On this day in history: The Washington Monument is completed

On this day in history: The Washington Monument is completed

December 6, 1884: the largest piece of aluminum in history up to that point is placed onto the Washington Monument, marking its completion. It wouldn’t be open to the public until October, four years later, but it was at this time that construction was finished. At the time of its completion it was the tallest […]

Getting out of the military and going to college? Give this a read

Getting out of the military and going to college? Give this a read

There is a lot of skepticism and finger-pointing aimed at the VA these days, some legitimate concerns and others just incessant complaining. Regardless of your thoughts on the VA, the GI Bill is a great program that allows you to get a free education, and gets you paid in the process—and coming from someone who […]

On this day in history: ‘Shell Shock’ report is presented in 1917

On this day in history: ‘Shell Shock’ report is presented in 1917

The psychiatric field of Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a relatively new one. The term dates as far back as 1980s, and its predecessor, “gross stress reaction,” was coined in 1952. However, the term “shell shock” is an older one, and made its mark in the minds of the public during the first world war. […]

The 10 most badass antiheroes out there today

The 10 most badass antiheroes out there today

There is something about the traditional hero in American popular culture that we find… lacking.  Whether it be the snow-white purity of heart, the absolute courage of convictions, the unwavering righteousness of moral cause — or likely, a combination of all three — we often find such heroic archetypes a bit tiresome. That totally makes […]

Pages of War: ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’ by C. S. Lewis

Pages of War: ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’ by C. S. Lewis

What does a children’s book have to do with war? Most people who have read the installments of “The Chronicles of Narnia” read them as a child or read them to their children. Like “The Hobbit” or a boatload of modern Disney movies, they are highly entertaining to most adults too, but are generally geared […]