Chinese President Xi Jinping in an attempt to assert total authority over their modernizing armed forces called on “capable, brave and virtuous soldiers with soul” to lead the nation’s armed forces. Jinping spoke in the Great Hall of the People to mark the 90th Anniversary of the Peoples’ Liberation Army (PLA) and warned potential adversaries […]
On July 30, 1945, in the closing days of World War II, the cruiser Indianapolis (CA-35), unescorted in the Pacific Ocean, was steaming for Leyte, having left Guam after just delivering the components for the atomic bomb to Tinian. The Indianapolis’ orders were to rendezvous with the battleship U.S.S. Idaho (BB-42), in the Leyte Gulf […]
The 14th year of the Fuerzas Comando special operations forces competition brought competitors and key leaders from 20 countries together in a difficult training exercise last week in Paraguay. This competition pits the best teams of each countries Special Operations Forces competed against the other nations’ teams in the SOUTHCOM (US Southern Command) area of […]
The 1st Special Forces Command welcomed a new commander MG Fran Beaudette who took over from MG James Kraft in a ceremony at Ft. Bragg, NC last week. Lt. Gen. Kenneth E. Tovo, the commander of U.S. Army Special Operations Command, oversaw the change of command. Tovo said the command, provisionally activated in May 2014, […]
The following is an opinion of the writer and doesn’t necessarily reflect the views of SOFREP or any other employee of it. Usually, when someone writes that, you can assume that they are going to say something that is inflammatory. Well, this isn’t going to be one of those pieces… I guess it depends on […]
A SCUD-type of missile, launched by Yemen-based Houthi rebels flew hundreds of miles in Saudi Arabia according to US defense officials. And even more concerning to government officials was that the missile flew farther in range than anything the rebels had used before and that Iran supplied it. The missile, described by one official as […]
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis wants the military to get back to the art of fighting wars and do realistic training and stop wasting time on what he termed “senseless exercises.” Mattis came to this conclusion after hearing complaints of thousands of service members. Many service members said that too much of their time is spent […]
The Israeli government, attempting to calm days of violence which has claimed seven lives, has removed metal detectors from entrances to the Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City. The Israelis have said they’ll instead use more CCTV cameras for the security of the site which is revered in Christian, Jewish as well as Muslim […]
The United States has been claiming for months that the Russians, once bitter enemies of the Taliban, have been arming them attempting to undermine US efforts in the war-torn country. Now videos are surfacing that give rise to those accusations by the US. The Russians have flatly denied the allegation as “utterly false” and claim […]
Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev said Monday that his nation was threatened with missile attacks by a foreign power if he didn’t close an air base that the US had in Kyrgyzstan territory. “I will not hide that some countries warned us that they are ready, should it be the case that it is necessary, to conduct […]
Christopher Nolan’s “Dunkirk” is a masterpiece of a war film that is a must see for any fans of the genre. The battle and evacuation of Dunkirk have been very rarely touched by filmmakers and for that reason, this film is a fresh look at a part of World War II that is largely […]
In a move that is bound to concern Washington, Iran and Iraq signed a pact on Sunday to step up military cooperation and the fight against “terrorism and extremism”, according to official Iranian news agencies. At a time when the US has repeatedly voiced its intentions to limit the influence of Tehran in the region […]
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