JSOC

Who’s flying the best SOF units into harm’s way? JSOCs TF 160th, that’s who. Helicopter pilots in general are often the black sheep of the military aviation community.  I saw this first hand as an H-60 Search & Rescue Swimmer Crew Chief (AW) before I went into the SEALs.  A lot of jet jocks would […]

Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), announced on Monday that a mass grave containing more than 80 bodies of the so-called Islamic State (IS), or Daesh terrorists from different nationalities has been found in the city of Fallujah in Anbar Province, Iraq.

In the early morning hours of May 10th, Somali special operations soldiers joined by United States JSOC commandos conducted a direct action raid against an al-Shabaab target in the village of Toratorow, 100 kilometers southwest of Mogadishu within the Lower Shebelle province. Around 3:00 am local time – residents witnessed two American helicopters, most likely […]

In a scenario eerily reminiscent to US Special Forces deployments to Central America in the 1980’s, Obama announced today that 250 more Special Operations troops would be deployed to Syria to help fight ISIS.  In the 80’s the numbers of Special Forces troops allowed in countries like El Salvador and Nicaragua was capped around 50, […]

The raid occurred south of Mosul, in Hammam al-Alil—42 miles from the Kurdish capital of Erbil, where U.S. and Kurdish forces launched their assault.

This type of arrangement is hardly unprecedented, as Delta Force also worked in the shadows during the search for, and eventual killing of, Pablo Escobar in Colombia. They’ve also served in advisory capacities during hostage-rescue missions in places as diverse as Sudan and Peru.

SOFREP had an opportunity to interview Clint Emerson before his upcoming book tour to promote the release of his first book, “100 Deadly Skills.”

The fight against ISIS is a bread-and-butter mission for the likes of CTC and JSOC. This reportedly new campaign is nothing new for these agencies.

SOFREP just received our copy of 100 Deadly Skills, a new book by my friend and former JSOC Operator Clinton Emerson. Having glanced briefly through the manual it’s obvious that this is a must read for anyone into urban or rural survival (or just looking to get rid of stuff—I’ll let you use your own imagination). […]

The NYT article about SEAL Team 6 a few weeks ago sparked yet another media frenzy on the military’s accountability and their involvement in shadow wars.

It’s being reported that after watching our experiences over the last three decades, the Russians are adopting our approach to SOF. They have stood up the Силы специальных операций or ССО – in English this translates to “Forces Special Operations.” The new organization will at first include a special forces brigade, a training center and […]

…the former being one giant OPSEC violation, but damn…it’s amazing what the author turned up via the Freedom of Information Act…