No Easy Day’s Mark Owen & The British SIS/MI6

Just got this via our Comms Check from a reader in the UK. Thought you guys would find it interesting. He writes: I’m British, former SAS. The UK government has a policy of neither confirming nor denying (anything). We had two SIS/MI6 intel guys follow the route of the CIA’s Frank Snepp and John Stockwell […]

Spetsnaz, Beslan and Tragedy

Dawn rousted them from their sleep, the forest encampment providing a peaceful respite from the constant movement of the past days. They were close to their objective and readying themselves for the moment to depart and strike fear into the conscious of a nation. The group was small. 32 members attired in the green leafy […]

MACV-SOG: RT Maryland’s Final Mission

On pay day Nov. 1, 1969, Green Beret Gunther Wald could not play in his favorite pay-day pot-limit poker game because he was preparing to launch with his team into Laos for a top secret mission as the team leader of Reconnaissance Team (RT) Maryland, based at Da Nang, Command and Control North (CCN) base […]

Otto Skorzeny: Hitler’s Commando

Though history remembers him as one of the bad guys, there is little doubt that a German named Otto Skorzeny played an influential role in demonstrating the power small specialized units could play on the battlefield. Once called ‘The Most Dangerous Man In Europe’, his participation in planning and executing risky, even outlandish, operations earned […]

Rangers Lead The Way!

Captain William Orlando Darby had a keen interest in the organization and fighting style of the British commando. The 31 year old Aide-de Camp of the 34th Infantry Division was selected to create and organize a light infantry fighting unit specializing in reconnaissance, raids and ambushes. For it, he chose a name that had echoed […]

Spetsnaz

Along with the initials KGB, the word Spetsnaz ranks as one of the best-known Soviet terms to come out of the Cold War. Movies and novels portrayed Spetsnaz as highly trained, bloodthirsty killers who knew no bounds and ended up getting wiped out before the screen faded to black or the final page turned. Truth […]

Reinhard Heydrich: Killing The Devil

Apart from Hitler, perhaps no one typified the evil of Nazism more so than Reinhard Heydrich. Cold, calculating, arrogant and brutal, he is a figure whose hands-on approach to dealing with perceived enemies of Germany made him author of some of the worst crimes ever perpetrated by man. Tall, slender with smooth blond hair and […]

American Heroes of World War II: Never Forget

This video was originally titled “African American Heroes.”  I changed it and hope we can get rid of those silly little boxes people want us to “check” (African American, Caucasian, Asian, etc.). I prefer to “check” American citizen. Enjoy this video that honors true American Heroes of World War II. %EMBED2%

A Great Story – The Crew of an AC-47D Recovered

I had the fortunate opportunity to spend some time with the son of Col. Joseph Christiano, an AC-47D pilot during Vietnam. Jeff Christiano, the Colonel’s son, grew up anticipating his father’s return and now, 45 years later, his dad is home. Jeff is a great man, father, and son who wins hearts and minds of […]

Remembering The Great Raid

As the Japanese war machine rolled over the Philippines Islands, American forces put up a spirited though futile effort to stave off defeat. Hopes of reinforcement were dashed and the passing weeks found them being drawn into defending ever smaller parcels of territory with fewer and fewer men. Ammunition and food reached critical levels, with […]

SHARE YOUR STORY: What Independence Day Means to Me

Hey SOFREP readers, the 4th of July is fast approaching and we’d like to hear what this holiday means to you. What do you remember and cherish most about our Independence Day? Do you pause to think of our Founding Fathers and our great nation’s birthday? Do you think of President Lincoln and the turmoil of the […]

Operation Thunderbolt: Hostage Rescue at Entebbe Airport

What was supposed to be a routine flight for the 248 passengers on their way to Paris, France spiraled into a nightmare 7 minutes after the jet rose into the sky from Athens, Greece. At that moment, Flight 139, an Air France Airbus A300, found itself the latest target in the Palestine Liberation organization’s endless […]