Category: Military

Author James Sherman once wrote, “You can’t go back and make a new start, but you can start right now and make a brand-new ending.”

The 8th Fighter Wing participated in the Pacific Air Forces command‘s annual Combined Flying Training Event, VIGILANT STORM 23, at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Oct. 31 – Nov. 5, 2022.

Back in 2005, the Army launched the most successful recruiting campaign in its history when it agreed to pay reservists $2000 for each person they got to sign up. The problem is, some people got greedy, and through a botched criminal investigation, some innocent soldiers paid the price for their greed.

Yesterday, North Korea scrambled some 180 jet aircraft along its border with South Korea prompting South Korea to sortie some 80 fighters of its own, including F-16s and F-35s in response.  This incident took place as the US and South Korea conducted joint training exercises during Vigilant Storm 23. The exercise was scheduled to run […]

Operation Inherent Resolve conducted by a Combined Joint Task Force exists to advise, assist and enable partner nations in combatting the presence of ISIS in the CENTCOM area of operations(AOR) and works to establish a framework for security framework in the region. As US Central Command states on its website; “ISIS has dramatically undermined stability […]

Russian desperation over the failing war in Ukraine has them forming “Blocking Detachments” to apprehend and execute army deserters in a policy that has its roots in the USSR fighting Nazi Germany in WWII.

US Marine Raiders and Green Berets hold exercise RAVEN to test and refine predeployment MARSOC unit readiness

The relatively low rate of casualties among Russian officers speaks volumes about the failings of the Russian army in Ukraine

The US Army has been training with the Polish Army since 2014, Task Force Poland and given the current situation in Eastern Europe it’s more important than ever that NATO partners are capable of joint operations.

SOFREP remembers the two military veterans who were slain in a mid-October shooting in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Netflix’s All Quiet on the Western Front is retold in its original German language with a German cast. War always seems glamorous until you come face to face with the reality of it.