SOF

The roots of special operations forces can be traced back to the strategic challenges of World War II.

Peter Debbins’ tangled loyalties and ideological shifts ultimately culminated in a double life fraught with espionage and betrayal, underscoring the complex interplay of personal history and national allegiance.

On a moonlit run into North Vietnam on November 21, 1970, Bull Simons and 56 Green Berets hit Son Tay with surgical violence, found the cells empty, and left the nearby Secondary School littered with bodies that looked a lot more like Chinese advisors than local NVA, a truth the official record preferred to bury.

He didn’t chase glory; he ran toward gunfire because that’s where his brothers were, and that’s where duty called.

Special Operations favors the one who thinks under fire, starts before he is told, and pulls others with him.

Your feet are your lifeline in Selection, so get two pairs of issued boots that fit snug in the heel with toe wiggle room, break them in until they feel like an extension of your leg, use a two sock system turned inside out with light powder, dry and rotate nightly, and build miles gradually while fixing hot spots the moment they flare.

With CIA covert ops greenlit and Night Stalker rotors skimming the Caribbean, Washington is squeezing Maduro’s lifelines the way a dockhand cinches a hawser, while drug routes slither through the Lesser Antilles like eels in an oil slick.

In the realm of personal and home defense, one must navigate a sea of tactical “enhancements” with discerning wisdom, for while some gadgets offer genuine advantages, others may simply weigh you down with unnecessary prestige and expense.

On October 3, 2025 at MacDill Air Force Base, Adm. Frank M. Bradley took command of U.S. Special Operations Command from Gen. Bryan P. Fenton, a quiet handoff that suggests tighter targeting, tougher training, and a boss fluent in JSOC tradecraft.

Visualizing what life will look and feel like after you do something is a powerful experience. I wanted that T-shirt.

Discover how functional fitness, encompassing regimes like CrossFit, Gym Jones, Military Athlete, and Mountain Athlete, have revolutionized physical training in elite military units, emphasizing endurance, strength, and specific objectives.

The formation of and many of the defining events in the history of the 3rd Ranger Battalion happened on October 3rd.