SOF Selection PT Preparation 3.17.2017

Continue to prep for the UBRR and focus on some speed work today with the runs. Speed work will help with your endurance and gives your muscles a different workout. Training: 5 x 1-mile run Go as quickly as you can with a minimum of 5-minute rest between runs. Record your average mile time. 5 […]

Iraqi Special Forces Are Clearing Mosul in House-to-House Fighting

The fighting for the Iraqi city of Mosul has become a close-quarters battle between hardened ISIS fighters and Iraqi special forces troops. The battle is now a no-holds-barred, house-to-house, street by street bloody affair as the Iraqis seek to drive the ISIS fighters out of the final large city of Iraq. ISIS had named Mosul […]

Israel’s Air Force Bombs Targets in Syria

Israeli Air Force jets pounded targets in Syria which resulted in the Syrian air defense systems launching multiple ground-to-air missiles at the jets in retaliation. One of the rockets was intercepted. The two countries have been technically at war since the 2011 Syrian civil war against Bashar Al-Assad’s government began. But the bombing of yesterday […]

Life In Special Forces Is Rarely Glamourous, Always Rewarding

One of the things you’ll get asked frequently by family and friends that weren’t living close to you during your military career is “what was life like as a Green Beret?” To the average American, it conjures up visions of Bond, James Bond, John Rambo or MacGuyver where you travel to exotic lands surrounded by […]

SOF Selection PT Preparation 3.16.2017

Back out on the rucking trails today.  This week we’ll try a few different things to break it up. Training: More Preparation for the UBRR: 100 pushups (no time limit) 100 situps (no time limit) 100 crunches Rucksack march: Go as hard and as fast as you can for 1 hour. Do this without running. […]

Special Forces, SEALS, Rangers Involved In Large Korean Military Exercise

US Special Operations troops from many different units are in Korea for a large military exercise to bolster the defenses of South Korea. The Yonhap Korean News agency claims that during the exercise, the Special Operations forces will practice “to decapitate” the North Korean’s military leadership. According to various reports, US Army Special Forces, and […]

Three Special Operations Members Killed in NM Plane Crash

Three members of the Air Force’s 318th Special Operations Squadron, part of the 27th Special Operations Wing were killed on Tuesday night in a plane crash in Clovis, NM. The training flight of a U-28A took off from Cannon AFB and crashed about three miles from Cannon and a quarter mile east of Clovis Municipal […]

SOF Selection PT Preparation 3.15.2017

Back to the gym today, many of you will be dealing with the ice in the aftermath of the storm we had on the East Coast. So, we’ll deal with that accordingly. Training: More Preparation for the UBRR: 3 x 12 Lat Pull downs, behind the neck (go as heavy as possible) 3 x 12 […]

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg Visits Ft. Bragg, USASOC

Ft. Bragg, NC, and USASOC got a surprise visitor on Tuesday, March 14 as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent time with soldiers and families during his self-proclaimed “Year of Travel” to all parts of the United States. Zuckerberg has stated that he plans on visiting and meeting people from all 50 states. Some of his […]

Special Operations Command Honors Green Beret Foundation Director

The US Special Operations Command at their recent USSOCOM Care Coalition Conference in Tampa, FL honored Executive Director of the Green Beret Foundation, Jennifer Paquette. Paquette has been presented with USSOCOM’s “Patriot Award” which was established in 2007 and recognizes individuals who go above and beyond to support Special Operators and their families. Paquette’s work centers around her […]

SOF Selection PT Preparation 3.14.2017

Today is a gym day, if you’re one of those unfortunate souls who lives in the Northeast, you may have to shovel out from two feet of wet, heavy snow. In which case that may be all the work out you’ll get today as most everything is shut down. For the rest…hit the weights today […]