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Category: Special Operations

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Latest Special Operations stories, analysis, and updates from SOFREP.

Why Navy SEAL Doesn’t Skydive: Watch and Save your Life

Why Navy SEAL Doesn’t Skydive: Watch and Save your Life

February 17, 2021

So you want to jump out of a perfectly good airplane? You might want to watch this video about skydiving from a Navy SEAL before you do.

MACV-SOG, Created in Vietnam, Still Influences US Special Operations

MACV-SOG, Created in Vietnam, Still Influences US Special Operations

February 15, 2021

MACV-SOG was deactivated as the Vietnam War ended, but the secretive group’s legacy lives on with Joint Special Operations Command.

How Navy SEAL Trainers Prepare the Next Generation of SEALs

How Navy SEAL Trainers Prepare the Next Generation of SEALs

February 14, 2021

Navy SEAL training is widely known as one of the most grueling in the world, but it’s the instructors who assess and shape the future SEALs.

Remembering 1LT George Sisler, MACVSOG, Medal of Honor

Remembering 1LT George Sisler, MACVSOG, Medal of Honor

February 7, 2021

Lt. Sisler grabbed grenades and charged into the teeth of the enemy assault, singlehandedly breaking it up and forcing the enemy to retreat.

My Mock Prisoner of War Experience “War Criminal 51 Reporting…”

My Mock Prisoner of War Experience “War Criminal 51 Reporting…”

February 5, 2021

In the middle of the second night there, we were told to strip naked. We stayed that way while they hosed us down with freezing cold water…

You May Have Been Identified as an Extremist Within the Ranks and Had no Idea

You May Have Been Identified as an Extremist Within the Ranks and Had no Idea

February 5, 2021

The DoD is scrambling to cut out any links to extremism in the ranks — actual or imagined — in the wake of SecDef Austin’s stand down.

Watch: Viral Rant Brings New Attention to Death of Green Beret

Watch: Viral Rant Brings New Attention to Death of Green Beret

February 4, 2021

Leslie Socolov has gone viral for her anti-Semitic rant, but she got off scot-free for killing decorated Green Beret Richard Flaherty in 2015.

Remembering a Hero: Special Forces Warrant Officer Shawn Thomas

Remembering a Hero: Special Forces Warrant Officer Shawn Thomas

February 2, 2021

Warrant Officer One Shawn Thomas was loved by all. He was described as a warrior by every single person that knew him, including me.

Ballad of the Green Berets Turns 55

Ballad of the Green Berets Turns 55

January 31, 2021

The Ballad of the Green Beret — heard from Hollywood to the watering holes of Fort Bragg — is fifty five years young.

How the Navy’s ‘Hell Week’ Reveals Who Has What it Takes to Be a SEAL

How the Navy’s ‘Hell Week’ Reveals Who Has What it Takes to Be a SEAL

January 29, 2021

“My class started with 150 students,” a former SEAL officer said. “At the end of Hell Week, only 24 were there, some of them pretty beat up.”

How Roadside Bombings Spawn a New Armored Car Business for John Zinn

How Roadside Bombings Spawn a New Armored Car Business for John Zinn

January 27, 2021

A firefight on the streets of Iraq in 2004 led John Zinn to form Indigen Armor, a brand new take on up-armored trucks for Special Operators.

Navy SEAL John Zinn “Too Aggressive” for Police Academy, Suspended

Navy SEAL John Zinn “Too Aggressive” for Police Academy, Suspended

January 26, 2021

John Zinn was always motivated by his dreams. Some of those dreams were bigger than the Navy SEALs, but they never quite clicked for him.

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