Team Room

Ever wonder what SOFREP’s backstage looks like? Well now you can see it. This is where the Wilkow Majority and Ian Scotto both record all that high-quality audio we all wait for every week. While in NYC shooting “Inside The Team Room: Green Berets,” I had the chance to head over to Sirius XM—and Ian’s day job. Here are […]

SOFREP’s future is quite simple. Hire a bunch of ex-Green Berets, Rangers, SEALs, and other assorted lunatics to travel to and write about third-world war zones. Our writers understand the terrain and can write about it from a much more informed point of view.

You may have noticed that we have been working here at SOFREP on expanding the amount of content that falls under current events and open-source analysis.  This is going to continue to expand. Most of us have become convinced that the present models of war and politics have become increasingly divorced from reality.  A good […]

The following investigative analysis was derived from countless hours of ‘reverse engineering’ purposefully vague historical references hidden in the dark corners of Cold War historical materials.—Iassen What if I told you that in the mid-1980s, President Ronald Reagan ordered the U.S. Army and the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) to lead and plan a full-scale military […]

In the Second Gulf War, the GROM were deployed alongside US Special Operations Forces in Iraq. The GROM developed a close working relationship with the US Navy SEALs. The partnership was sparked in part by an American citizen, an immigrant from Poland, a Navy SEAL with the nickname “Drago.” Drago was instrumental in building a […]

Hey everybody, the second annual TR/300 members’ party is going to be held on Sunday, January 18th.

The ISIS Solution How Unconventional Thinking and Special Operations Can Eliminate Radical Islam Brandon Webb, Jack Murphy, Peter Nealen, and the Editors of SOFREP.com It always seems impossible until it’s done. —Nelson Mandela Introduction American foreign policy strategies in a post-9/11 world have been opaque at best, and recently the “unhinged” plan is playing out […]

Strategy is the overall plan of action to achieve a measurable goal. It is the series of actions on a theater-wide scale that contribute to victory or defeat. While ISIS has released several documents and videos giving some ideas of its strategy, even more can be determined by examining their targets, their actions in multiple […]

The battles are many, and the names used are varied. But the goal is one: a Crusader-Rafidite [Shi’a] war against the Sunnis. —Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Make no mistake, we are fighting a religious war. —U.S. Army chaplain, Mosul, September 11, 2005 (Lang SOFREP.com) Origins and Organizational Structure The origins of Islamic State of Iraq and […]

The key to fighting and winning an insurgency is having the greater will. Resources and technology will get you only so far if you don’t have the will to use them. You need the will of your countrymen and the political leadership, and not only the will but also the trust of the military leadership. […]

Before taking any potential action taken against ISIS, the president has to consider both international and domestic American politics. He also has to weigh the consequences of any action considered against taking no action at all. Before looking at potential uses of military force against ISIS, it is worthwhile looking at the requisite considerations prior […]

ISIS will be defeated by the United States and a multinational coalition. In a worst-case scenario, the Obama administration will stall as long as possible and pass the buck on to the next administration. However, it seems highly unlikely that he will be able to do so, and he is already giving way to the […]