The hallmark of the Selous Scouts was Psuedo-Terrorist Operations. The intent was to infiltrate the enemy without them knowing it. That sounds very simplistic but it was a vital strategic prong in Rhodesia’s War on Terror. The RLI, Rhodesian African Rifles and Independent companies of the Rhodesian Regiment were available to meet the enemy on […]
With new tasks at hand, new tactics needed to be implemented. The Eastern border area was named Operation Hurricane. Eventually, the whole country would be divided into their own Operational Commands. As the Terrs moved into Northern Mozambique, intelligence was vital to stopping them cold. A difficult prospect, as the Tete province in the northwest […]
The biggest weapon that an outnumbered force needs is intelligence. In a day and age that was devoid of UAV drones, sophisticated SIGINT and sizeable Recce capabilities, the Rhodesians were essentially playing a game of ‘Whack the Mole’. They needed an equalizer. A human bugging device. The Scouts began providing that in spades. Small secure […]
The SAS, being undermanned for the amount of activity required to keep the enemy on their heels, approached Major Reid-Daly to borrow some men to use on external missions. Their skill at penetrating terrorist organizations and having black soldiers would be a tremendous asset to Externals. The Major saw this as his opportunity to advance […]
Here’s what came across the Comms Check Portal and other avenues to us during the past week. //SOFREP Radio & SOFREP PTSD Content I ETS’d in June 2011. I actually went on terminal leave the day Bin Laden got waxed… Nice going away present! I served as a grunt in the 82d Airborne Division and […]
*The POLL for this month’s Reading Group is CLOSED* *SEAL of Honor by Gary Williams is the Selection for October, here is the link.* *POLL closes midnight Pacific, October 2nd* Hello MAFIA/Underground, This post is to announce that the nominations for the October book selection is now open. You can place your nominations by following […]
Coming January 2014…
The Marine side of the SOFREP SOF Wiki has been sorely neglected of late. However, I’m now getting to fixing and updating it. The Title is now “MARSOC and Recon,” and the front page has been revamped a little. Over the next few weeks I’ll get to the rest of it, and hopefully have a […]
Team Room – a lot of our subscribers have been asking for a weekly version of our newsletter, which now make available via the subscribe form in our sidebars. Our newsletter is nothing fancy – it’s simply a digest of latest posts with a little sponsorship. We send it out to let you know what’s […]
Team Room, we made a change in our registration payment process last night, but it’s problematic, so we need your input.
Hey everybody, I wanted to get back with you on the Member Support front. The past few weeks since we switched to the subscription model have been ‘just a bit more hectic’ than things normally are around SOFREP HQ. People joined in droves and problems started coming at us on all fronts: new membership system, […]
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