This week on SOFREP we’ve got some great SOF topics coming to you, starting with the Douchebag of the week, Bobby Hallmark, Jr. Lessons From al-Qaeda Infighting in the Middle East by Peter Nealen I originally intended to get this post up before the Insubordination post. Here is the background and context of the dispute between ISI […]
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The Reading Group of the SOFREP MAFIA is made up of the MAFIA’s readers, who each month, select a book to read and discuss within the Forums. The inspiration for the Group was an old blog by Bob Schoultz, Navy SEAL Captain (ret.), where he talked about what he was reading. Given the variety and […]
Have you ever wondered what Edward Snowden and geeks like him actually do? Do you think that you’re qualified to step in and get into that action? You’ve no doubt read Will’s write-up about the guy, where he says: Much has yet to be written about Snowden. What is known is that he’s a computer smart-guy […]
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Okay, a few of you were already aware of this, but the book is out on Amazon, as of Jun 6. It’s been accepted in to the Smashwords Premium Catalog, which means it’s only a matter of time before the ebook is up on B&N and Apple. The Link: Hunting in the Shadows And for […]
A look at my upcoming novel, Hunting in the Shadows, due out at the end of May. The operators of Praetorian Security find themselves in Kirkuk, Iraq, performing some covert operations… After enough time in hostile environments, you begin to develop a sixth sense for what the military calls the “atmospherics” of a place. Your […]
Team Room, here’s a sneak peak at our new e-book series artwork with St. Martin’s Press. All our e-books will have this design theme…
The deadly attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, symbolically coinciding with the eleventh anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, triggered in a confluence of events that spilled into US domestic politics, military covert operations, and a number of classified CIA programs. With the terrorist strike occurring in the run up the US Presidential […]
One advantage that the CIA team had over their inexperienced State Department security counterparts was that they knew the area like the back of their hand, especially their immediate surroundings. There were hundreds of planned routes to and from their base into the dusty and dangerous streets of Benghazi. They had picked up dozens of […]
During the rebellion against Gaddafi and in the aftermath of his death, Libya and North Africa became a staging ground for a dizzying array of operations by SpecOps, paramilitary, and international…
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