SOF Pic of the Day: Navy SEALs forge their own trail

SOF Pic of the Day: Navy SEALs forge their own trail

East coast-based Navy SEALs forge a trail in the backcountry using skis during Winter Warfare training Jan. 23, 2017 in Breckenridge, Colo. SEALs are practicing skills during work ups they will need during deployment.   U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Scott Fenaroli/Released   Watch U.S. troops prepare for cold weather combat […]

SOF Pic of the Day: Navy SEALs conduct embassy rescue training

SOF Pic of the Day: Navy SEALs conduct embassy rescue training

An East Coast-based SEAL holds off a local protester during an embassy attack rescue scenario during exercise TRIDENT 2017. The exercise is Naval Special Warfare’s premiere joint training event that encompasses several Special Operations Forces and conventional militarymilitarymilitary participants, as well as partner nations and partner agencies to create realistic, combined-effort scenarios for operational units. […]

SOG Quake Folding Knife | Review

SOG Quake Folding Knife | Review

Plowing through a sea of folding knives there lies great difficulty in finding new innovative designs. After all, several manufacturers have been creating reliable, well designed assisted-opening knives for years. And what’s not broken, needs not fixing, right? Well, SOGdecided to look into new mechanisms and methods for opening an assisted knife and gave birth to the SOG Quake and Quake XL. 4:22 3:00 The folding […]

YPG foreign fighters arrive in Afrin to fight Turkey

YPG foreign fighters arrive in Afrin to fight Turkey

When the battle for Raqqa concluded, many of the foreign fighters that had inserted themselves into the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) ranks, primarily into the Kurdish YPG, returned home as the Islamic State in caliphate form was no more. Now, as Turkey attacks the Kurdish held city of Afrin, it seems the remaining few have emerged […]

SOF Pic of the Day: Special Operations personnel stand perimeter watch

SOF Pic of the Day: Special Operations personnel stand perimeter watch

U.S. Special Operations personnel stand perimeter watch during a direct assault on a simulated enemy village during exercise TRIDENT 2017. The exercise is Naval Special Warfare’s premiere joint trainingtrainingtraining event that encompasses several Special Operations Forces and conventional military participants, as well as partner nations and partner agencies to create realistic, combined-effort scenarios for operational […]

California Teacher and City Councilman Slams Military Service Members

California Teacher and City Councilman Slams Military Service Members

A Southern California high school teacher and city councilman was taped by one of his students as he went on a profanity-laced tirade about military members calling them “the frickin’ lowest of the low” in a classroom rant to students that has now gone viral. El Rancho High history teacher Gregory Salcido — who also […]

SOF Pic of the Day: Special Operations troops conduct ‘proof of concept’ testing of tactics

SOF Pic of the Day: Special Operations troops conduct ‘proof of concept’ testing of tactics

U.S. Navy Sea, Air, and Land Team Members conduct proof of concept and operational testing and evaluation of tactics, techniques and procedures development during exercise TRIDENT 17 on Hurlburt Field, Florida, May 12, 2017. TRIDENT 17 is Naval Special Warfare’s premiere joint training event that encompasses several Special Operations Forces (SOF) and conventional military participants, […]

Watch: NASA honors those lost in America’s space program

Watch: NASA honors those lost in America’s space program

Throughout the historyhistoryhistory of mankind, humans have endeavored to look beyond the dark shroud of our night sky and unlock the mysteries it holds. For a long time, that effort was limited to ground based observation and an underdeveloped understanding of laws of physics, but it was only in recent decades that we, as a […]

SOF Pic of the Day: SEALs rising up from the deep

SOF Pic of the Day: SEALs rising up from the deep

U.S. Navy Sea, Air, and Land Team Members conduct a proof of concept mission testing the efficacy of towing methods and insertion techniques during exercise TRIDENT 17 on Hurlburt Field, Florida, May 8, 2017. TRIDENT 17 is Naval Special Warfare’s premiere joint training event that encompasses several Special Operations Forces (SOF) and conventional military participants, […]

Watch: Pat McNamara on drawing your pistol

Watch: Pat McNamara on drawing your pistol

How many of us shooters struggle to get a consistent accurate shot draw under 2 seconds or even 2.5 seconds. Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast. Watch as Pat McNamara slows his draw down each time so that you can see what a proper draw looks like. Pat McNamara puts in some good reps here […]

Watch: Release The dogs of war

Watch: Release The dogs of war

Military working dogs have been a part of our military dating back to the first World Wars. Fast forward to the current conflicts in Iraq and AfghanistanAfghanistanAfghanistan and K9’s have become even more popular. The selection and training these dogs go through can sometimes be just as grueling as the selection and training their handlers go through. […]