Category: War Stories

SERE was a “No-Fail” school. If for some reason you don’t make it through they revoke your security clearance. If that happened, I’d be done.

Jessica Donati was recently a guest on SOFREP Radio where she talked about her recent book and her years of work in Afghanistan. Ms. Donati wasn’t a journalist looking for a quick story spending a week in-country, getting a juicy tip, and then becoming an instant expert on everything Afghanistan. In fact, she was the exact […]

“As a result of a mine in a mosque, 30 terrorist Taliban, including six foreign nationals who were professional mine-makers, were killed,”

John Basilone is a legend. His actions during the fighting on Guadalcanal in October, 1942, resulted in him being awarded the Medal of Honor.

The SERE School training area was in a classified area near the Naval Air Station; its dread status was the stuff of fact, myth, and legend.

Nearly sixty years later, Paris Davis may finally be awarded the Medal of Honor for actions while serving with Special Forces in Vietnam.

O-1 Bird Dog pilots flew so low that they were easy pickings for enemy fire. Those that survived — like Mike Leonard — have harrowing tales.

Pour yourself a glass of something strong and join former Special Forces operator John Black as he tells a true war story.

In his new book, Never Enough, former Navy SEAL Mike Hayes explores the excellence that comes from being pushed to your max.

Knight went out to recon and found three Japanese pillboxes. One by one, he moved on them and took them all out using hand grenades.

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

It was a mission gone bad, the kind where heroes die and are later written about, and some Hollywood profiteer makes a killing on the movie.