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Near the end of September, the brass asked Schaff if he’d mind becoming the One-One, or assistant team leader. The brass wanted to put an overweight Special Forces sergeant from Germany who had a previous tour of duty with a Green Beret A-Team, but no experience in Laos, in the One-Zero slot simply because he […]
In a ceremony held last Wednesday aboard Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 1st Class Jeffrey Thomas was awarded the Silver Star for his heroism in the line of duty during a ten-hour firefight against militants from the Islamic State, on October 20th and 21st, 2016. “Today we recognize the heroic actions of individuals […]
(You can read part 13 here) Dedicated to SOFREP’s own sister Suzanne D. for her extraordinary personal generosity in my family’s time of desperation. Our jump master stood and banged his hands together several times and called out sharply: “ATTENTION EVERYONE, HEY, ATTENTION!!” He stood in the center of our aircraft with his arms outstretched, […]
Staff Sgt. Eric Smith, who retired from the United States Marine Corps before becoming a firefighter in Irving, Texas, had his Silver Star upgraded to a Navy Cross in a recent ceremony presided over by Maj. Gen. Paul Kennedy, head of Marine Corps Recruiting Command. The Navy Cross is the second highest valor award a […]
Photo: Petty Officer Second Class (SEAL) Michael A. Monsoor (kneeling) poses for a photo with his teammates while deployed to Ar Ramadi Iraq in 2006. Here is the official Summary of Action for Monsoor posthumous award of the Medal of Honor by then president George W. Bush. Petty Officer Second Class (SEAL) Michael A. Monsoor: […]
Read part nine here. We were in a hasty harbor area. Those left on the course were to receive a set of orders for the final assault on a jungle camp we had been watching for nearly three weeks. All the hours spent on recce and writing reports was all going to be tested. Everything […]
A U.S. Army Ranger assigned to Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment looks down the sights of an M240B machine gun during company-level, live-fire training at Camp Roberts, Calif., Jan. 30, 2014. The Rangers trained to maintain their tactical proficiency. DoD photo by Staff Spc. Steven Hitchcock
(You can read part 11 here) Dedicated to SOFREP family member sister Irene B. First things first, obey your thirst. I dropped a couple of Dirham on a bottle of water, realizing I hadn’t had water all day. I didn’t know at that point how I was going to solve the water crisis because I […]
As the debate rages on within the United States about female service members joining the fight in direct combat roles, in nations like Syria, women are embroiled not only in a fight against perception, but against an ideology that would see them enslaved. The People’s Protection Units, commonly referred to as YPG, are primarily Kurdish […]
(Read part 10 here) In my safehouse in Frankfurt, I was given a packet of instructions to memorize. It was seven days in seven cities in the country of Tangar Sur Mer. Can’t say I’ve ever been there… or heard of it. I had several hours to memorize where to be, when to be there, […]
First, I would like everyone to know that this is published as a free article. While SOFREP normally keeps full articles internal to subscribers, I asked that this one be available to be seen by all. I contacted parents and friends of both Matt and Forrest to make sure it was okay to write and publish […]
As one can guess from the title of this, it isn’t going to end well. I have a built-in bias against anyone wearing a Che Guevara shirt. Every time I encountered this, it usually ended in an ugly fashion. Sorry, but there it is. And I’ll spell out my experiences below. One of the biggest […]
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