Membership Site Recon

Membership Site Recon

Hey everybody, I wanted to give you an update on what we’re doing with the upcoming changes to SOFREP.com so you’re not left in the dark. First, we’re going to merge Team Room into SOFREP.com. Team Room is currently on the subdomain https://teamroom.cms.sofrep.com/, which makes integration with http://staging.cms.sofrep.com/ unnecessarily difficult and more challenging than I […]

Tell Us What To Charge

Tell Us What To Charge

Hi Team Room, thanks very much for your input on our subscription pricing model. We got a lot of comments from you guys about pricing and that’s what we wanted – your involvement. There’s not a lot of companies out there with the guts to ask their customers what to charge, but as you know, […]

SOFREP Underground Update

SOFREP Underground Update

Hi everyone, Just wanted to update the SOFREP Underground on a few things. As most of you know, or have heard, we’re taking SOFREP.com to 100% subscription starting end of July beginning of August. All TR members will get full access but as we swap membership services and combine the two sites (TR and SOFREP) […]

This Week on SOFREP: More Real Military Stuff

This Week on SOFREP: More Real Military Stuff

This week we’ve got some great topics on tap for you guys. The USMC’s JLTV: Almost Light, Very Tactical We introduce a new writer, Daniel Kapavic, who reviews the procurement process for the new JLTV.  In June, the Department of Defense (DoD) held demonstrations in Quantico, VA, for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV). The […]

It’s Help Us Out Tuesday

It’s Help Us Out Tuesday

Team Room, thanks for all your help after this update. You caught a few major bugs that we didn’t see, and we really appreciate your assistance! (Featured Image Courtesy: A combat controller from the Special Tactics Training Squadron low crawls through the sand prior to completing a 2,000-meter swim, Hurlburt Field, Fla., Oct. 6, 2011. STTS […]

SOFREP MAFIA Reading Group: July Poll is now UP! *UPDATED*

SOFREP MAFIA Reading Group: July Poll is now UP! *UPDATED*

Hello MAFIA Readers, I just put up the new poll for July’s reading selection here. Below are the books that were nominated, with descriptions pulled from Amazon. The Poll Ends July 1st. (Apologies for being late putting the poll up.) POLL HAS ENDED! RESULTS BELOW! “The Americanization of Ben Franklin” by Gordon S. Wood From the […]

Never Ending Security Threats: U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens’ Benghazi Diary

Never Ending Security Threats: U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens’ Benghazi Diary

So by now, many of you may be wondering why we would publish U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens’ Benghazi diary. In our post, we mentioned that this is a professional journal, written by an employee of the U.S. Government – a public servant. We stated our reasons for publishing it: “(the diary) has clear journalistic value and contains […]

SOFREP MAFIA Reading Group: July Nominations

SOFREP MAFIA Reading Group: July Nominations

Greetings MAFIA! This is an announcement to let you know that we are now taking nominations for the July book selection from June 26 to June 28. Given that Independence Day falls within this month, looking forward to what people are thinking of reading to celebrate the occasion in style. As always, here is the […]

UPDATED: SOFREP Needs Website Testers: All Slots Filled

UPDATED: SOFREP Needs Website Testers: All Slots Filled

Team Room – I wanted to thank you guys for your super fast and really positive support for us on this. We’ve got the testers we need for this round but we may need to reach out one more time prior to launching the new site. Thanks again! Breaking News: This just in. SOFREP.com is […]

This Week on SOFREP: June 23-29

This Week on SOFREP: June 23-29

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 […]

SOFREP MAFIA Reading Group

SOFREP MAFIA Reading Group

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 […]