In Focus with Curtis Fox: Reorienting Army Special Forces for the Modern Threat Environment
Special Forces must evolve or risk irrelevance—cut the fat, focus the mission, and embrace the shadows of modern gray-zone warfare.
Special Forces must evolve or risk irrelevance—cut the fat, focus the mission, and embrace the shadows of modern gray-zone warfare.
Kickstart your day with the SOFREP Morning Brief: Your intel on defense and global affairs for Monday, April 14, 2025.
Sudan descends further into chaos, Britain boots China from its steel industry, the Houthis fire on Israel, and Hong Kong’s last pro-democracy party prepares for the end.
The M240L shaves off a few pounds, sure — but it’s still basically hauling around a steel dragon that eats belts of 7.62 for breakfast.
Like handling an M4, access to classified information represents an understanding of the responsibilities that come with being entrusted with a weapon.
The U.S. withdrawal from Rzeszów signals not just a shift in logistics, but a broader retreat from its role as Ukraine’s primary arsenal, leaving Europe to shoulder the burden.
The journey to becoming a Green Beret demands intense physical and mental preparation to overcome the high dropout rates in the selection and qualification courses.
Kickstart your day with the SOFREP Morning Brief: Your intel on defense and global affairs for Sunday, April 13, 2025.
The United States and Iran may not be sitting at the same table, but in Oman today, both sides signaled a rare willingness to talk — a cautious first step in what could either be progress or prelude to confrontation.
Despite recognizing Hezbollah’s strength and resolve, I’ve never chosen to call it ‘fear’—a term ill-suited for instilling confidence during my tenure with Delta, where we viewed them as a formidable terrorist threat to the West.
From an elevated hide site in Mosul, a JTF2 sniper peered through his scope, steadied his breathing, and made history with a record-shattering kill shot from an astonishing 3,540 meters away.
Kickstart your day with the SOFREP Morning Brief: Your intel on defense and global affairs for Saturday, April 12, 2025.