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SOFREP Speakers isn’t your grandma’s knitting circle. We represent genuine, bona fide warfighters—elite commandos who’ve kicked in doors from Kabul to Baghdad and survived bar fights from Bangkok to Bogota. Forget sanitized, politically correct motivational speakers selling hope-filled fairy tales. Our roster is stacked with former Navy SEALs, Delta Force legends, AFSOC, MARSOC, Rangers, and […]

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US Coast Guard Ranks

The Coast Guard is under the authority of the Department of Homeland Security and is charged with six missions, Maritime law enforcement, response and prevention, transportation systems management, and security and defense operations. In wartime the Coast Guard would come under the direct control of the Defense Department.

US Navy Ranks

The United States Navy has the mission of ensuring free trade on the high seas, defending U.S. interests abroad, and defending the United State and its territories. As a highly specialized force, enlisted ranks reflect time in service as well as technical proficiency and their level of administrative responsibility.

US Space Force Ranks

The mission of the Space Force is to launch rockets, ensure the safety and operation of satellites and develop technology to defend the U.S. presence and commercial and strategic interests in space.

US Air Force Ranks

The mission statement of the Air Force is to Fly, fight and win…Airpower anywhere, anytime. This is within its five core missions consisting of air superiority. global strike, rapid global mobility, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and command and control.

Marine Corps Ranks

The Marine Corps is the expeditionary force of the United States. As such their primary mission is to seize or defend advanced naval bases and to conduct amphibious landing operations in support of naval campaigns.

US Army Ranks

The US Army is the primary land warfare component of the US Military. The ranks within the US Army determine each Soldier’s contribution to the overall mission. Each rank indicates a level of responsibility, authority, and influence.

US Military Ranks

The US Military has a very specific rank structure. For each branch of service, the ranks are divided into categories, defined by the role, amount of responsibility, and level of leadership. While each branch of the US Military has a different role and mission for the defense of the United States, there are similarities between […]