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How is everyone feeling after the UBRR practice test of yesterday? Today is back to the gym to work on pull-ups and rope climbing preparation with the towel pullups for those without rope access as well as Leg Day. Go heavier with the sled push to build up lower body explosion. Continue to prep for the UBRR. […]
Special Operations Forces are all the rage these days, from the recent films of “Lone Survivor” and “Zero Dark Thirty” in which Navy SEALs are the protagonists as well as “Black Hawk Down” where the Delta Force operators are, America can’t get enough. So, if you aren’t going to enlist in the Armed Forces and […]
West Point cadets at the United States Military Academy from the school’s Irregular Warfare Group recently learned some good lessons on Unconventional Warfare. In a recent exercise in New York, the cadets got a first-hand taste in the complex world of UW and how their thinking will have to be creative when operating in the […]
The images were stark and startling after the debacle at Desert One in Iran on April 24, 1980, 37 years ago today. An incinerated C-130 aircraft and six RH-53 helicopters left with bodies burned and strewn about spoke of the failure of the United States to rescue the 52 diplomats and Embassy personnel held in […]
Monday is a good day to assess your fitness with most of the events from the UBRR minus the rope climb and a 3-mile run in lieu of the 5-miler. Remember this is just an assessment to see where you’re at in this phase of your preparation Training: More preparation for the UBRR with a […]
A quick warm up of pushups and situps followed by a good long ruck march over varied terrain with a 45-pound minimum to start the day. Stretch well both before and after the ruck march. Remember… hydration, hydration, hydration. Can’t state that enough. And the other thing is again, to ensure that you have at […]
Shoulder and back workout at the gym to kick-off the weekend. And a five-mile run to top things off. Make sure that you keep your progress updated in your workout log book. Keep grinding and get ready for a long ruck in the morning. Training: More Preparation for the UBRR: 3 x 10 Lat Pulldowns, […]
On Thursday of this week, two US Air Force special operators, Chris Baradat and Keary Miller were awarded the Air Force Cross for valor at Hurlbert Field, FL home of the 24th Special Operations Wing. Both men had earlier received Silver Stars for valor a few years ago, but as the Air Force and the […]
“Never Leave a Man Behind” The men of the Special Forces Regiment are doing a fundraiser for the Green Beret Foundation to help raise money by walking the entire length of the Appalachian Trail. A group of retired Special Operators from SF Brothers (a Facebook group of SF soldiers) are putting teams together to hike […]
It is Friday, that must mean it’s Leg Day at the gym but instead of a longer run at the finish of that, we’ll substitute the Shuttle run in there, to work on your speed today. For those who don’t have ropes available to them in the prep, substitute the towel pullups. Training: Continue to […]
The former head of Israel’s naval Special Operations unit has died while on vacation in Thailand. Gadi Shefi,76, died of an apparent heart attack in a hotel room in Pattaya, where he was found over the weekend. He had been missing for a week before his son announced his death Tuesday on Facebook. “At this […]
The ‘the next big thing in Army aviation’ may be a new Special Operations little bird with much-improved capabilities and performance. Lockheed Martin’s S-97 Raider is a light tactical prototype helicopter capable of carrying six troops and external weapons while reaching speeds in excess of 220 knots. This new little bird has a co-axial rotor […]
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