SOF Pic of the Day: Rangers in Afghanistan

Rangers from 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, operating in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, 13 February 2012   Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons   See what it takes to earn the coveted title of Ranger in the video below:

SOF Pic of the Day: Urban warfare training

UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, part of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, hover while Army Rangers prepare to fast rope onto buildings during an exercise hosted by U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N.C., June 6, 2017. Special Operations Command photo by Michael Bottoms

SOF Pic of the Day: In a Ranger’s sights

An Army Ranger sniper sets up a shot during an exercise hosted by U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N.C., June 6, 2017. Special Operations Command photo by Michael Bottoms

SOF Pic of the Day: A job with a view

Special operations soldiers fire upon a mock enemy vehicle during an exercise hosted by U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N.C., June 6, 2017.   Special Operations Command photo by Michael Bottoms

SOF Pic of the Day: Special Tactics Airmen join MARSOC night fire training

Marine Special Operations School Individual Training Course students fire an M240B machine gun during night-fire training April 13, 2017, at Camp Lejeune. For the first time, U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen spent three months in Marine Special Operations Command’s Marine Raider training pipeline, representing efforts to build joint mindsets across special operations forces.   […]

Why my commander kicked me off the helicopter to rescue the ‘Lone Survivor:’ A lesson in living core values and sacrificial leadership

Flying with the United States Army’s 160th SOAR (A), Special Operations Aviation Regiment, the “Nightstalkers,” were some of the most exhilarating years of my professional Army career. These are the men and women who, when the President asks in hushed tones if our Nation has the capability to fly specially adapted helicopters into the darkest corners of […]

How I crashed my Army Special Operations Helicopter behind enemy lines in Afghanistan and what I learned about my crew in the process.

Flying with the United States Army’s 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, the “Nightstalkers,” were some of the most rewarding and intense years of my professional Army career. These are the men and women who, when the President asks in hushed tones if we have the capability to fly specially adapted helicopters into the darkest corners of the […]

Night Stalkers Don’t Quit…Only the Best Need Apply

What does nearly every successful mission by Navy SEALs, Army Rangers, Marine Raiders, and Green Berets have in common? They’ve probably been carried to and from their missions by members of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment Airborne with the abbreviation of 160th SOAR (A). The 160th SOAR commonly known as the “Night Stalkers” are […]

This ex-Army Ranger who claims to have interrogated Saddam Hussein may be the next Secretary of the Army

A former US Army flight surgeon and Tennessee State Sen. is reportedly the frontrunner for President Donald Trump’s Secretary of the Army pick, according to sources cited by The Military Times. Mark Green, a former Ranger-qualified soldier who deployed to Iraq with the legendary 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR), is well-known for his interrogation of then-Iraqi President Saddam […]

Ranger Helicopter Assault Force: Learning to assault from the Little Bird

While going through some old photographs the other day I came across several from a training exercise that I participated in back in 2005 on Fort Campbell.  The base is home to the 101st Airborne and 5th Special Forces Group (where I later served) but 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment also resides there.  At the […]

TF 160th: JSOC’s & the best pilots in the world

Who’s flying the best SOF units into harm’s way? JSOCs TF 160th, that’s who. Helicopter pilots in general are often the black sheep of the military aviation community.  I saw this first hand as an H-60 Search & Rescue Swimmer Crew Chief (AW) before I went into the SEALs.  A lot of jet jocks would […]