5th Special Forces Group

When Chau Phu turned into a knife fight in a phone booth, Drew Dix grabbed whoever would move, keyed his radio, and bulldozed through Tet’s chaos—rescuing civilians, stacking prisoners, and proving leadership starts with stepping into the gunfire.

James Hupp was the kind of soldier who made you feel safer just by standing next to him, a man who could break down doors with sheer will and still find time to hand out candy to kids between firefights.

With a thrilling display of physical prowess and mental acumen, a team from 5th Special Forces Group triumphed in a tightly contested 3-day competition at the US Army Special Forces Underwater Operations School in Key West, where 13 elite teams from across the US Special Operations Command engaged in challenges ranging from kayak races to dive physics evaluations, all under the watchful eye of Major Brandon Schwartz and amidst the unparalleled underwater terrains of NAS Key West.

Captain Gary M. Rose: From battlefield heroism in Vietnam to a life of post-military service, his story defines true American valor.

Today, our pic looks at 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group in NYC, Photographed With Twin Towers Months Before 9/11

Editor’s Note: The following piece was submitted by SOFREP reader and 5th Special Forces Group veteran Paul Klopfer who was part of a recovery team at the disaster site working with Aerial Recovery. We thank him for his contribution.  Humanity Under the Rubble. The February 6, 2023, earthquakes, centered in Kahramanmaraş and Gaziantep, Turkey, unearthed […]

The Big Army hated Special Forces; all the attention that the relatively new unit had gotten had rubbed the brass the wrong way.

The bodies of MSG William Lavigne and veteran Timothy Dumas have been identified in a bizarre death on the training grounds of Fort Bragg.

Mark Esper is out. Here’s everything you need to know about his replacement for Secretary of Defense, Christopher C. Miller.

On November 4, 2016, three U.S. Army Special Forces operators were shot dead as they were re-entering the King Faisal Air Base, Jordan. Their killer, Jordanian Air Force Sergeant Ma’arik al-Tawayha, was stopped by another Green Beret before he could kill more Americans. He was arrested, and after a controversial trial, was sentenced to life […]

Green Berets with the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) accelerate their Ground Mobility Vehicle 1.1 as they start their first lap in the Mint 400, March 06, 2020, in Primm, Nevada. Mint 400 is the oldest off-road race in America.

The U.S. Army recently did a three-part piece on Warrant Officer Nick Lavery, a Special Forces operator with the 5th Special Forces Group and an amputee who has managed to stay operational despite his injuries. His story is an inspirational tale full of grit and perseverance.