SOF Pic of the day: Special Operations Airmen conducting irregular warfare training

Members of Air Force Special Operations weather teams participate in a training scenario on a CH-47 Chinook during Emerald Warrior at Hurlburt Field, Fla., on March 7, 2012. The primary purpose of Emerald Warrior is to exercise special operations components in urban and irregular warfare settings to support combatant commanders in theater campaigns.   Image […]

SOF Pic of the Day: Special Operations in Afghanistan

A U.S. Special Forces Soldier, attached to Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan, relays the situation report, SITREP, to his chain of command via radio during an operation in the Ghorak district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Sept. 12, 2016. The operation was conducted, alongside Afghan agents from the National Interdiction Unit, NIU, to disrupt and destroy drug labs […]

SOF Pic of the Day: Cover and concealment

“U.S. and Allied #SOF conduct joint sniper training at the International Special Training Centre (ISTC) Basic Sniper Course held in Hohenfels, Germany.” This image of U.S. and allied Special Operations war fighters conducting sniper training was provided by the official U.S. Spec Ops Europe Twitter account.  Follow U.S. Spec Ops Europe to learn more about […]

SOF Pic of the Day: Spec Ops CV-22 Osprey flies alongside HH-60 Pave Hawks

CV-22 Osprey’s from the 352d Special Operations Wing and HH-60 Pave Hawks from the 48th Fighter Wing flew together in a joint formation around southern England Aug. 31, 2017. This flight gave pilots of both units the ability to practice working together in different formations and to hone how they would act and react as […]

The US soldier ambushed in Niger was killed by enemy fire as he fled the attack

Sgt. La David T. Johnson, the US soldier who died in an ambush in Niger, was killed by enemy fire as he fled the attack. The revelation dispels rumors about how Johnson died. WASHINGTON (AP) — An American soldier killed in an ambush in Niger with three comrades but recovered days later wasn’t captured alive […]

SOF Pic of the Day: Cockpit view of Special Operations CV-22 Ospreys in flight

CV-22 Osprey’s from the 352d Special Operations Wing and HH-60 Pave Hawks from the 48th Fighter Wing flew together in a joint formation around southern England Aug. 31, 2017. This flight gave pilots of both units the ability to practice working together in different formations and to hone how they would act and react as […]

SOF Pic of the Day: Special Operations jungle warfare

“Bottom up, operator driven innovation means implementing solutions directly at the point of need.” – USSOCOM This image of U.S. Special Operations war fighters conducting operations in jungle terrain was provided by the official USSOCOM Twitter account.  Follow USSOCOM to learn more about the unique missions America’s Special Operations forces are tasked with, and the […]

SOF Pic of the Day: Operators hanging by a thread

A U.S. CV-22 Osprey assigned to the 352d Special Operations Wing suspends a SOF Operator during a personnel recovery mission on Tendra Island, Ukraine, July 19, 2017. Sea Breeze is a U.S. and Ukraine co-hosted multinational maritime exercise held in the Black Sea and is designed to enhance interoperability of participating nations and strengthen maritime […]

SOFREP Exclusive: Marawi Commander details what really happened in his country’s largest terrorist attack and how his men fought back

On May 23rd, 4th Light Reaction Company operators alongside a company of Scout-Rangers quietly approached the hideout of terrorist leader Isnilon Hapilon.  The Philippine armed services had been conducting a long-term surveillance operation on the terrorist safe house, located among a small cluster of homes along a road on the outskirts of Marawi.  The U.S. Special Forces-trained […]

SOF Pic of the Day: US and Israeli Special Operations troops jump over the Mediterranean

Members of U.S. and Israeli Special Operations Forces participate in a water jump training exercise over the Mediterranean Sea as part of Juniper Falcon 17, on March 27, 2017. Juniper Falcon is a bilateral exercise conducted between the Israel Defense Forces and U.S. European Command to build their partnership and interoperability. US Army photo by […]