USASOC Honors Gold Star Families in Ceremony

The Army’s Special Operations Command Memorial Wall added seven new names to their list of honored fallen soldiers in a solemn ceremony at Ft. Bragg, NC. After each name was read the toll of a bell was heard to honor the sacrifice of the troops. The command honored Maj. Andrew Byers, Sgt. 1st Class Ryan […]

The big lie we are being sold about ISIS in the Philippines and Manchester

Once upon a time you needed to be Al Qaeda to get the US government’s attention.  Today it is ISIS that has the brand recognition that Jihadists crave.  If you are an unemployed teenager living in squalor, and perhaps influenced by an Islamist ideology in your neighborhood, the one thing you really want is to […]

Surviving an active shooter or terrorist attack

With the recent terrorist attack in England it is only natural to wonder how you would react if confronted with a similar situation. Looking through our archives, SOFREP has covered ways to survive terrorist attacks or active shooters over the years. Take a look at some of the articles from former special operations forces and military veterans. Navy SEAL Reveals […]

Special Operations Painful Coming of Age After 9/11

Mark Moyer’s recent book on the US Special Operations Forces (Oppose Any Foe) is an excellent history of the birth of Special Operations and into the huge command of over 70,000 troops today. He tells it all, with the triumphs, the mistakes and the clashes with the conventional military establishment. In his latest piece for […]

Philippines needs modern arms to fight ISIS, Duterte tells Putin

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told Russian leader Vladimir Putin that the Philippines needs modern arms to fight Islamic State and that he expected Russian support. Duterte also said he had to halt his visit to Moscow and return home as there was still fighting with ISIS’s militants there. This article is courtesy of Reuters.

Updated: Man with an axe and baseball bat interrupts a Manchester vigil

Birmingham, England- Police reportedly detained an unidentified man after he arrived at a vigil in Victoria Square with an axe and baseball bat (originally reported as a large knife). The vigil was for the 22 victims that died in the terrorist attack yesterday. ISIS claimed responsibility several hours after the attack. The vigil was one of tens across the […]

Mattis, Dunford weigh in on ‘annihilating’ ISIS and how far we’ve already come

During a Pentagon briefing on Friday, U.S. Secretary of Defense, James Mattis, laid out a series of coalition successes in the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, and explained how they lay the ground work for the continued “annihilation of ISIS.” “Thanks to the leadership and authorities granted by President (Donald J.) […]

Germany Considering Jordan as Alternative to Turkey’s Incirlik Air Base

Earlier this week Fighter Sweep reported to you on the increasing levels of tension between the US and Turkey over the use of the Incirlik Air Base. Now there are reports that Germany is actively looking for alternatives to the base for their aircraft being used in the fight against ISIS. The German defense minister has […]