An Inside Look at the Afghan Commandos

During my time in service in Iraq and Afghanistan (pre-2007) we never had to work with any local forces, whether the Iraqi or the Afghan Army folks. We were always autonomous. Things have obviously changed much since that time as all U.S. forces, whether conventional or special operations, must always bring a contingent of the […]

SOFREP’s Greatest Hits #9: MARSOC Motorcycle Gangs in Afghanistan

This was a great write up by Michael Golembesky, so much that the Army Times poached our entire piece! We did get a link to the site but they literally used the entire write up without a link back to the rest of our material. The throat punch goes to… MARSOC Motorcycle Gangs in Afghanistan […]

MARSOC Remembers July 31, 2011

MARSOC remembers it’s fallen Operators one year after their passing. On July 31, 2011 MARSOC and the SOF community was dealt a terrible blow with the loss of three seasoned Operators in a tragic accident. Their MSOT (Marine Special Operations Team) had just returned from a two-day long HELO operation with their Afghan Commando counterparts […]

MARSOC Operator awarded Silver Star

I wanted to take this opportunity to recognize and congratulate one of my fellow team members, SSgt. William Burch. Billy was recently awarded the Silver Star for his heroics while serving with Marine Special Operations Team 8222 in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan 2010. For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving as […]

My Three Favorite (but obscure) War Movies

Everyone has seen Saving Private Ryan and Black Hawk Down about twenty times each, both are outstanding films but no need to retread these one more time for the sake of redundancy.  Here are my top three favorite war movies that you’ve probably never heard of before: 9 Rota (9th Company) I just recently became […]