Taliban’s Actions Only Confirm That the Time to Leave Afghanistan is Now
Staying in Afghanistan until an Afghan government-Taliban peace is reached, as some political analysts are calling for, would be a mistake.
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This Week on SOFREP: Veteran News, Exciting New Army Tech, and Battle Space Updates
Get the run down on all the reports, articles and content you probably missed this week, October 12th – 18th.
US Airstrikes Pound Taliban Forces In Helmand Province
New Taliban attacks come amidst the ongoing intra-Afghan peacetalks and talk of the U.S. troop presence scaling down.
Amphibious Combat Vehicles and the Future of War, Part Two: Legacy
AAVs are central to the mission of the Corps, but with no major amphibious landings in sixty years, it risks being dismantled or assimilated.
Peace in Afghanistan? Not if the Taliban Can Help It
As U.S. and Afghan officials open peace talks with Taliban representatives in Qatar, Taliban fighters carried out attacks in 18 provinces across Afghanistan.
CENTCOM Moves to Slash Troop Presence in a Matter of Weeks
CENTCOM Commander McKenzie confirmed that U.S. troop presence is on track to drop to 4,500 in Afghanistan and 3,000 in Iraq by election day.
Afghan Vice President Targeted by Bomb Attack in Kabul
The coordinated attack resulted in the death of 10 civilians and the wounding of 12 others, including three of Afghan VP’s security personnel.
Operation High Rise: Lessons Learned & Application to Al-Shabaab Attacks
This Grey Dynamics Intelligence Report analyses the Operation High Rise/Zazi Bomb Plot of 2009. It will focus on what we can learn from the case and intelligence-centric lessons that can be applied to the al-Shabaab insurgency in Somalia for intelligence cooperation and surveillance.
Amid peace talks with Taliban, ISIS is gaining strength
In the last 10 days, violence in Afghanistan has spike despite U.S.-led peace talks with the Taliban. New reports suggest ISIS is filling the void.
Valkyrie – the Marines’ life-saving blood program
The Marines’ 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines is on the leading edge of implementing the first whole blood resuscitation program into a conventional war-fighting unit. The program is called “Valkyrie.” The Special Operations community has been utilizing whole blood resuscitation for battlefield casualties for some time. Now it is the Marines’ turn to take advantage of […]
US Intelligence believes Iran paid bounties to Taliban to kill Americans
The story of foreign intelligence networks paying bounties for the killing of American troops in Afghanistan has gotten new life with a revelation that Iran paid Taliban troops to kill U.S. and coalition troops. CNN has reported that they have identified payments linked to at least six attacks carried out by the Taliban in the […]
Combat Controller receives the Silver Star
Last week, Master Sergeant John Grimesey was awarded the Silver Star for his bravery and lifesaving actions in Afghanistan during a 2013 battle in Ghazni province. During the battle, he was concussed and peppered with shrapnel from a rocket-propelled grenade blast. Then-Senior Airman John Grimesey felt Taliban bullets whiz by as he saw his Green […]
