What goes on during Ranger Assessment and Selection

The Ranger Assessment and Selection Program 1, (RASP 1), is an intense, eight-week course designed to test a Soldier’s physical and mental strength under extreme conditions. Candidates must earn the right to don the tan beret and become a member of the 75th Ranger Regiment. RASP 2 is designed for officers and senior enlisted Soldiers […]

Quarantine: The best time to smash your PT numbers for SOF selection

Considering that I love to powerlift, do CrossFit workouts, and participate in mandatory arm day every Friday, this whole quarantine situation is a dark cloud over my gym life right now. In the past few weeks, I have found myself doing A LOT more running (not my most favorite form of working out), combined with […]

Ever wonder what Spec Ops climbing looks like? Take a look for yourself

Have you every wondered what it is like to tide side-by-side with Special Operators as they navigate the globe executing the most extreme and authentic Spec Ops training out there? Here is your chance to see firsthand what the pros do to stay sharp. In the first episode of SOFREP’s Training Cell series, the team […]

The Pic of the Day: Amid Coronavirus spread, Air Force evacuates twin babies from Korea

Parents, Specialist Cody McFall and Private First Class Cheyenne Evans, U.S. Army Camp Walker, Republic of Korea, 188th Military Police Company soldiers, look on as one of their newborn twins sleeps before an aeromedical evacuation mission, March 30, 2020, at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. The U.S. Army’s 65th Medical Brigade, Air National Guard’s […]

The Video of the Week: The five fundamentals of Special Operations

The 75th Ranger Regiment encompasses the Big Five Philosophy: marksmanship, physical training, medical training, small-unit tactics, and mobility for the success of the individual Ranger and the Ranger mission. Special Operations units excel at the battlefield partly because they have mastered the basics of soldiering.

Military recalls reserve and retired troops to fight Coronavirus spread

In response to the Coronavirus spread, a large but yet unspecified number of reserve and retired troops are being called up or, in the case of the latter, asked back to service. Last Friday, President Trump signed an executive order that directs the Department of Defense (DoD) to call up to Active Duty a large […]

A life in special operations: Ranger Regimental Sergeant Major speaks out

The 75th Ranger Regiment is known for raising its own. Often, privates enter the Army’s premier Special Operations direct action unit right out of high school only to depart years, and even decades, later. Recently, and after 24 years of service with the Regiment, Command Sergeant Major Michael D. Albaugh, the Regimental Sergeant Major of […]

US withdrawal from Afghanistan is getting complicated

Since the U.S. and Taliban leaders signed a peace deal on Feb 29, the world has been unraveling due to the spread of the Coronavirus. As a part of the deal, the U.S. agreed to decrease the number of troops in Afghanistan from 13,000 to 8,600 in the coming months and to have all troops […]

The Pic of the Day: Realistic EOD training saves lives

An explosive ordnance disposal technician from the 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron scans a simulated deceased hostile adversary during Multifunction Airman Training at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, March 19, 2020. The MFAT consisted of a three day, in-depth scenario based around obstacles that Airmen could face during their deployments against adversaries

A one million dollar shot, Ranger snipers save teammates in Iraq

In 2006, a group of U.S. Army Rangers pursued a high-value target in eastern Iraq. This Ranger, who is now the Command Sergeant Major of 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, tells the story of how the quick action of one of his team’s snipers saved his life and others that day. You can read more […]

The Pic of the Day: Working on them deadlifts

Sgt. 1st Class John Walker, a Basic Officer Leaders Course manager, assigned to U.S. Army Reserves Headquarters at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, tests his physical abilities by dead-lifting 340 pounds during a diagnostic Army Combat Fitness Test, March 6, 2020. The ACFT highlights a new way to assess the mobility, lethality and survivability of America’s […]

Preparing the Special Forces operator for the Unconventional Warfare environment

The task of the Special Forces Assessment and Selection course is identifying the candidates who are suitable for Special Forces training. And two of the primary functions of Special Forces are UW (Unconventional Warfare) and FID (Foreign Internal Defense). It is important that the schools don’t lose sight of that fact as SOF (Special Operations […]