Russian Drone Strikes Ukrainian MiG-29 Fighter at Unprecedented Range
Russian drones strike deep inside Ukraine, posing a grave threat to air bases. A new Lancet variant extends their lethal reach.
Combat footage
Watch: ISIS-K commander killed in US SOF raid
The DOD recently released footage of U.S. Special Operations Forces conducting a raid against ISIS-K in Mughul, Darzab district, Jowzjan province, Afghanistan. What appears to be a platoon of U.S. Army Rangers, they can be seen loading up onto the MH-47, landing on target, followed by several explosions. It is difficult to discern exactly what the […]
From the Editor: Why we published the Niger video
This morning, I have heard the voices from the Special Operations community, along with many of our readers, loud and clear. They are angry and disappointed that SOFREP chose to publish helmet camera footage from the ambush in Niger back in October in which two U.S. Special Forces soldiers and two support soldiers killed. We […]
Footage of ISIS Ambushing US Special Forces in Niger
The following footage is from the Helmet camera of a Special Forces soldier caught in the infamous ambush in Niger that occurred on October 4th of 2017.
Fighting in the information age
We live in the booming information age, where information of all sorts is readily accessible to countless people across the globe. Videos, articles and social media posts can be shared and viewed like never before — everything from cute cat videos in rural Japan to gruesome decapitations in Syria to wildfires in western America — […]
The Navy made incredible photos to show present-day Pearl Harbor compared with the day of the attack
On December 7, 1941, the US naval fleet stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, suffered a devastating attack from the air and sea. The Japanese assault began around 8 a.m., resulting in the deaths of 2,403 Americans, numerous injuries, and the sinking of four battleships, and damage to many more. Surprised US service members who normally would […]
Watch: Female snipers with the YPG conduct combat operations against ISIS
As the debate rages on within the United States about female service members joining the fight in direct combat roles, in nations like Syria, women are embroiled not only in a fight against perception, but against an ideology that would see them enslaved. The People’s Protection Units, commonly referred to as YPG, are primarily Kurdish […]
Graphic Footage: That’s one way to end a date – Sniper drops man, woman walks away
A rebel sniper ‘happens’ to target a Syrian Assad Army regime militia member in Aleppo, Syria. The female, which the target, just so happened to be meeting with, has an interesting, and unassociated reaction. She may have been in shock, or in reality, she was in collusion with the sniper.
The lack of a reaction from the woman says it all.
Watch: Smoke on the water! River ambush on Colombian Narco runners
That accuracy . . . Maybe those scenes from the movie, Commando are not as improbable as previously thought. Regardless, there really had to be a better way to destroy that boat. Other than the longest sustained machinegun burst(s) ever caught on camera.
The post-ambush recovery showcases an interesting collection of materials. Nevertheless, solid ambush – as it was, immediately successful.
Graphic Footage: Damned ugly – What happens when security and discipline are not your priority
Damned ugly, is your reward for poorly maintaining a relaxed security posture. A result of overconfidence, poor leadership, and terrible discipline. After all, just because it is quiet now and has been quiet, doesn’t mean that it is going to stay like that forever. It doesn’t take a detective or an operator to put eyes on a position and know that, no f*cks given are within a position, or to simply observe undisciplined troops, which are ripe for an ambush or to be overrun. This video demonstrates the results of the complacent, “nothing is or has been happening here” attitude. A negligent posture that often can afflict inexperienced and undisciplined forces. This plague can further and decisively metamorphize in the favor of the enemy under bad leadership.
Watch: Daesh ‘Islamic State’ trips through battle, gunned down by Kurds
This is not the same “What it’s really like to fight for the Islamic State” footage.
New captured Daesh ‘ISIL’ combat footage of a failed clash with the YPG.
The raw 22 minutes.
The doomed Daesh RPG team is gunned down by the YPG at the 17:50 mark, agony follows.
Watch Marines in intense fight against the Taliban
This footage shows Marines in heavy combat as part of Operation Western Storm in 2011.
