Back-to-back operation kills another ISIS big shot (Graphic content)

In an almost simultaneous operation with the raid against the leader of the Islamic State (ISIS), American forces also targeted and killed the terrorist group’s spokesperson. According to reports, a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) drone struck the convoy that was carrying ISIS’ spokesperson US on the early morning hours of Sunday, resulting in his death. […]

The Pic of the Day: President Trump watching a live feed of the Delta Force raid

President Donald Trump and his closest military and intelligence advisors pose for a picture in the aftermath of the Delta Force operation that killed the leader of ISIS Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The president was able to watch a live feed of the operation from the White House’s Presidential Emergency Operations Center (PEOC). President Barack Obama […]

The long reach of America: The details behind the Delta Force Raid

As the smoke is still settling down over the charred ruins of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s compound details about the operation are already emerging. SOFREP has learned that the assault force was comprised of approximately 70 operators from Delta Force’s A Squadron and Rangers from the 75th Ranger Regiment. The air package included eight helicopters, a […]

Breaking: Delta Force raid kills leader of ISIS

A Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) operation in Syria has resulted in the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State and one of the most wanted men in the world. The operation took place on Saturday in the Syrian province of Idlib. Sources with intimate knowledge of the operation confirmed to […]

Operation Urgent Fury: The US invades Grenada on this day in 1983

On this day in 1983, members of the 1st and 2nd Ranger Battalions, 82nd Airborne Division, Marine Corps 8th Marine Regiment, US Army Delta Force and Navy SEAL commandos invaded the island nation of Grenada. The small island, located about 100 miles north of Venezuela, was under strife after Prime Minister Maurice Bishop was placed […]

Legendary Pararescueman becomes US military’s top enlisted man

An Air Force Pararescueman is slated to become the military’s most senior enlisted man. The Pentagon announced that Chief Master Sergeant Ramon “CZ” Colon-Lopez will be the new Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (SEAC). The Air Commando will be the fourth holder of the position. Army General Mark […]

Cultural differences between Delta Force and SEAL Team Six

With the death of Osama Bin Laden (OBL) at the hands of some secret squirrel frogmen in Pakistan, there came a nationwide interest in who killed OBL. The phrase “Navy SEALs” was quickly released to the public, whether via the White House or the Department of Defense. But it was those “subject matter experts,” including […]

Mortus Discriminatus: The day I almost died in Iraq

The year was just shy of 2008, it was two weeks until Christmas and I was a month into the winter rotation in Mosul, Iraq with the 5th Special Forces Group. My team and I were a part of a unit known as A/1/5 CIF, or the Commanders In-extremis Force, and we were young. A/1/5 was […]

Turkey attacks compound of elite US-led Kurdish counterterrorism unit

A compound that houses elements of the elite Kurdish Yekineyen Anti-Terror (YAT) unit was bombed by Turkish forces in the early stages of the invasion of Northern Syria. YAT is a counterterrorism unit created and trained to hunt down Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists. U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) are training, advising, and operating with the […]

Another one bites the dust: Al-Qaida chief killed in SOF raid

In the closing days of September, American and Afghan Special Operation Forces (SOF) conducted a raid that resulted in the death of Asim Omar, the leader of al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS). According to the Afghan intelligence agency, Omar and an additional six AQIS terrorists were killed in the raid. Among them was also […]

Pararescueman assigned to Tier 1 unit dies in training

On Tuesday, 8 October a Pararescueman (PJ) was killed during mountain rescue training in Boise, Idaho. Technical Sergeant Peter Kraines, 33, was assigned to the 24th Special Tactics Squadron, 24th Special Operations Wing (24th SOW). In a press release, U.S. Air Force Colonel Matthew Allen, the commanding officer of the 24th SOW, said that “this […]

The Pic of the Day: The Air Force’s Tier 1 SOF unit

Members from the U.S. Air Force 24th Special Tactics Squadron (24th STS), Fort Bragg, complete helo, fast rope, and hoisting training during exercise Advanced Guard, Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., April 14, 2014. Advanced Guard is a multimillion-dollar exercise spanning across the states to train special operators to conduct joint operations. The 24th STS is […]