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Delta Force underwent a transformation of sorts, Sacolick said, all aimed at preventing another “Black Hawk Down.”

The Battle of Mogadishu, “revolutionized how we did business,” he said.

Using a robot to clear a hazard, from a Combat Engineer perspective, makes perfect sense. Why endanger further innocent lives for the sake of a bad guy?

The Navy via DFAS-CL went as mad as my ex-wife on payday with the checkbook and mismanaged accounting and spending across the board.

Only 115 enlisted personnel and military officers were caught and convicted since 2005. These service members committed bribery, contract-rigging, embezzlement, and theft valued at $52 million during their deployments in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Now that the Pentagon has opened up combat positions to women, the Senate has voted on, and approved, a defense bill that would require women to sign up for the military draft when they turn 18. It would be the first time in American history that women are required to sign up for the draft […]

This discrepancy about Chris Kyle’s record raises new questions about the Intercept’s credibility and the ongoing issue of exaggeration in journalism.

Ummm….didn’t we just report on this? Oh, wait, yes…we did. Apparently one incident involving a Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker  of Russia’s Aerospace Forces doing a barrel roll over the top of an RC-135 Rivet Joint wasn’t enough because–yep, you guessed it–it happened again today. It was over the Baltic Sea…and in international airspace…again. Understandably, some hackles […]

The ability to satisfy the innovators itch – beyond proclamations and boisterous claims via a social media comment is now upon you. The frequent observations and suggestions I’ve read on SOFREP social media posts, boards, and via Team Room chat has motivated me to find a means for many of you to put your ideas to use […]

FighterSweep Fans, when your drop rate eclipses your replenishment rate, there’s a problem. That is exactly the issue our men and women downrange are experiencing in the ongoing Operation Inherent Resolve. The good news is actual target engagement rates have been on the rise; coalition aircraft dropping more bombs, but the downfall is a looming […]

Do special operations veterans have a right to free speech and to share their stories in books and on the Internet?

The Navy’s largest and costliest destroyer was sent out to sea Monday for final trials before its delivery to the military.  The future USS Zumwalt features an angled hull that looks like a hybrid of something out of Soviet Russia and a James Bond movie. Staff from Bath Iron Works, the Maine shipyard that built […]

Editor’s Note: Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Here’s an indication of a partner nation who’s grown weary of being put on hold and has taken matters into its own hands to procure the hardware it needs to secure itself in a part of the world which grows more and more hostile as days […]