The Ranger T-Shirt Controversy

The other day, Jeremy Scahill decided to go ahead and tweet a picture of me wearing my Ranger t-shirt out at a bar in Brooklyn.  No one in the bar seemed to care about it, but the Twitter commandos sure did.  There was a decent sized shit storm of vegan lesbians calling for blood in […]

How to Identify a Military Fake

How to identify a military fake in a blog, where to begin? This is the story of Cody Sutton of Talladega Alabama, who dropped into SOFREP as one “GySgt. Joseph Preston of 1st Recon Battalion” and tried to con and receive accolades from unsuspecting SOFREP followers. From here on out, I will be referring to […]

Women in the 75th: Strap On Your BFAs

I never thought that I would write a post like this, but this is getting absolutely ridiculous and I just can’t help myself. With the recent reports coming out of Washington that women will be trained as Army Rangers and Navy Seals as early as 2016, there are valid and ridiculous views being stated all over social […]

Attention Whores and Conspiracy Theorists (But I Repeat Myself)

Maybe this stuff has always been out there, but lately I’ve noticed it getting more and more circulation. Sandy Hook, Chris Dorner, and now the Boston Marathon bombings, are all apparently the work of the US government; orchestrated to bring about the final destruction of the Constitution, and the installment of Obama as ‘President For […]

The Inconvenient Truth About Women and Combat (Part 1)

The new debate about women in combat positions is an argument that few seem to be able to think clearly about.  This post will contain some harsh language.  Consider it a part of the selection process  if you are a woman.  If you can’t handle it then you might want to look at another career […]

SOFREP’s 2012 Greatest Hits #3: The First Female Navy SEAL

Nobody likes change, just ask the military pilot ranks that saw the integration of females in combat aviation roles. However, change can be a good thing, especially when it comes to leveraging the opposite sex in Special Operations. I wrote this piece to perturb people into thinking about this issue. Welcome to the 21st Century […]

The First Gays In Special Operations Units

Today I was reading about CNN’s Anderson Cooper coming out and had to admit it didn’t change my opinion of the guy.  He still has had one of the best shows on cable news. I’ve worked with his production team on a few stories, including SEAL snipers, and they’re top notch. Anderson’s got more balls […]

Bullshit Journalism Has Consequences

Nobody appreciates a good headline more than I do. However, at what point do we sacrifice good journalism for the parroting of information without thought or a headline without substance behind it?

Stolen Valor & The Scourge of Navy SEAL Imposters: Part 2

You just don’t know for sure in MOST cases unless you’ve been to BUD/S and served in the Teams… HOW DO YOU KNOW FOR SURE? The ONLY 100% way to ever know for sure if someone was a SEAL or not is to verify them through a SPECWAR Insider, a SEAL Verifier like myself or […]

Stuff Navy SEALs Say (2)

Well what can I say? Here are a few more (out of thousands…) pearls of wisdom handed down from Frogman to Frogman since the 50’s. “I been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king! I likes pirate best.” Teams-n-Shit. Special Thanks to the pipe hitters in the 5326 Forum […]

The First Female Navy SEAL

The U.S. is in the dark ages when it comes to utilizing women in the US Special Operations community. Female Navy SEALs, Green Berets, and Combat Controllers? Why the hell not? In all fairness, the Army beat us to it with the first female Green Beret Katie Wilder. Hard-line thinking coupled with fixed ideology gets […]