SOF Pic of the Day: Special Operations Medic rappels down a cliff face

SOF Pic of the Day: Special Operations Medic rappels down a cliff face

A special operations combat medic from the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) repels down a cliff side at a Fort Carson, Colo. training area to retrieve a mock-casualty during medical evacuation training Nov. 9. During the two-day training event, medics from 10th SFG(A) were placed in several different scenarios and tested on a variety of […]

SOF Pic of the Day: Just out for a run

SOF Pic of the Day: Just out for a run

Monster Mash competitors run while wearing gas masks during the 352nd Special Operations Group Olympics on RAF Mildenhall, England, July 3, 2013. Teams competed in eight different events ranging from a professional military exam to a mountain bike race. The squadron with the most points across all events was awarded the “SOG Hog” trophy.   […]

SOF Pic of the Day: Prisoner recovery training

SOF Pic of the Day: Prisoner recovery training

A 919th Special Operations Security Forces Squadron fire team maneuvers toward a building during a prisoner recovery exercise at Duke Field. The 919th Special Operations Wing has been awarded its 18th Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for sustained support to combat operations around the globe as well as vital humanitarian missions and community outreach efforts […]

SOF Pic of the Day: Marine Raiders conduct a simulated water assault

SOF Pic of the Day: Marine Raiders conduct a simulated water assault

Los Angeles, Calif – Marine Raiders with 1st Marine Raider Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, transition out of the water during a simulated underwater assault force night-raid in Los Angeles, California, Sept. 3, 2015. Training such as this is conducted to meet Special Operations Forces dive requirements and to enhance the understanding, […]

SOF Pic of the Day: A Marine Raider and his .50 cal

SOF Pic of the Day: A Marine Raider and his .50 cal

A Marine with 1st Marine Raider Battalion fires a .50 caliber Special Application Scoped Rifle (SASR) during a Company Collective Exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct. 7, 2015. Marine Special Operations Company C, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command spent the first phase of their three-phase Company […]

SOF Pic of the Day: Rangers prepare for extraction

SOF Pic of the Day: Rangers prepare for extraction

Army Rangers, assigned to 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, prepare for extraction from their objective during Task Force Training on Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., Jan. 30, 2014. Rangers constantly train to maintain their tactical proficiency.   Photo Credit: Spc. Steven Hitchcock

SOF Pic of the Day: Earning the Green Beret

SOF Pic of the Day: Earning the Green Beret

More than 100 Soldiers earned the Green Beret during the 266th Special Forces Qualification Course graduation ceremony Feb. 23 at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, N.C. Photo Credit: Staff Sgt. Russell Lee Klika, SWCS Public Affairs Office

SOF Pic of the Day: The flight surgeon’s struggle

SOF Pic of the Day: The flight surgeon’s struggle

Capt. Aaron Thomas, a flight surgeon with the 1st Special Operations Medical Group, wipes sweat off his forehead during Task Force Exercise Olympus Archer at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Aug. 18, 2016. Olympus Archer focuses on maximizing training opportunities for more than 230 Air Commandos, with the 1st Special Operations Wing, emphasizing on […]

SOF Pic of the Day: Special Operations Surgical Teams save lives

SOF Pic of the Day: Special Operations Surgical Teams save lives

U.S. Air Force Special Operations Surgical Teams practiced integration operations with a special operations partner force during a Special Tactics exercise, Hurlburt Field, Fla., Oct. 16, 2015. SOST members are military medical professionals selected to provide battlefield trauma and other surgical support in a special operations mission set. SOST members often forward deploy to austere […]

SOF Pic of the Day: Spanish special operations forces aboard the USNS Saturn

SOF Pic of the Day: Spanish special operations forces aboard the USNS Saturn

Spanish special operations forces stand guard over USNS Saturn crew members who played the role of a hostile ship crew during a mock boarding exercise conducted as part of Exercise Sea Saber 2004. The exercise focused on the interdiction of a maritime shipment of weapons of mass destruction and related material on the high seas. […]

SOF Pic of the Day: The wind through your fingers

SOF Pic of the Day: The wind through your fingers

A member of the U.S. Army 20th Special Forces Group sticks his hand out of UH-60 Black Hawk to feel the wind during Emerald Warrior 2014, Gulfport, Miss., May 5, 2014. Emerald Warrior is an annual, joint exercise to train special operations, conventional and partner nation forces in combat scenarios designed to hone special operations […]

SOF Pic of the Day: Air Force Pararescuemen save lives

SOF Pic of the Day: Air Force Pararescuemen save lives

A U.S. Air Force airman from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron swims to a boat after rescuing a simulated crash victim at Wynnehaven Beach, Fla., April 9, 2013. The 23rd STS trains, equips and employs combat control, pararescue and support personnel in response to presidential and secretary of defense tasks.   U.S. Air Force photo/Airman […]