Tag: Green Beret

It is said that a soldier dies twice: once when he takes his last breath and once when he’s forgotten. SOFREP will never forget SFC Joshua Beale.

7th Special Forces Group has confirmed the non-combat-related death of Warrant Officer John Wirka. The details of his death are unknown.

The best way to get caught up on all the SOFREP articles and reports from the week; January 4th to January 10th.

The legal team for Tony DeDolph, a Navy SEAL involved in the hazing death of Green Beret Logan Melgar, says he will plead guilty at trial.

Think you’re a Spec Ops guru? Check your knowledge of the origins of the famed Green Beret in today’s short form trivia challenge.

When an injury halted SFC Verdialez’s training regimen he built himself a robotic sparring partner that hits back. Now you can fight it too.

Michael Taylor, a former Green Beret, and his son Peter are being charged helping former auto titan Carlos Ghosn flee Japan in 2019.

Get the run down on all the reports, reviews and content you probably missed this week, October 5th – 11th.

We have yet to see a culture shift in the all-boys club, but the graduation of the second modern female Green Beret is an important milestone.

Bureaucracy is undermining the Special Operations mission in Africa and leading to increased attrition of our best SOF soliders.

Last week, Master Sergeant John Grimesey was awarded the Silver Star for his bravery and lifesaving actions in Afghanistan during a 2013 battle in Ghazni province. During the battle, he was concussed and peppered with shrapnel from a rocket-propelled grenade blast. Then-Senior Airman John Grimesey felt Taliban bullets whiz by as he saw his Green […]

August 6th, 2011, 40 miles south of Kabul, Afghanistan. The Chinook helicopter callsigned Extortion 17 (“one-seven”) took off into the darkness and accelerated toward a destination less than 20 miles west. Extortion 17 carried 38 men, 15 of them SEALS from Gold Squadron of the Naval Special Warfare Development Group, popularly called SEAL Team 6. […]