Naval Special Warfare adopts the Glock 19

This past week the Naval Special Warfare Command made a decision to pick up the Glock 19 as the SEALs new sidearm. They will slowly begin to phase out the Sig P226, and replace those with the Glock 19. There is nothing wrong with the Sig P226. It has served the Teams for many years and […]

SOFREP Exclusive: Details of Obama’s Authorization of SOF Deployment to Syria

Today President Obama has authorized the deployment of US Special Operations Forces to Syria.  The strategic signaling has been present for at least a month so this comes as no surprise to our readers.  The covert action programs the CIA and SOF ran out of Turkey to arm and train the Free Syrian Army (FSA) were […]

An Operator’s Guide to Leadership, (Part 2)

How many of you have been in that team that we have fought or would have fought tooth and nail to stay in? You know, the team that you just cannot live without. The one that you look forward to going to work with every morning, where things just smooth seamlessly and everyone gets along. […]

11 Marines and Soldiers Presumed Dead in Helicopter Crash

An Air National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk crashed offshore near the Navarre Beach campground in the vicinity of Eglin Air Force Base, Florida on Tuesday, March 10. According to Captain Barry Morris, spokesman for MARSOC at Camp Lejeune, the Marines from 2nd Raider Battalion and aircrew from 1-244th Assault Helicopter Battalion of the Louisiana National Guard were conducting […]

Is MARSOC Taking the Old Force Recon Mission?

Force Reconnaissance has long been at the tip of the Marine Corps’ spear. Performing what is considered “deep reconnaissance,” these Marines were traditionally the best-trained, most mature individuals from the reconnaissance community, and were entrusted with missions commensurate with those attributes. Today, the Force Reconnaissance Companies have been integrated into the Reconnaissance Battalions’ fourth company. What […]