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‘The Killing School’ book excerpt: Warrior, Assassin, Spy

1. Warrior, Assassin, Spy “There is another type of warfare—new in its intensity, ancient in its origin—war by guerrillas, subversives, insurgents, assassins; war by ambush instead of by combat, by infiltration instead of aggression, seeking victory by eroding and exhausting the enemy instead of engaging him.” — President John F. Kennedy A few miles off […]

Iran using power vacuum to move missiles into Iraq

The Iranians are taking advantage of the chaos and power vacuum in Iraq to solidify themselves in the country. They are now stockpiling a number of short-range missiles in Iraq. This is part of their plan to increase their leverage across the Middle East and to check the influence of the United States and Israel […]

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Spec Ops Infantry? It won’t work

This article should start with the statement that this isn’t an attack on Major General Robert Scales at all. Scales recently wrote an intriguing piece on how to try to “bottle SOF” and make our United States infantry units in the Army and Marine Corps as good as our SOF operators.  Scales earned a Silver […]

Facebook’s bias toward American veteran groups is still going strong

Prior to Veterans Day, SOFREP launched an ad campaign that would have seen all proceeds be donated to the Glen Doherty Memorial Foundation, but the campaign was immediately shut down by Facebook. The Glen Doherty Memorial Foundation focuses on providing current and former special operations professionals, from all branches of the government, the means necessary […]

Operation NAPKO: When the OSS was set to infiltrate Korea in WWII

One of the stranger missions to come about during World War II was the decision to infiltrate the Korean coastline, which was then held by the Japanese, and insert former Korean POWs into the country to set up agent networks, conduct sabotage and possibly begin a guerrilla war against the Japanese. Eventually, the plan was […]

Check out this exclusive interview with the director of ‘Midway’

Our friends at We Are The Mighty recently sat down with director Roland Emmerich to discuss his latest film, Midway. The film has since been released in theaters nation-wide, but whether you have seen the film already or not, this is a must-read interview.   ‘Midway’ Director profiles unknown heroes behind Navy’s greatest comeback Article […]

Veterans Day is one to remember when we all answered the call

Every year on November 11, we as a country celebrate Veterans Day, which is a day to honor and show respect for everyone who ever wore a uniform in service to the United States.  Just as every person has different experiences, we respect the contributions and sacrifices that every service member made while in service […]

Ten years gone: A 160th SOAR crew lost

Editor’s note: This article was written by Matthew Gardner in 2014 and is being republished on the 10th anniversary of this tragic incident. I began October of 2009 as I had many other months of the preceding few years…beginning a 60 day rotation in Afghanistan, flying the MH-47G for special operations forces across the country. […]