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A US Marine with a "borrowed" Soviet made weapon carefully ascends a staircase during the Second Battle of Fallujah.

SOFREP Pic of the Day: A US Marine in Fallujah, Iraq 2004

The Battle of Fallujah in 2004 was a pivotal showdown, where coalition forces clashed with deeply entrenched insurgents in the heart of a dense urban landscape.

The Pic of the Day Sep 08

Robert Byron Fuller: A Navy Cross Recipient Who Survived Six Years in Hanoi Hilton

Rear Adm Robert Byron “By” Fuller is one of the dozens of men who braved the severe treatment as a Prisoner of War during the Vietnam War.

History Dec 12

U.S. Air Force Gen. John “Jay” Raymond, commander of Air Force Space Command and the highest ranking officer to graduate from Clemson’s ROTC program, administers the Oath of Enlistment to a group of Army ROTC cadets in Military Heritage Plaza, Aug. 31, 2017. (Photo by Ken Scar/Army ROTC)

First astronaut to make an untethered space walk, Bruce McCandless, dies at age 80

Bruce McCandless, former Navy Pilot and astronaut, died on Thursday, the 21st. McCandless was known primarily for being the first man to make an untethered space walk, otherwise known as “untethered free flight,” where they disconnect entirely from their spacecraft and head on out into the abyss. The image featured above is the famous picture […]

North America Dec 23

News Roundup: IED in London, training accidents hit the military hard, fake food alert

This is how he repaid the infidels: A second suspect was arrested on Saturday in connection with the subway attack at London’s Parsons Green station that left 30 people injured, officials announced on Sunday as the city’s terror threat level is downgraded to “severe.” A 21-year-old man was arrested late Saturday night in Hounslow in […]

World Sep 17

Retired Marine turned firefighter receives Navy Cross for heroic actions in Iraq in 2004

Staff Sgt. Eric Smith, who retired from the United States Marine Corps before becoming a firefighter in Irving, Texas, had his Silver Star upgraded to a Navy Cross in a recent ceremony presided over by Maj. Gen. Paul Kennedy, head of Marine Corps Recruiting Command. The Navy Cross is the second highest valor award a […]

Featured Sep 17

News Roundup: USS Indianapolis wreckage found, best of ‘free speech’ rallies videos, aked Florida guy swings it around

Short Roundup this week folks. The stupidity of this last week has drained me. -BK. USS Indianapolis wreckage found: In the 72 years since the Indianapolis, a United States Navy cruiser, sank about 12 minutes after being torpedoed by a Japanese submarine, the disaster has inspired controversy, dozens of books, a play and a famous […]

World Aug 20

Remembering the Marine Raiders of WWII

During the early years of World War II, the United States Marine Corps Raider battalions became the first American elite units committed to battle the Axis. Though originally conceived as a counterpart to the British commandos, the Raiders proved to be much more, and like their English brethren, laid the groundwork for the future while […]

Military History May 14

Fallen Navy SEAL among nine upgraded to Navy Cross

According to USA Today and the San Diego Union-Tribune, in a ceremony in Virginia Beach, Virginia on January 13, 2017, outgoing Navy Secretary Ray Mabus presented upgraded valor medals to 16 Navy special operations personnel (or their families, in the case of two of the fallen sailors), including a posthumous Navy Cross to the family […]

Military Jan 27

Which of these SEAL Navy Cross recipients will receive the Medal of Honor?

As reported in USA Today on December 5, 2016, two U.S. Navy sailors — both likely SEALs — will have their Navy Cross awards upgraded to Congressional Medals of Honor, following a review conducted by the Secretary of the Navy, Ray Mabus, upon the order of Defense Secretary Ash Carter. Per the article in USA […]

Military Dec 13

‘Lone Survivor’ Marcus Luttrell recalls discipline, chaos, pain in his life

“I don’t care what you do for a living. If you don’t do your best, you are beaten,” he said. “You train the hard way so you can live the easy way. Most people will always go for the easy,” he also mentioned. “Pain and misery have made me who I am,” said the outdoors boy from Texas, then acknowledging he had left all he had this day on the forum stage, just as he had during his time in the military. “That’s all I got for you,” he said.

Military Sep 14

Hero Marine who killed Taliban fighter with his hands leaves the Corps

Navy Cross recipient Staff Sgt. Cliff Wooldridge, who killed a Taliban fighter in hand-to-hand combat, has left the Marine Corps after spending nine years in the service. “I enjoyed my time in the Marine Corps,” Wooldridge told Marine Corps Times. “It’s had a huge impact on my life. I’m going to miss the men I’ve […]

Military Sep 02

This Navy Cross recipient just won an award named for one of the baddest Marines ever

The Marines’ top general selected Chief Warrant Officer 3 Anthony Viggiani as the next Hulbert Trophy recipient a decade after the gunner’s leadership on the battlefield earned him the nation’s second-highest valor award. Viggiani will receive the Gunner Henry Lewis Hulbert Trophy for Outstanding Leadership for his contributions at Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry – West, where he […]

Military Apr 27

Have We Lost Our National Bearings Since Pearl Harbor?

9/11 has been called this generation’s Pearl Harbor, and I agree, but the cohesion that the attacks in New York, Washington D.C., and Pennsylvania generated was short-lived.

World Dec 07

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SOFREP Pic of the Day: A US Marine in Fallujah, Iraq 2004

Robert Byron Fuller: A Navy Cross Recipient Who Survived Six Years in Hanoi Hilton

‘Here I Am, Send Me’

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The Video of the Week: The life and deeds of Navy SEAL Charles Keating IV

Legendary Marine Sergeant Major Bradley Kasal’s retirement speech

First astronaut to make an untethered space walk, Bruce McCandless, dies at age 80

News Roundup: IED in London, training accidents hit the military hard, fake food alert

Retired Marine turned firefighter receives Navy Cross for heroic actions in Iraq in 2004

News Roundup: USS Indianapolis wreckage found, best of ‘free speech’ rallies videos, aked Florida guy swings it around

Remembering the Marine Raiders of WWII

Fallen Navy SEAL among nine upgraded to Navy Cross

Which of these SEAL Navy Cross recipients will receive the Medal of Honor?

‘Lone Survivor’ Marcus Luttrell recalls discipline, chaos, pain in his life

Hero Marine who killed Taliban fighter with his hands leaves the Corps

This Navy Cross recipient just won an award named for one of the baddest Marines ever

Have We Lost Our National Bearings Since Pearl Harbor?

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SOFREP Pic of the Day: A US Marine in Fallujah, Iraq 2004

Robert Byron Fuller: A Navy Cross Recipient Who Survived Six Years in Hanoi Hilton

‘Here I Am, Send Me’

The Pic of the Day: The Marine Corps’ tenacious mascot

The Video of the Week: The life and deeds of Navy SEAL Charles Keating IV

Legendary Marine Sergeant Major Bradley Kasal’s retirement speech

First astronaut to make an untethered space walk, Bruce McCandless, dies at age 80

News Roundup: IED in London, training accidents hit the military hard, fake food alert

Retired Marine turned firefighter receives Navy Cross for heroic actions in Iraq in 2004

News Roundup: USS Indianapolis wreckage found, best of ‘free speech’ rallies videos, aked Florida guy swings it around

Remembering the Marine Raiders of WWII

Fallen Navy SEAL among nine upgraded to Navy Cross

Which of these SEAL Navy Cross recipients will receive the Medal of Honor?

‘Lone Survivor’ Marcus Luttrell recalls discipline, chaos, pain in his life

Hero Marine who killed Taliban fighter with his hands leaves the Corps

This Navy Cross recipient just won an award named for one of the baddest Marines ever

Have We Lost Our National Bearings Since Pearl Harbor?

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