On Friday, Lockheed Martin and the Pentagon announced that the security and aerospace company has successfully secured an $8 billion U.S. Defense contract to serve as global logistics support for America’s Special Operations Forces. It is not uncommon for the U.S. military to rely on contracts with private sector organizations for support services like warehouse […]
According to an August 6th report from LinkedIn, the first female attempting to enter the Navy’s elite Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training pipeline dropped on request (DOR’d) from the pre-BUD/S selection course known as SEAL Officer Assessment and Selection (SOAS), thus ending her attempt to become a Navy SEAL. That would seem to indicate that for […]
When Dave Berke was a kid, he imagined himself flying an F-18 off an aircraft carrier. By the time he retired as a US Marine officer in 2016, he had not only done that, but he’d also flown an F-16, F-22, and F-35, taught at the elite Top Gun fighter pilot school, and served a […]
The fourth Navy SEAL this year has been charged with sex crimes, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune, and a Navy charge sheet being brought against SEAL Lieutenant Joseph Benevento. The Navy is charging Benevento with sexual assault following an incident that took place in San Diego, California, on November 6, 2016. The charge sheet […]
The below is a quasi-comprehensive list of books about and by Navy SEALs, from the World War II-era UDT “Frogmen,” through the Vietnam-era SEALs, and up to the present-day frontline warriors of the Global War on Terrorism. It has been a bit of a labor of love for this author, as the 1990s-era Navy SEAL books, […]
According to U.S. Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR), as of July 21st, a jointly-hosted U.S. and Ukrainian multinational maritime exercise was underway in the Black Sea. The exercise, called “Sea Breeze 2017,” was ostensibly intended to “enhance interoperability” between the participating nations, while also “strengthening maritime security within the region,” according to a video posted […]
According to a press release from the White House, former Navy SEAL Vice Admiral Joseph Kernan of Florida is to be named as Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence. Per the press release, Kernan currently serves as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development for SAP National Security Services. Kernan also serves as the chairman of […]
How did I miss these two stories? Both were reported by the San Diego Union-Tribune back in the spring and both are fairly depressing. The Union-Tribune and the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, by the way, are both the local “papers of record” for regularly covering the goings-on within the Navy SEAL community, given that they are both […]
Though it sounds like the plot of a movie the reality is that select Army engineers, Special Forces, Navy SEALs, and select Marines were once trained to employ backpack nukes. The scientists of Los Almos Scientific Laboratory created the W54 atomic warhead in the late ‘50s. It was one of the smallest nuclear warheads ever […]
What does nearly every successful mission by Navy SEALs, Army Rangers, Marine Raiders, and Green Berets have in common? They’ve probably been carried to and from their missions by members of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment Airborne with the abbreviation of 160th SOAR (A). The 160th SOAR commonly known as the “Night Stalkers” are […]
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article are strictly those of the author’s and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of SOFREP.com nor any of the writers and editors that work for it. I had an interesting conversation the other day with someone I know and it broached the uncomfortable […]
Being the ‘new guy’ — or woman — in any profession, on any team, or at a new school, can be a stressful undertaking. We all know it. We have all been there at least once in our lives. Take for example your trusty author, who grew up a Navy brat and attended five schools […]
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