Days of Guns: MASSIVE 500 Round Ammunition Backpack

The first position that I held in Ranger Battalion was light/heavy machine gunner.  It was our job to become efficient with just about every light or heavy machine gun in our arsenal, including various grenade launchers. The majority of the time, we would carry our ammo in a small backpack and only feed the gun a 50-100 […]

Q&A with Former Ranger Nick Irving, Author of “The Reaper”

Hey folks, we are going to be doing an exclusive Q&A session with Nick Irving, a former Ranger sniper and the author of the best selling memoir, the Reaper.  Please post your questions below and I’ll choose the best four or five to send over to him.

Quiet or Silent Professional? A Ranger’s Opinion

So, former 3/75 Ranger and author Nick Irving just nailed a major television deal. Release the OPSEC hounds! Surely there is tomfoolery afoot! Any veteran of a special operations unit that has done work in the limelight can verify that “stepping out of the shadows” is one of the hardest things you will do. Whether […]

3/75 Sniper Nick Irving’s “The Reaper” Gets a TV Mini-Series

With the massive success of former 3/75 Sniper Nick Irving’s memoir “The Reaper,” television executives have green lit a 5-part television series based on the book.  Nick has told SOFREP that he will be collaborating with other former snipers from the 75th Ranger Regiment to ensure that the series gets done the right way.  In […]

Review: 3/75 Sniper Nick Irving’s “The Reaper”

I just finished reading Nicholas Irving’s memoir “The Reaper,” and found it to be a great read. Nick and I served in the same sniper section, but at different times. I got to Ranger Battalion in 2003, so I was a sniper by the time Nick finished RIP in 2005. I didn’t even know about […]

Q&A With Nick Irving, Author of “The Reaper”

I recently had a chance to catch up with my friend and former U.S. Army Ranger sniper Nick Irving. Nick has written for SOFREP in the past, and recently finished a book with St. Martin’s Press called “The Reaper.” I read the advanced copy, and it’s legit. I thought you all would enjoy a little Q&A with […]