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American commandos from the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) have just finished a months-long training deployment in Poland, where they conducted realistic training scenarios with their Polish brethren. The airmen were part of the 321st Special Tactics Squadron (STS), which is based in Royal Air Force Mildenhall, in the United Kingdom. The squadron is […]
Two Airmen assigned to the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) have been selected to compete with the USA Bobsled team in preparation for the 2022 Winter Olympics. Air Force Captains Dakota Lynch and Christopher Walsh haven’t secured a spot on the team that will represent the country in four years, but just the opportunity […]
Twelve boys ages 11-16 and their soccer coach went exploring an immense, six-mile long cave complex near Mae Sai, Chiang Rai, Thailand. Monsoon rains hit soon after, quickly flooding the cave system and trapping the boys and their coach inside. For the last few days, rescue personnel have been working tirelessly to locate the soccer […]
A U.S. Air Force pararescueman, assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, field packs his parachute at the drop zone after a high altitude, high opening military free fall jump working with a C-130J Super Hercules flown by the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, March 4, 2018. Guardian Angel Team […]
A U.S. Air Force pararescueman, assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, provides overwatch during a personnel recovery exercise at an undisclosed location in Afghanistan, March 6, 2018. The Army crews and Air Force Guardian Angel teams conducted the exercise to build teamwork and SOPs as they provide joint personnel recovery capabilities, aiding in the […]
You know the trope found in secret agent films and novels alike: the Special Operator that is fluent in four languages, can track phones, build homemade explosives, is a parkour fanatic, a highly trained driver, is an expert tracker, better hacker, a master of like four variations of martial arts, and of course, is an […]
It’s New Year’s Eve, and you know what that means: Time for the 2017 News Roundup Year in Review! I covered a lot of the bigger stories on the podcast year in review, so check that out here if you haven’t already. Here are some of the stories we hit in 2017. Basically, each paragraph […]
Veteran humor Some people see that phrase, get all amped up and are ready to hear some sick, vulgar stuff. Things that will make most people’s stomach’s turn, but they roll over laughing their asses off. Others, instead of rolling their asses, roll their eyes and think that dark humor is certainly not relegated to […]
First, I would like everyone to know that this is published as a free article. While SOFREP normally keeps full articles internal to subscribers, I asked that this one be available to be seen by all. I contacted parents and friends of both Matt and Forrest to make sure it was okay to write and publish […]
Special guest article by Doug Kechijian who is a former Air Force Pararescueman and is currently a physical therapist. Recent reports indicate that U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is open to discussing the possibility of prescribing performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) to service members to increase operational readiness and relieve the physical burden of demanding mission sets. […]
Check out this excerpt from “Never Quit” by Jimmy Settle, former Pararescueman. Chapter 9 Operation Green Feet For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to jump out of an airplane. It was the parachute on the PJ logo that initially caught my eye. The para in “pararescue” puts parachuting right in the […]
Recently, I had the opportunity to interview Jimmy Settle, author of “Never Quit: From Alaska Wilderness Rescues to Afghanistan Firefights as an Elite Special Ops PJ.” In his book, he not only talks about the time he walked away from getting shot in the head while in Afghanistan but what it was like to become a PJ […]
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