SOF Pic of the Day: Marine Raider helocast training

Marine Special Operations School Individual Training Course students helocast from a U.S. Navy SH-60 Seahawk Helicopter, March 23, 2017, at Key West, Fla. For the first time, U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen spent three months in Marine Special Operations Command’s Marine Raider training pipeline, representing efforts to build joint mindsets across special operations forces. […]

SOF Pic of the Day: Rangers in Afghanistan

Rangers from 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, operating in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, 13 February 2012   Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons   See what it takes to earn the coveted title of Ranger in the video below:

SOF Pic of the Day: Urban warfare training

UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, part of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, hover while Army Rangers prepare to fast rope onto buildings during an exercise hosted by U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N.C., June 6, 2017. Special Operations Command photo by Michael Bottoms

SOF Pic of the Day: In a Ranger’s sights

An Army Ranger sniper sets up a shot during an exercise hosted by U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N.C., June 6, 2017. Special Operations Command photo by Michael Bottoms

SOF Pic of the Day: A job with a view

Special operations soldiers fire upon a mock enemy vehicle during an exercise hosted by U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N.C., June 6, 2017.   Special Operations Command photo by Michael Bottoms

SOF Pic of the Day: Special Tactics Airmen join MARSOC night fire training

Marine Special Operations School Individual Training Course students fire an M240B machine gun during night-fire training April 13, 2017, at Camp Lejeune. For the first time, U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen spent three months in Marine Special Operations Command’s Marine Raider training pipeline, representing efforts to build joint mindsets across special operations forces.   […]

SOF Pic of the Day: Rangers prepare for extraction

Army Rangers, assigned to 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, prepare for extraction from their objective during Task Force Training on Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., Jan. 30, 2014. Rangers constantly train to maintain their tactical proficiency.   Photo Credit: Spc. Steven Hitchcock

UK Maritime counter-terrorism is changing

The Royal Marine Commandos are changing. The Royal Navy is getting two new aircraft carriers, and thus an expanded need for an organic force capable of Maritime interdiction operations (MIO), Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure (VBSS), and personnel recovery (PR). To assume this task, 42 Commando has reorganized as a Maritime Operations Commando (MOC).  With […]

SOF Pic of the Day: Earning the Green Beret

More than 100 Soldiers earned the Green Beret during the 266th Special Forces Qualification Course graduation ceremony Feb. 23 at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, N.C. Photo Credit: Staff Sgt. Russell Lee Klika, SWCS Public Affairs Office

SOF Pic of the Day: The flight surgeon’s struggle

Capt. Aaron Thomas, a flight surgeon with the 1st Special Operations Medical Group, wipes sweat off his forehead during Task Force Exercise Olympus Archer at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Aug. 18, 2016. Olympus Archer focuses on maximizing training opportunities for more than 230 Air Commandos, with the 1st Special Operations Wing, emphasizing on […]

SOF Pic of the Day: Special Operations Surgical Teams save lives

U.S. Air Force Special Operations Surgical Teams practiced integration operations with a special operations partner force during a Special Tactics exercise, Hurlburt Field, Fla., Oct. 16, 2015. SOST members are military medical professionals selected to provide battlefield trauma and other surgical support in a special operations mission set. SOST members often forward deploy to austere […]