Night Raids On May 8th, Special Operations Soldiers fast roped from Black Hawk helicopters onto the balconies of the abandoned Grand Bay Hotel in Miami, Florida. The training mission simulation a hostage rescue operation as CBS reports: According to police sources, this is what came down in the mock anti-terror operation: Helicopters dropped Special Operations […]
After the tragedy that unfolded at Desert One, the attempted Delta Force rescue of American hostages held in Iran in 1980, the Pentagon was forced back to the drawing board. While it is easy to take for granted the Special Operations infrastructure that we have today, thirty years ago the military was still struggling in […]
Well, here we are again. I’m about to kick off The Red Circle Book Tour and wanted to kick out this month’s “Stuff Navy SEALs Say” before I went dark for a few weeks. SOFREP’s managing editor Jack Murphy has the helm, and you’re in good hands. I hope you enjoy this month’s post. Special […]
In the wake of the failed hostage rescue mission conducted by the British SBS in Nigeria, it may also prove useful to take a look back at JSOC hostage rescue missions as well. Special thanks to SOFREP reader Chris for his hard work in compiling this information for us. The successful rescue of Jessica Buchanan […]
Alright gents. Iced Earth is very personal to me and a lot of SEALs. The YouTube song below was written about the SEAL Teams and is titled “Green Face”. Chorus: “On Land and the Air and Sea, we’ll be where the metal meets the meat” My friend Turbo invited me over to Jon Schaffer’s (the […]
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Bin Laden gets face-shot When the Osama Bin Laden raid went down, there was a flurry of news reporting, many initial reports stumbling over themselves as both the media and the White House struggled to get their stories straight. Who executed the raid? How was Bin Laden killed? Who is Seal Team Six? Our readers […]
One of the reasons the guys created the SOFREP media site is that we are tired of the press and industry getting it all wrong with everything Special Operations. The recent Times blog post by Mark Thompson is a great example. He obviously has no idea what he’s talking about, and is indeed proof that […]
Welcome to The Reading List, where we’ll be reviewing military fiction and non-fiction books about once a week. Don Mann, former Seal Team 6 member and adventure race organizer, deserves a better book. Inside Seal Team Six, written by Don Mann and ghostwriter Ralph Pezzullo (who also helped write the far superior Jawbreaker), is at […]
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