SOFREP Interviews Former SEAL David Charbonnet About Healing, Recovery and His Road to the Paralympics
Navy SEAL David Charbonnet’s journey from injury to competing in paracanoe shows true resilience and the power of perseverance.
SEAL Team One
Naval Special Warfare Community Mourns Loss of SEAL Team One Commander
SEAL Team One commanding officer Robert “Bobby” Ramirez was found dead in his San Diego area home on the nineteenth of December at forty-seven. Naval Special Warfare Command officials have announced in a statement that there is no suspicion of foul play in the high-profile SEAL’s death. However, an investigation by the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department remains ongoing.
The Video of the Week: The moment a former Navy SEAL gets shot by an ISIS sniper
The video found below shows three Americans working in a humanitarian support role for the Iraqi Army during the Battle of Mosul in 2017. The three men stormed forward in order to rescue a little girl and two men who had survived a mass-execution by ISIS fighters. They did so with only an Iraqi M1A1 […]
Oct. 31, 1972: Michael E. Thornton, SEAL, Medal of Honor recipient
Michael Thornton was a Navy SEAL and was awarded the U.S. military’s highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the war in Vietnam. He was decorated for saving the life of his senior officer, Lieutenant Thomas R. Norris, who also a recipient of the Medal of Honor in another combat action in […]
Bob Kerrey, SEAL, Awarded the MOH For Actions on 14 March 1969
Joseph Robert (Bob) Kerrey was a U.S. Navy SEAL in Vietnam during the 1960s and was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Richard Nixon in the White House in May of 1970 for actions he conducted where he lost the lower part of his leg in Vietnam during an action on March 14, 1969. […]
Disgraced Navy SEAL sentenced to 27 years for filming himself molesting a child
For most who earn the coveted Navy SEAL Trident, it serves as a symbol of a lifetime devoted to service over self, but for some, not even the honor and commitment of serving as a part of one of the most elite fighting forces in history is enough to offset their own personal dishonor, or […]
Former SEAL Clay Tippins declares entry in Georgia Governor’s race
Former U.S. Navy SEAL officer Clay Tippins is looking to join Missouri governor Eric Greitens as the second currently-serving chief executive officer of a U.S. state to be a former Naval Special Warfare officer. The 44-year-old Tippins is running as a self-described conservative Republican for the governorship of Georgia. The former SEAL officer, according to […]
News Roundup: USAF PJ; Combat Controller awarded Air Force Cross, SEAL busted for sex crimes, LSD stabbing
Air Commandos getting it done: For the first time, two airmen were awarded Air Force Crosses at the same ceremony for acts of valor during separate events in Afghanistan. Retired Master Sgt. Keary Miller. a pararescueman assigned to the 123rd Special Tactics Squadron in 2002, fought in the 17-hour battle that has become known as the Battle of […]
Watch: SEAL Team One in Vietnam
Recently coming across this vintage film of Navy SEALs in Vietnam, I thought I would share it with everyone on SOFREP. The national archives describes it as: This film shows Navy SEALs in action in the jungles of Long Phu, Vietnam. SEALs are seen as they marched single file and crouched down in tall brush while […]
A Navy SEAL relives his first day on the team
The Release Graduating from BUD/S (Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL) training is one of the most liberating emotions a man can experience. During the training, most of us never looked past our next meal, much less the next week or phase. Eventually, somewhere during land warfare in third phase I actually started to believe I might become a […]
