Green Badgers and Blue Badgers: Inside the CIA’s Secret Warfighters
In special operations, there’s a hard line between clandestine and covert missions—one’s a ghost story you tell after the blood dries, the other’s a lie you take to your grave.
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Delta Force Operator Shares The Truth About Flash Bang Grenades
Call it bad luck or pure stupidity, but if you’re messing with riot control devices and blow off part of your arm in the process, don’t expect me to call you a victim—just a Darwin Award contender.
Task Force Orange: Supporting Delta Force in Bosnia
Tasked with high stakes, the Mandarins managed to fumble like amateurs—a real letdown when you’re counting on every detail.
Geo Hand: How Special Forces Combat Divers Escape From Sinking Kayaks
Loaded up with a motley crew of battered kayaks and bruised egos, we barreled down the highway with a war chest of stories, ready to conquer the surf and maybe even learn a thing or two.
Geo Hand: That Time When a Drug Dealer Killed a Navy SEAL in Miami
In the sweltering Key West sun, Big Jim’s sloop swayed lazily in the marina, a testament to his carefree, albeit solitary, existence, while the thunderous laughter of Pee-Pee Jack’s brood echoed like a boisterous symphony, painting a vivid portrait of life’s unpredictable rhythms and bonds formed in the most unexpected of crucibles.
Tales From Geo Hand: Strange Days in the Green Berets – of Pipes and Dogs
Amidst the low-visibility and cozy confines of our little Green Beret haven, we embraced the simple pleasures of pipe smoking and petting dogs, a stark contrast to the usual military rigidity and prying eyes of higher headquarters.
SOFREP Insider: Discover What is Behind The Doors of SOF Week-Drones and Guns
Join SOFREP’s own Guy McCardle with an all access pass to America’s premier special operations forces conference.
Pic of the Day: SF Officer at 3-Gun Competition
An officer with 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) advances on a stage during a 3-gun competition in Maxton, North Carolina. The event was hosted by Memorial 3-Gun Foundation to honor and remember fallen soldiers assigned to US Special Operations Command.
Former Delta Force Commander Gary Harrell Passes Away at 71
Major General (retired) Gary Harrell, a revered figure in the Special Operations Forces community, passed away at the age of 71 after a lengthy battle with glioblastoma. During his 35-year career with the Army, he commanded several special operations units and retired in 2008 as the Deputy Commanding General of the Army Special Operations Command (USASOC).
The Giant Killer: A Fascinating Look at the Smallest Green Beret in History
While he was a more than capable Green Beret, Richard Flaherty — who was just 4 feet, 9 inches tall — had to fight just to join the Army.
Special Operations Selection: This Study Reveals the Character Traits That Make It More Likely to Pass
The Commandos that passed the grueling assessment process prioritized certain character traits in themselves and others.
There When Brothers Die: The Duties of a Casualty Assistance Officer
The duties of a casualty assistance officer may be hard, but the support they offer to a Gold Star widow is invaluable.
