SOFREP Pic of the Day: Countering threats in the arctic

Soldiers from the 25th Infantry Division march during Operation Punchbowl at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 10, 2018. Operation Punchbowl was a battalion-level, combined arms, live-fire exercise that focused on arctic lethality. During the operation, three 150-soldier companies maneuvered through varied terrain. Air Force photo by Alejandro Peña Watch the U.S. Army and Air Force […]

Bolton Wants to Build Arab Force in Syria to Replace the US

President Trump’s new national security adviser John Bolton and Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo are among those pushing to build a coalition of Arab military forces that could replace US troops in Syria and serve as a stabilizing force in the region once ISIS is defeated, according to official sources. While convincing nations like […]

Special Operations Forces Selection PT Preparation Week 4, Day 4

Wednesday is Shoulder Day in the gym along with some speed work. The sprints here will help with your overall cardio fitness, build some explosion, and will serve you well with your endurance. It is also a functional part of your job in Special Operations. There will be plenty of times where you’ll have to […]

SOFREP Pic of the Day: Marines conduct an amphibious assault in Thailand

Service members conduct a simulated amphibious assault during Cobra Gold 18 in Hat Yao, Thailand, Feb. 17, 2018. Cobra Gold is annual multinational exercise in Thailand. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Olivia G. Ortiz Watch the simulated amphibious assault play out in the video below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLnrpT5YRu8

The FARC Is Exactly Who We Thought They Were

The government of Colombia faces a big crisis in the very fragile peace accord that they signed with the rebel left-wing FARC ( Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) in 2016. A former top commander of the FARC, who helped broker the peace deal has been arrested for drug trafficking and a breakaway group kidnapped and […]

Latest Airstrike Against Syria Appears to be the Israelis

The Syrians were evidently hit with another airstrike early Tuesday morning as Syrian state-run television was airing reports of an Israeli missile attack. Syrian media and locals reported air strikes and Syrian air defense rockets being launched in response in the early hours of Tuesday morning. According to initial reports, the strikes may have targeted Al-Sayrat […]

Special Operations Forces Selection PT Preparation Week 4, Day 3

We’ll continue to prep for the UBRR. Tuesday is Leg Day at the gym. We’ll begin with pull-ups, the hit the legs with squats, the sled push, and some other exercises. We’ll finish things off with a three-mile run at a good pace, faster than the standard. Focus on strict form during the squats, you […]

SOFREP Pic of the Day: Look out below

Sailors rappel from an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter to the flight deck of the USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Indian Ocean, March 27, 2018. The aircraft carrier was underway for a regularly scheduled deployment to support security efforts in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Alex Corona Watch […]

While the Correct Thing To Do, What Did the Airstrikes Really Accomplish?

Opinion: After the Syrian regime used chemical weapons on its own people once again, the United States, France, and the UK conducted a joint air strike against three different targets in Syria — each of which was related to Syria’s chemical weapons program. The three targets were destroyed, but were the Syrian chemical weapons research […]

Hometown of “Black Hawk Down” MOH Operator To Plan Memorial

The town of Lincoln, Maine is teaming with the Special Forces Charitable Trust to build a memorial dedicated to the men who died in Somalia in 1993. Master Sgt. Gary Gordon and Sgt. 1st Class Randall Shughart were forever immortalized when they made the fateful decision to stay and fight, defending the injured soldiers at […]

Special Operations Forces Selection PT Preparation Week 4, Day 2

We’ll start our Monday doing a mini-UBRR with Pushups, sit-ups, and crunches, with V-ups and dips. Then we’ll focus on some speed work with the shuttle runs rather than a longer duration. Have you been breaking in the second pair of boots for the ruck march from yesterday? It needs to be done and will […]

SOFREP Pic of the Day: A SOF-eye view

As seen through a night-vision device, soldiers and members of NATO forces perform close quarters battle training at Camp Shelby, Miss., March 5, 2018, to support Emerald Warrior. During the exercise, U.S. Special Operations Command forces train to respond to various threats across the spectrum of conflict. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kristen […]