Navy SEAL acquitted of murdering ISIS prisoner files for clemency

Navy SEAL acquitted of murdering ISIS prisoner files for clemency

The legal adventures of Special Warfare Operator Chief Eddie Gallagher are far from over. Last year, the Navy SEAL was accused of obstruction of justice, attempted homicide, and murdering a teenage Islamic State detainee in Mosul, Iraq, during a combat deployment in 2017, among other things. After a legal saga that lasted for almost a […]

The Pic of the Day: Special Forces operators calling in for extraction

The Pic of the Day: Special Forces operators calling in for extraction

Special Forces Soldiers assigned to 3rd Special Group (Airborne) Training near Hurlburt Field, FL. The exercise was a part of a 3rd SFG (A) training rotation which encompasses various tactical techniques and procedures, including call for fire, full mission profiles and combat diver requalification.

Who owns the night? Taliban use of night vision goggles tips the scale

Who owns the night? Taliban use of night vision goggles tips the scale

Despite 19 years of war, the Taliban are still a dominant faction in Afghanistan. Their ability to wreak havoc at will highlights the Afghan government’s feebleness. A frailty that becomes ever more pronounced as U.S. and coalition forces gradually withdraw from the country. In their way toward defeating their opponent – or reducing his will […]

Summer Hunting Season: SOF task force concludes record-breaking Afghanistan deployment

Summer Hunting Season: SOF task force concludes record-breaking Afghanistan deployment

An Army Special Operations task force just completed one of the most successful combat rotations to Afghanistan. Special Operations Task Force 102 (SOTF-102) received over 50 military decorations for their work against the Taliban, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-Khorasan (ISIS-K), Haqqani network, and Al-Qaida. SOTF-102 was comprised of Green Berets from the 10th Special […]

The Pic of the Day: Operators and their horses

The Pic of the Day: Operators and their horses

U.S Army Special Operations Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) and U.S. Marine Raiders with Marine Special Operations School ride horseback through Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest during the SOF Horsemanship Course at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif.

The Rhodesian SAS Files: Training indigenous personnel

The Rhodesian SAS Files: Training indigenous personnel

In this SOFREP exclusive interview, we sat down with Keith Nell, the Rhodesian Special Air Service operator who was assigned to hunt down and eliminate the terrorists responsible for what has been called “Rhodesia’s 9/11.” By 1978, the Rhodesian Bush War between ZIPRA and ZANLA communist terrorists had terrorized the local villages in the area. […]

Toe poppers and minifrags: The little known toys of US Special Forces in Vietnam

Toe poppers and minifrags: The little known toys of US Special Forces in Vietnam

This article will speak about two vital weapons that served U.S. Special Forces during their service in the Vietnam War. They were the M-14 Anti-Personnel mine, more commonly known as the “Toe Popper,” and the V40 Mini-Fragmentation Grenade. Over the course of the conflict, these miniature terrors drew much blood against the North Vietnamese Army […]

The Rhodesian SAS Files: Flight RH 825 is shot down

The Rhodesian SAS Files: Flight RH 825 is shot down

In this SOFREP exclusive interview, we sat down with Keith Nell, the Rhodesian Special Air Service operator who was assigned to hunt down and eliminate the terrorists responsible for what has been called “Rhodesia’s 9/11.” By 1978, the Rhodesian Bush War between ZIPRA and ZANLA communist terrorists had terrorized the local villages in the area. Keith Nell begins the interview speaking about flight RH […]

Enough Heart: The legend of a Special Forces operator and Medal of Honor recipient

Enough Heart: The legend of a Special Forces operator and Medal of Honor recipient

The Special Forces Sergeant pulled the small rectangular Claymore mine from its pouch. Though he couldn’t see the Soviet-built truck, he smelled its fumes. The distinctive low rasp of its diesel engine spewed a heavy, acrid odor that hung under the dense jungle canopy for hundreds of yards. Unwinding the detonation wire, he sensed the […]

Portable FOBs: A solution for SOF units behind enemy lines?

Portable FOBs: A solution for SOF units behind enemy lines?

One of the greatest advantages of Special Operations Forces (SOF) is their inherent flexibility and their ability to excel in the unknown. Whether we’re talking about a Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha (SFODA), a Marine Special Operations Team (MSOT), or a Navy SEAL platoon, SOF units can operate behind enemy lines with little or no […]

Life in prison without parole: SEAL Team 6 operator and Marine Raider in dire straits

Life in prison without parole: SEAL Team 6 operator and Marine Raider in dire straits

In another page to the legal saga behind the murder of Staff Sergeant Logan Melgar, the Navy announced that U.S. Navy Chief Special Warfare Operator Tony E. Dedolph (SEAL) and U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant Mario A. Madero-Rodriguez have been referred to a General Court Martial for the murder of the Green Beret in Bamako, […]

Special Forces operator killed in action

Special Forces operator killed in action

On Monday, a Special Forces operator was killed in action during combat operations in Afghanistan. Sergeant First Class Jeremy Griffin, 41, succumbed to a small arms fire wound while on operations in Wardak province. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), which is based at Joint Base Lewis-McCord, Washington. Colonel […]