Think like a Green Beret: Never Quit

Think like a Green Beret: Never Quit

One thing that all special units have in common is an aversion to quitting and quitters. The greatest sin, the one unforgivable error is to quit, no matter what the obstacle. Only death can stop a truly determined man. You have to know that the man next to you will not break and run when […]

SOF Pic of the Day: US and Israeli Special Operations troops jump over the Mediterranean

SOF Pic of the Day: US and Israeli Special Operations troops jump over the Mediterranean

Members of U.S. and Israeli Special Operations Forces participate in a water jump training exercise over the Mediterranean Sea as part of Juniper Falcon 17, on March 27, 2017. Juniper Falcon is a bilateral exercise conducted between the Israel Defense Forces and U.S. European Command to build their partnership and interoperability. US Army photo by […]

Take a look at the grimy and grueling training the Army uses to turn soldiers into snipers

Take a look at the grimy and grueling training the Army uses to turn soldiers into snipers

At the U.S. Army’s Sniper School at Fort Benning in Georgia, students undergo some of the most grueling training the force offers. “Sniper school is one of the hardest schools in the military, not physically, but mentally,” Staff Sgt. Brian Moran, one of the 11 instructors who oversees the training, told the Army News Service. Army snipers […]

SOF Pic of the Day: Greek Special Forces provide security for exfil

SOF Pic of the Day: Greek Special Forces provide security for exfil

A Greek special forces Soldier protects a landing zone as Greek and U.S. Special Forces exit from the objective during Sarisa 16, an annual Greek exercise, near Thessaloniki, Greece, Sept. 21, 2016. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Marcus Ficht   Watch U.S. troops train alongside their Greek allies in the video below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D50Uq_LIW0

Op-Ed: Security Forces Assistance Brigades: The death of Special Forces

Op-Ed: Security Forces Assistance Brigades: The death of Special Forces

Over the years, many have lamented the end of Special Forces, foreseeing the destruction of the Green Berets, a slipping of training and selection standards, and plenty of general navel-gazing about how it “use to be.”  Hell, I remember buying a copy of Soldier of Fortune magazine in the PX at Fort Bragg over a […]

SOF Pic of the Day: Green Berets in Lithuania

SOF Pic of the Day: Green Berets in Lithuania

Green Berets assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) aim down a hallway during a training exercise with Lithuanian Special Forces, Nov. 13, 2017, in Eastern Europe. The training validates the team’s ability to provide direct-action support in concert with a European ally during a crisis response mission. This strengthens relationships with our Lithuanian Special […]

SOF Pic of the Day: Green Berets participate in the International Urban Assault Challenge

SOF Pic of the Day: Green Berets participate in the International Urban Assault Challenge

A Green Beret assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) engages a target during the inaugural United States Army Special Operations Command International Urban Assault Challenge, Sept. 26, 2017 at Fort Bragg, N.C.   U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Derek Hamilton/Released   Watch U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (A) participate […]

SOF Pic of the Day: Special Forces soldiers breach a doorway

SOF Pic of the Day: Special Forces soldiers breach a doorway

U.S. Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (A) breach a doorway as they prepare to enter and raid the objective during Exercise Flaming Sword in Panevėžsy, Lt., May 20, 2016. Since 2012, Lithuanian SOF has organized Exercise Flaming Sword with NATO SOF and allied Partners. The aim of this exercise is to train […]

SOF Pic of the Day: SEALS dangling by a thread

SOF Pic of the Day: SEALS dangling by a thread

U.S. Naval Special Warfare Operators perform a personnel recovery mission with a U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey from the 352d Special Operations Wing at Mykolaiv, Ukraine, July 17, 2017 during exercise Sea Breeze 17. Sea Breeze is a U.S. and Ukraine co-hosted multinational maritime exercise held in the Black Sea and is designed to enhance […]

Exfil under fire: Rescue mission with James Shorten

Exfil under fire: Rescue mission with James Shorten

  [Editor’s Note: This is the fifth in a series of exclusive SOFREP stories of what led to the MACV-SOG Bright Light mission that haunts SOG Green Beret SSG James H. Shorten (Jones) to this day. It has taken him back to Cambodia twice and he hopes to return to Cambodia in 2018 to help […]

SOF Pic of the Day: Lithuania’s Special Purpose Service prepares for exfil aboard US Blackhawk

SOF Pic of the Day: Lithuania’s Special Purpose Service prepares for exfil aboard US Blackhawk

After raiding an objective, Soldiers from Lithuania’s Special Purpose Service Counter-Terrorism unit are exfiltrated on U.S. Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters during Exercise Flaming Sword in Panevėžsy, Lt., May 19, 2016. Since 2012, Lithuanian SOF has organized Exercise Flaming Sword with NATO SOF and allied Partners.The aim of this exercise is to train SOF elements at […]

Live or die in Cambodia: Rescue mission with James Shorten

Live or die in Cambodia: Rescue mission with James Shorten

[Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a series of exclusive SOFREP stories of what led to the MACV-SOG Bright Light mission that haunts SOG Green Beret SSG James H. Shorten (Jones) to this day. It has taken him back to Cambodia twice and he hopes to return to Cambodia in 2018 to help DPAA […]