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WASHINGTON—U.S. forces have entered Mosul to assist Iraqi troops in retaking the besieged city, the Pentagon said Wednesday, part of an increasing American presence in the fight against Islamic State militants. Advisers from U.S. and coalition partner forces have stepped up their activity in Iraq, approximately doubling to 450 the number working directly with local […]
Nearly fifty years ago, the U.S. Army’s Green Berets needed a better option for Long Range Patrol (LRP) rations. Team Green put out a contract and a company named Oregon Freeze Dry won that bid. The LRP rations that were produced were freeze dried pre-cooked meals that could be re-hydrated by adding boiling water. If […]
First could you explain some of your background to us. Years in service, rank, MOS, deployment locations, units deployed with, other pertinent details… I spent 12-years in the Army Reserves (1982-1994), took a 14-year break, and joined the National Guard in 2008. While in the Reserves, I served basically as a generator repair tech, and […]
Asolo boots are used in spades by Special Operations. Merrill’s are popular but are not the only great boot to wear in the mountains. My entire time on a team and in Special Forces I wore a single boot for moving in tough terrain, an Asolo hiking boot. They’re made tough – and I found […]
Special Forces taught me that life is a series of mistakes, small victories, and an overall pursuit to get it mostly right, but not all of it. I hope this article isn’t a complete bore – but it’s just some thoughts on the nature of striving for perfection and why I think that’s a waste […]
Not that anyone is keeping track, but we still have American (along with British, Italian, and French) Special Operations Forces in Libya. The entire conflict there has taken a backseat as the Western world has focused on Aleppo and Mosul, but the following report gives a good breakdown of the various players on the ground. […]
We’ve all played video games where the protagonist has some kind of virtual heads-up display that shows relevant data such as mini-maps, available ammunition, heading, waypoints, and more. The U.S. military has struggled with various future soldier concepts that would incorporate this, making little baby steps each time toward the end game. It seems we […]
I thought you guys might enjoy this video I discovered the other day, it gives a nice peek into the world of our Vietnam-era Special Operations units: Before SOCOM: LRRPs, Rangers, UDT/SEALs, Special Forces, MACV-SOG, Force Recon… This article originally published on SOFREP 04.01.2012
The Army’s Criminal Investigation Command has reopened its investigation of an Afghanistan war hero who Army officials said confessed to killing an unarmed Taliban detainee. The service is again scrutinizing former Maj. Mathew L. Golsteyn after he appeared in a Fox News television interview in October and acknowledged that he had killed a Taliban bombmaker who had […]
Part of me dies inside when I hear people talk about “tier one” or white “vanilla” special operations in relation to so-called black special operations. The public throws these words around, but realistically, they only do it because of the the number of active duty and retired special operations soldiers who use these words without having a clue […]
Washington, D.C. – In what was billed as the final major national security address of his administration, President Barack Obama took a victory lap for his counterterrorism achievements in remarks made to Special Operations and Central Command officials at MacDill Air Force Base. The Dec. 6 speech also doubled a thinly veiled rebuttal to the […]
As a professional shooter, it is important never to overestimate your skills, and even more unforgivable to misrepresent your skill level to commanding officers who will probably take those perceptions into account during mission planning. This is especially true of snipers preparing to conduct specialized tasks, like providing target interdiction from a helicopter based platform. […]
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