SOF Pic of the Day: Navy SEALS swim back to the USS Michigan

SEALs and divers from SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team (SDVT) 1 swim back to the guided-missile submarine USS Michigan (SSGN 727) during an exercise for certification on SEAL delivery vehicle operations in the southern Pacific Ocean. The exercises educate operators and divers on the techniques and procedures related to the delivery vehicle and its operations.   […]

SOF Pic of the Day: SEAL parking his mini-sub on the USS Kamehameha

A Mk VIII Mod 1 minisub operated by members of a SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team maneuvers into a dry dock shelter fitted to USS KAMEHAMEHA (SSN-642), a U.S. Navy submarine. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Photographer’s Mate Andrew McKaskle Watch Navy SEALs operate minisubs in the video below:

SOF Pic of the Day: Army Rangers open fire

Rangers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, fire at an enemy bunker during Task Force Training on Camp Roberts, Calif., Feb. 1, 2014. Rangers constantly train to maintain their tactical proficiency.   Image courtesy of the U.S. Army.   Learn about the U.S. Army’s Ranger school below — a harrowing leadership school that Rangers […]

SOF Pic of the Day: Rangers descend on a Little Bird

Soldiers from the 75th Ranger Regiment descend in an MH-6 Little Bird helicopter flown by pilots from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. They fly into a staged firefight during an exercise demonstrating the range of U.S. Army Special Operations capabilities for the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference on April 28, 2010, at Fort Bragg, N.C. […]

Special Operations vets train to fight human trafficking through the HERO program

Slavery and human trafficking is unfortunately alive and well in the United States and around the world, but not for long if America’s special operations veterans have anything to say about it. According to the Department of Defense’s Combating Trafficking in Persons office, the three primary forms of human trafficking that remain prevalent today are […]

The real source of tactical knowledge

Basic Training, Infantry AIT, Airborne School, Ranger School — these are some of the many schools listed when people try to express to others their proficiency in tactical skills. If a potential employer reads “Ranger School,” then it is inferred that the job candidate has a high level of tactical knowledge. It’s true, to a […]

SOF Pic of the Day: Peru Special Operations provide security for US Night Stalkers

Members of Fuerza de Operaciones Especiales, Peru special operations force, fast rope from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter operated by the Army 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment onto the flight deck of the guided-missile frigate USS Carr as part of PANAMAX 2010. Special operations forces from Peru, Colombia, Brazil and Panama trained alongside East Coast […]

SOF Pic of the Day: Special Operations Airmen conduct ambush drills

919th Special Operations Security Forces Squadron Airmen practice ambush drills during the squadron’s annual training at Camp Guernsey, Wyo., Aug. 3. More than 20 Airmen went out West to help train two other reserve security forces squadrons in ground combat and field training. The 919th SOSFS Airmen lived in the makeshift camps and acted as […]

SOF Pic of the Day: Special Operations aboard the CV-22 Osprey

U.S. Air Force combat controllers from the 24th Special Operations Wing sit aboard a U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey at Avon Park, Fla., March 7th, 2017 during Emerald Warrior 17. Emerald Warrior is a U.S. Special Operations Command exercise during which joint special operations forces train to respond to various threats across the spectrum of […]

SOF Pic of the Day: Special Tactics Airmen at Marine Special Operations School

Marine Special Operations School Individual Training Course students ruck through thick vegetation during Field Training Exercise Raider Spirit, May 1, 2017, at Camp Lejeune, N.C. For the first time, U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen spent three months in Marine Special Operations Command’s Marine Raider training pipeline, representing efforts to build joint mindsets across special […]

SOF Pic of the Day: Planning an ambush at Marine Special Operations School

A Marine Special Operations School Individual Training Course student plans an ambush during Field Training Exercise Raider Spirit, May 3, 2017, at Camp Lejeune, N.C. For the first time, U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen spent three months in Marine Special Operations Command’s Marine Raider training pipeline, representing efforts to build joint mindsets across special […]