SOF Pic of the Day: A job with a view
Special operations soldiers fire upon a mock enemy vehicle during an exercise hosted by U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N.C., June 6, 2017. Special Operations Command photo by Michael Bottoms
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SOF Pic of the Day: Special Tactics Airmen join MARSOC night fire training
Marine Special Operations School Individual Training Course students fire an M240B machine gun during night-fire training April 13, 2017, at Camp Lejeune. 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 operations forces. […]
SOF Pic of the Day: Rangers prepare for extraction
Army Rangers, assigned to 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, prepare for extraction from their objective during Task Force Training on Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., Jan. 30, 2014. Rangers constantly train to maintain their tactical proficiency. Photo Credit: Spc. Steven Hitchcock
SOF Pic of the Day: Earning the Green Beret
More than 100 Soldiers earned the Green Beret during the 266th Special Forces Qualification Course graduation ceremony Feb. 23 at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, N.C. Photo Credit: Staff Sgt. Russell Lee Klika, SWCS Public Affairs Office
SOF Pic of the Day: The flight surgeon’s struggle
Capt. Aaron Thomas, a flight surgeon with the 1st Special Operations Medical Group, wipes sweat off his forehead during Task Force Exercise Olympus Archer at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Aug. 18, 2016. Olympus Archer focuses on maximizing training opportunities for more than 230 Air Commandos, with the 1st Special Operations Wing, emphasizing on […]
SOF Pic of the Day: Special Operations Surgical Teams save lives
U.S. Air Force Special Operations Surgical Teams practiced integration operations with a special operations partner force during a Special Tactics exercise, Hurlburt Field, Fla., Oct. 16, 2015. SOST members are military medical professionals selected to provide battlefield trauma and other surgical support in a special operations mission set. SOST members often forward deploy to austere […]
SOF Pic of the Day: Spanish special operations forces aboard the USNS Saturn
Spanish special operations forces stand guard over USNS Saturn crew members who played the role of a hostile ship crew during a mock boarding exercise conducted as part of Exercise Sea Saber 2004. The exercise focused on the interdiction of a maritime shipment of weapons of mass destruction and related material on the high seas. […]
SOF Pic of the Day: The wind through your fingers
A member of the U.S. Army 20th Special Forces Group sticks his hand out of UH-60 Black Hawk to feel the wind during Emerald Warrior 2014, Gulfport, Miss., May 5, 2014. Emerald Warrior is an annual, joint exercise to train special operations, conventional and partner nation forces in combat scenarios designed to hone special operations […]
SOF Pic of the Day: Air Force Pararescuemen save lives
A U.S. Air Force airman from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron swims to a boat after rescuing a simulated crash victim at Wynnehaven Beach, Fla., April 9, 2013. The 23rd STS trains, equips and employs combat control, pararescue and support personnel in response to presidential and secretary of defense tasks. U.S. Air Force photo/Airman […]
SOF Pic of the Day (from GEO’s Private Stash): Delta and SAS, brothers in arms
SOFREP’s own George E. Hand IV has collected some incredible photographs throughout his legendary career as a Green Beret and Delta Operator, and he’s been generous enough to share some of them with us. Here’s a shot of Delta’s Sam B. Foster, who you may recall from GEO’s five-part series entailing his heroism and tragic […]
SOF Pic of the Day (From GEO’s Private Stash): Delta teams in Panama
SOFREP’s own George E. Hand IV has collected some incredible photographs throughout his legendary career as a Green Beret and Delta Operator, and he’s been generous enough to share some of them with us. Here’s a shot GEO shared with us of two Delta Assault Teams during the Panama invasion, which took place in 1989 […]
SOF pic of the day (from GEO’s private stash): Jumping from a Little Bird
SOFREP’s own George E. Hand IV has collected some incredible photographs throughout his legendary career as a Green Beret and Delta Operator, and he’s been generous enough to share some of them with us. Here’s one of those pictures, which GEO characterized nonchalantly as just, “jumping from a Little Bird,” as though he’s recounting his […]
