SOF pic of the day: Going down

A special operations combat medic from the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) rappels down a cliff side at a Fort Carson, Colorado training area to retrieve a mock-casualty during medical evacuation training Nov. 9. During the two-day training event, medics from 10th SFG(A) were placed in several different scenarios and tested on a variety of […]

SOF Pic of the Day: Marines prepare to board

Naval Base Coronado, California – Critical Skills Operators with Bravo Company, 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, prepare to board a target vessel during Visit, Board, Search and Seizure training near Naval Base Coronado, Calif., Jan. 14. Image courtesy of the U.S. Marine Corps

SOF pic of the day: Jumping in with both feet

Airmen from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron jump out the back of a MH-47 Chinook Helicopter April 9, 2013, at Wynnehaven Beach, Fla. The helicopter conducts overt and covert infiltration, exfiltration, air assault, resupply and sling-load operations in a wide range of environmental conditions. U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Christopher Callaway

SOF pic of the day: Marine Raiders prepare to board

Marine Special Operations Teams with Bravo Company, 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, prepare to board a target vessel during Visit, Board, Search and Seizure training near Naval Base Coronado, Calif., Jan. 16.   Image courtesy of the U.S. Marine Corps

SOF pic of the day: Fast roping in to catch a ride

A SEAL delivery vehicle team performs a fast-roping exercise from a MH-60S Seahawk helicopter to the topside of Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Toledo off the Atlantic Coast, Jan. 17, 2006. The mission of the team includes clandestine insertion of SEALs, ordnance delivery, reconnaissance, and location and the recovery of objects. U.S. Navy photo […]

SOF pic of the day: SEALS in the snow

ARCTIC CIRCLE, Norway — U.S. Navy SEALs and German Kommando SpezialkrrÅfte (KSK) freefall parachute onto a frozen lake in northern Norway during Exercise Cold Response 2010 (CR10). CR10 is a Norwegian sponsored, scheduled and conducted multinational invitational exercise, with more than 9,000 military personnel from 14 countries, focused on cold weather maritime/amphibious operations, interoperability of […]

SOF pic of the day: Making a boat SOAR

Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen from Special Boat Team 12, stationed at Naval Base Coronado, Calif., with the help of aviators from 4th Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., conducted a Maritime External Air Transportation System (MEATS) training evolution in Moses Lake, Wash., May 21. MEATS is a way to […]

SOF Pic of the Day: Seaborne Infiltration

Soldiers perform a seaborne infiltration as part of training at the Special Forces Underwater Operations School in Key West, Fla. The four-week Combat Diver Qualification Course, run by the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, trains qualified combat divers in a variety of waterborne operations. Image courtesy of the Department of […]

SOF Pic of the Day: Marines & SEALS aboard the USS George Washington

PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 28, 2014) Maritime special operations forces prepare for a mission during a training exercise aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). SEALs and Marine Corps special operations forces from Special Operations Command Pacific conducted maritime interoperability training aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington. George Washington and its embarked […]

SOF Pic of the Day: Navy SEALS build relations with Serbian Forces

BELGRADE, Serbia-A U.S. Navy SEAL assigned to Naval Special Warfare Unit 2 observes the target as a member of the Serbian Special Anti-terrorist Unit shoots in the prone position on the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon during a Special Operations Command Europe Joint Combined Exchange Training Nov. 28. Photo by Staff Sgt. Larraine Whetstone/24th Press Camp […]

Princeton Tec Quad Tactical Headlamp

I was shivering uncontrollably. My thin warm weather rip-stop Crye multicams did little to ward off the December chill in Northeastern Washington. It was 2030 hours, well past civil twilight this far north and it had been dark for four hours by this point. We’d been evading by moon and starlight and had settled into […]