Special Operations Forces Selection PT Preparation Week 10, Day 1

Special Operations Forces Selection PT Preparation Week 10, Day 1

The best way to start our Sunday as the sun comes up is our Sunday Ruck. Grab your training partner (for me a bulldog) and hit the trail. A little warm-up and a good long (8-mile) rucksack march. As always be sure to stay hydrated during the ruck march. It should be a habit that […]

Peshmerga to receive $290 million from the US in 2019

Peshmerga to receive $290 million from the US in 2019

The 2019 U.S. defense budget was approved on Thursday by the U.S. House of Representatives, $290 million of which will be allocated to Kurdistan’s Peshmerga military forces — under the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The U.S. budget for Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) is $560 out of $850 million, the rest will be allocated to […]

SOFREP Pic of the Day: Marines put the Super Stallion to work

SOFREP Pic of the Day: Marines put the Super Stallion to work

Marines prepare to attach a concrete barrier to a CH-53E Super Stallion during helicopter external load training at Arta Beach, Djibouti, Feb. 16, 2017. The Marines are assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 11, and the Stallion and crew are assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. Marine Corps photo by […]

Special Operations Forces Selection PT Preparation Week 9, Day 7

Special Operations Forces Selection PT Preparation Week 9, Day 7

Back in the gym this Saturday morning for a shoulder and back workout. Towel pull-ups if you have no access to ropes or climbing ropes if they are available. Followed by a four-mile run. Log your numbers down in the workout notebook Training: More Preparation for the UBRR: 3 x 10 Lat Pulldowns, rear 3 […]

SOFREP Pic of the Day: Super Hornet breaks the sound barrier

SOFREP Pic of the Day: Super Hornet breaks the sound barrier

A Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet breaks the sound barrier while participating in an air power demonstration over the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Pacific Ocean, May 3, 2018. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Spencer Roberts Watch a U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet break the sound barrier in the video below: https://youtu.be/Lw0985QJS8Q

Special Operations Forces Selection PT Preparation Week 9, Day 6

Special Operations Forces Selection PT Preparation Week 9, Day 6

Friday morning gym day and what better way to kick the weekend off than with Leg Day. Starting with Squats – front, dumbbell goblet, and barbell, then some lunges and after the weighted sled push. This will build up the strength and endurance to carry the rucksack.  And we’ll finish the workout off with a […]

SOFREP Pic of the Day: Manning the gun

SOFREP Pic of the Day: Manning the gun

A soldier fires a machine gun from the turret of a tactical vehicle during Saber Junction 17, an exercise with about 4,500 participants from 13 NATO and partner nations at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Hohenfels, Germany, May 15, 2017. The soldier is assigned to 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment. Army photo by Staff Sgt. […]

May 24, 1939 USS Squalus Rescued By a New Diving Bell

May 24, 1939 USS Squalus Rescued By a New Diving Bell

Prior to this date in 1939, no submarine had ever been rescued in more than 20 feet of water. But all of that would change off the frigid, unpredictable waters of the New Hampshire coast. USS Squalus was the Navy’s newest submarine and she was going thru her sea trials when she went beneath the […]

US Disinvites China from Pacific Military Exercise

US Disinvites China from Pacific Military Exercise

The continuing escalation of tension between the United States and China has been ratcheted up even more with the U.S. disinviting the Chinese from participating in an upcoming international naval exercise to be held off Hawaii. Among other things, the U.S. is upset of China’s militarization of small islands in the South China Sea. China’s […]

Amnesty International: Nigeria’s Military Raped, Killed Civilians

Amnesty International: Nigeria’s Military Raped, Killed Civilians

Amnesty International, the human rights organization says the Nigerian military has committed war crimes and crimes against humanity during the continuing war against Islamic insurgent groups. The charges leveled against the Nigerian military include rape, torture, and the killing of civilians. The military is fighting not only Boko Haram but the Islamic State West Africa. […]

Special Operations Forces Selection PT Preparation Week 9, Day 5

Special Operations Forces Selection PT Preparation Week 9, Day 5

Chest and Triceps workout at the gym today before a 5-mile run. Shoot for a time below the standard of 40 minutes. Remember to stretch well before and after and to stay hydrated. Mark your progress down in your workout log book. Training: More Preparation for the UBRR: 3 x 12 Bench Press 3 x […]

SOFREP Pic of the Day: Close Air Support on call

SOFREP Pic of the Day: Close Air Support on call

An Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II flies in an undisclosed location after receiving fuel from a KC-10 Extender while supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, May 31, 2017. The A-10’s combat radius and short takeoff and landing capability permit operations in and out of locations near front lines. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Battles Watch […]