Rare 75th RRC (RRD) Recruiting Material!

It’s hard to describe to you SOFREP readers how much of a rare find any pictures of the 75th’s Regimental Reconnaissance Company (RRC/RRD) would be. There are not many of these guys, they are not followed around by cameramen, and they certainly don’t take many pictures and post then on the internet. A friend came […]

Rangers: Against All Odds (Part 2)

“Wrap it up boys, we’re moving!” shouted one of the leaders on the ground. “P” had grabbed up Kopps’ assault bag full of ammo and took up a position in front of me.  The men from Kopps’ machine gun squad proceeded to carry him out.  With two tourniquets wrenched tightly on his upper thigh, still […]

Rangers: Two Nights in Tal Afar (Part II)

I headed to the ready room and conducted a Pre Combat Inspection (PCI) on my gear, weapon system, and radio after our team had a look at the imagery of the proposed target building.  As it looked, all the buildings were of similar height in the neighborhood and we would have a difficult time obtaining […]

Posted on The Arms Guide: 3rd Ranger Battalion & The Big Four

Growing up in 3rd Ranger Battalion, the Big Four were constantly stressed and evaluated throughout all phases of training. These skills were how the Regiment plied their trade and were the backbone of the unit’s training and mission execution. If you couldn’t keep up physically you got smoked until you thought your eyes were going to […]

The Evolution of the 75th Ranger Regiment (Part 3)

The Regiment isn’t interested in taking a victory lap, but performance has a way of speaking for itself.  We were not going to advertise it here but also knew that news this big could not be kept under wraps forever.  On the 3rd of January, the Congressional Research Service released a report called U.S. Special […]

Ranger Graduates From Guatemala’s Kaibil School

Very cool.  We had a couple dudes in my Company graduate from Colombian Lancero school.  They said that you had to be in a patrol base by 5pm during Jungle Phase because it gets so dark under triple canopy.  I also heard all kinds of horror stories that really made me want to go and […]

SOFREP’s 2012 Greatest Hits #2: The Difference between Delta and ST6

This was one of the most meaningful articles ever written pointing out the cultural differences between Army and Navy Special Ops. It’s no wonder that Iassen’s post is #2 on our list with close to 100,000 people reading this around the world. The Difference Between Delta and ST6 With the death of Usama bin Laden […]

I want you for U.S. Army… RANGER!

I don’t normally watch videos about Rangers as they are usually outdated (from the 90’s) or consist of footage of students in Ranger School. But this video of recent training and deployment footage was referred to me and I thought I should share it with you guys. Hell…it almost makes me want to re-enlist. Almost. […]