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Today’s modern Ranger Battalions were first established in 1974 as America’s premier Airborne Light Infantry unit…

During the eight-year secret war in Vietnam, when Green Beret-led reconnaissance teams and company-sized elements ran top secret missions across the fence into Cambodia, Laos and N. Vietnam, many of those missions were compromised before the Military Assistance Command Vietnam-Studies and Observations Group units landed on the ground, Soldier of Fortune magazine has learned. Exactly […]

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In pre-dawn darkness, a ­Toyota Land Cruiser skidded off a bridge in North Africa in the spring, plunging into the Niger River. When rescuers arrived, they found the bodies of three U.S. Army commandos — alongside three dead women. What the men were doing in the impoverished country of Mali, and why they were still […]

At SOFREP we make a concerted effort to get the best and most accurate information about the Special Operations community to our readers. Careful considerations are given to Operational Security as we have no interest in compromising operations or endangering soldier’s lives, so balancing these two can be tricky at times. We also engage in […]

For those who are not familiar with Polish Special Operations Forces structure, Polish Special Forces Command (Dowództwo Wojsk Specjalnych aka DWS) has control of the following units: Special Commando Unit (aka JW Komandosów) counterpart of US Army Special Forces Military Unit GROM (aka JW GROM) most famous, counterpart of mix CAG & SEAL Team SIX […]

Congressional candidate and “progressive Democrat” (still trying to figure out what that means), Ken Aden, embelished a bit and told people during an interview that he was,  “you know, Green Berets, Special Forces…”. It’s nice to see that citizens are policing up these punch bowl turds (e.g. these guys stick out like a turd in […]

We were shocked when the Army press released stated, “114 Soldiers started Class 5-12; 91 Rangers graduated.”

I can honestly say that I’m glad to see some other units getting their share of the spotlight. As much as I love the SEAL community and am proud of my book The Red Circle (FYI-Red Circle audio is live and includes new content and proceeds help SOF charities), the SEALs have had too much […]

See if you get through more than a couple paragraphs of this gem before feeling sick to your stomach.  I embrace the hate.  This weaselly Steve Buscemi look alike, fondling his airsoft pistol like every Lethal Weapon veteran stereotype while he recounts losing men in Afghanistan, I love every detail.  It’s so perfect that I […]

I did a post on the best helicopter night flyers in the world a while back. SOCOM’s TF 160th pilots are the best in the world in my opinion, these guys have more night vision flying time then most career airlines pilots have total hours. %EMBED3% I’m glad to see Hutmacher’s (Commander of US Army […]

I think that most Special Operations personnel are compensated fairly for their service with exception to their retirement. That’s a different story all together.  The fact that an E-9 cook (no offense) behind the wire will get the same retirement as an E-9 Green Beret has always bothered me. Spec Ops special pays should calculate […]