Author: Guy D. McCardle

Craig Robertson looked like he was about to fight the law, and the law won.

Speaking at Global SOF’s SOF Week conference, Col. Jarret Mathews laid out the command’s effort to create hyper-enabled operators, leveraging augmented-reality glasses, artificial intelligence, and instant translation tools in a shift from comic-book inspired exoskeletons to something akin to omniscience.

Retired Gen. James Lindsay, a distinguished figure in the U.S. Army who served for nearly 40 years and played a key role in the creation of the Airborne & Special Operations Museum in Fayetteville, has passed away at the age of 90 in Vass, North Carolina.

Saddle up, warriors of the pen and keyboard, and let your words be your sword, your wit your shield; dive headlong into the fray and shake the pillars of heaven by writing for SOFREP!

From the muddy trenches of Ukraine’s frontline, a new generation of snipers has emerged, wielding cutting-edge rifles from the West, abandoning traditional ghillie suits, and redefining the art of war, all while ordinary civilians transformed into marksmen defend their homeland with unflinching resolve.

Delta takes down Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Barisha, Syria.

August 5th, 1943. New Guinea. Men from Battery B, 205th Field Artillery Battalion, 41st Infantry Division fire their 105mm Howitzer from a concealed position in a native hut.

Ascending to the role of the Army’s top enlisted leader, Sgt. Maj. Michael Weimer, a seasoned Delta Force operative and Green Beret, brings a fresh perspective and relentless focus on change, readiness, and strategic warrior culture to the U.S. Army.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Jinchao “Patrick” Wei and Petty Officer Wenheng Zhao, suspected of funneling classified national defense information to Chinese intelligence officers, face grave penalties, intensifying already fraught US-China relations.

Operators from Belgium’s tier one special operations unit simply known as The Belgian Special Forces Group, or SFG.

The resulting shifts in power structures and global alliances in Niger and Mali will likely resonate throughout the international community, underscoring the global implications of local conflicts and power struggles.

SFC Dewey Ross carries a Military Working Dog Dummy during the Best Medic competition at Baumholder, Germany, 2022.