With the US government notionally opening all combat positions in the US military to women, Special Operations Forces have been tasked with justifying why women should, or should not, be allowed to serve in their units.  At SOFREP we frequently receive e-mail and other messages about how and when women will soon join the Ranger Regiment. […]

A group of young arabs smoke marijuana on the steps while a gaggle of hippies has their confab in a sharing circle on the other side of the station. Neon blue lights streak across the concrete slabs in front of the Lausanne-Flor metro station where a family pushes a stroller between the two groups. It […]

The Islamic State continues to create some semblance of a functioning government across what was once a region belonging to Syria and Iraq, even engaging in the oil industry which could net ISIS hundreds of millions of dollars, further funding their criminal enterprise.  ISIS is also engaged in another black market industry, the grim business […]

I was able to meet with an Ukrainian SOF Veterans Association, and they told me I was the first foreigner to meet them to talk about the war. It was weird as most of them served in Afghanistan along with their Russian counterparts and they still keep talking through social networks even with the ongoing war.

The recent propaganda film featuring the murder of journalist James Foley by a British ISIS fighter, also carried the follow on threat to murder another freelance journalist named Steven Sotloff.  Today video has emerged that Sotloff has now been beheaded, and the third captive threatened is a former British soldier who does security work for […]

Our friends at Foreign Intrigue have published an amazing interview today with an Iraqi Army Officer who dishes out the unvarnished truth about Iraq, about ISIS, and the Iraqi Army.  This is one of the best accounts of ISIS tactics and why the Iraqi Army fails again and again. -Jack   In early June, 2014, […]

Crossing back across friendly lines can be a tricky proposition in the middle ISIS-made warzone. “Can you have your commander write you a letter to help you get through the check points?” “He’s dead.” “What?” “He’s dead, Jack.” “What about your Squad Leader?” “He’s dead too.” “Are you kidding me?  There must be some officer […]

Yesterday I did a segment on Sun News about Al-Baghdadi, westerners going to fight for ISIS, and how to build a coalition that can defeat them.  Check it out on Sun News.

Commemorated by General Muholland and Vice President Joe Biden on Veteran’s Day in 2011, the horse soldier memorial is a larger than life bronze representation of an iconic image from the early days of the War on Terror. The actual name of the statue is “America’s Response” in reference to the US Special Forces soldiers […]

The media is currently in a frenzy about the leadership of ISIS, hailing Al-Baghdadi as the new Bin Laden, the next Public Enemy #1 for them to write about and report on as the next 21st Century boogyman. The problem is, there is no Al-Baghdadi. As most media reports confirm themselves, the details of this […]