Click this link and then skip to page 50 to read a overview of the US Army’s SERE course in Military Officer Magazine.

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 […]

I’m posting the original Reuters summary that came off the wire since they are one of the few not calling SEAL Team Six “special forces”.  Semantics aside, reports indicate a half dozen dead Taliban.  The doctor was successfully extracted, but sadly a SEAL Team Six operator was killed in the process.  Another hard man died […]

CHAPEL HILL – During multiple deployments as a U.S. Army Special Forces medical sergeant, David Costa said he provided care for civilian children with cuts and bruises, worked to stop bleeding from gunshot wounds and prepared patients for transport. “I’ve pretty much seen the country from one dust pile to the next,” Costa said of […]

Special thanks to one of my Filipino friends for putting this profile together for us -Jack Commander Ustadz Ameril Umra Kato Background: 67-72 years old. (Cant find a definite DOB. Some sources say 1939-1945) Studied Islamic theology in Saudi Arabia (Medina university and Riyadh Islamic university) Taught in Arabic schools (madrasahs) in Mindanao area. Lectured […]

A SOFREP reader just recently brought this declassified training footage to my attention! -Jack [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj3uLDR2qFg&w=640&h=385]  

From Professor John Schindler at the Naval War College, this is one of the better reads on this entire Petraeus affair. -Jack All of three days ago I offered my analysis of the emerging Petraeus debacle. Over the last seventy-two hours so many unpleasant details have popped up which are shocking to even a moderate […]

This Veteran’s Day everyone will remember their war time experiences and the friends they lost in slightly different ways.  The veterans of a past war will no doubt recall the jungles, the crack of AK-47 fire, and the chopping of a Huey’s rotor blades as some gutsy pilot came to pull them out of a killzone. Our […]

Er…not sure if I was on this one or not. %EMBED7%

Pulling the rubber sleeve of the wetsuit back over his watch, he breathed evenly, if a little to fast, recognizing the first signs of pre-combat jitters…

Since 9/11 we have seen a revolution in how the entire US defense structure approaches and deals with the issue of terrorism. While the Clinton administration introduced some legislation that would pave the way for “targeted” killings in instances where there was an Executive Finding, the Clinton administration took a limp-wristed approach to intelligence gathering […]