Author: Stavros Atlamazoglou

Amid the horrors of WWI’s trench warfare, a unit was created to conduct missions that the conventional forces couldn’t perform.

A sunken Soviet submarine packed with nukes. A window for America to gain the upper hand in the Cold War. A CIA cover story worth three billion dollars. I give you Project Azorian, or how the U.S. tried to steal a Soviet sub. It’s the late 1960s. Nuclear submarines are a key cog in a […]

Even in a prison riot, the SAS don’t play around.

The ability to refuel and rearm close to the front, by utilizing a Forward Arming and Refuelling Point (FARP), is key to an operation.

Read which are the traits shared by Navy SEAL candidates who pass selection.

The secretive SOF unit’s arsenal contained every weapon imaginable. But the unit was too irregular and unmanageable.

“Humans are more important than hardware.” This is the one Special Operations Truth out of the five that resonates most with me. It has been at the core of my team-first approach as the Managing Editor of this site. After four years with SOFREP (two as a freelancer, one as full-time writer, and one as […]

The plight of the two former Green Berets who were caught last May trying to infiltrate and overthrow the Venezuelan dictator Nicholas Maduro continues. In July, U.S. diplomat Bill Richardson failed to secure the release of Airan Berry and Luke Denman. The two men had been caught on May 4 as they were attempting a […]

It has been 32 years ever since Chris Cocks first published his acclaimed book narrating his experiences with the elite Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI). Now, five editions later, he is reprinting his masterpiece. But it’s not just a reprint. Cocks has gone in and re-wrote the book to make it even better. “Over the last […]

Earlier in July, the Ukrainian Special Operations Command held an intense competition between its Special Operations units. The competition was broken down into five days of intensive tests that aimed to test the resolve, morale, endurance, capabilities, and professionalism of the teams. There were 11 stages that put the commandos through obstacle courses, adverse weather […]

On Tuesday, Turkey announced that it had reserved an area in the Eastern Mediterranean where it would deploy Oruç Reis, a research/survey vessel to conduct underwater seismic surveys for natural gas or oil. At the same time, 18 Turkish warships left their anchorage and sailed near the area, where they still remain. Turkey reserved that […]

Last week, several Marine Raiders received awards for their actions during a deployment in Afghanistan. In total, the Raiders, who are assigned to the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, received eight medals. The team chief of the Marine Special Operations Team (MSOT) that was involved in the action received the Silver Star (the third-highest award for […]